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Daniel Ginczek

Daniel Ginczek

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Retired
Age35
CitizenshipGermany
Height1.91 m
Footright
BornApril 13, 1991
👕200+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists Veteran
Market value
Rating · 23/24 5.7 Solid
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

15
clubs played for
07/08
debut season
0.38
goals / match
VfB Stuttgart
top club · 70 apps

Position rank · 23/24

#2412
goals rank
#2174
assists rank
154
season goals
50
season assists

Among 3,530 Attack - Centre-Forwards · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€12.00m
peak value · 2018
€10.00m
top transfer fee · 18/19
28
best season · 07/08
21 / 6
int'l caps / goals
403Appearances
154Goals
50Assists
56Yellow cards
3Red cards
59Full matches (90′)
Full nameDaniel Ginczek
Date of birth1991-04-13 (35 yrs)
Place of birthArnsberg, Germany
CitizenshipGermany
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height191.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2024-07-01
Contract expires
AgentUnique Sports Group
OutfitterPuma
Jul 2024
Transfer: MSV Duisburg → Retired
24/25 · Transfer
Mar 2024
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jan 2024
Transfer: F. Düsseldorf → MSV Duisburg
23/24 · Transfer
Oct 2023
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — Fortuna Düsseldorf, MSV Duisburg
26 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Sep 2022
Injury: unknown
11 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — Fortuna Düsseldorf, Fortuna Düsseldorf II
26 matches · 7 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2022
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Mar 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jan 2022
Transfer: VfL Wolfsburg → F. Düsseldorf
21/22 · Transfer
Jan 2022
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2021
21/22 — Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfL Wolfsburg
12 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — VfL Wolfsburg
14 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
Injury: unknown
17 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — VfL Wolfsburg, VfL Wolfsburg II
24 matches · 5 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2019
Injury: unknown
10 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — VfL Wolfsburg
26 matches · 7 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2018
Transfer: VfB Stuttgart → VfL Wolfsburg
18/19 · Transfer · €10.00m
Nov 2017
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Aug 2017
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Aug 2017
Injury: unknown
Jul 2017
17/18 — VfB Stuttgart
25 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Nov 2016
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2016
16/17 — VfB Stuttgart
19 matches · 4 G · 6 A · across 1 competition
Feb 2016
Injury: unknown
18 games missed
Feb 2016
Injury: unknown
Jul 2015
15/16 — VfB Stuttgart
8 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — VfB Stuttgart II, VfB Stuttgart
23 matches · 12 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: 1.FC Nuremberg → VfB Stuttgart
14/15 · Transfer · €2.50m
Jul 2013
13/14 — 1.FC Nuremberg, 1.FC Nuremberg II
19 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: Bor. Dortmund → 1.FC Nuremberg
13/14 · Transfer · €1.50m
Jun 2013
Transfer: FC St. Pauli → Bor. Dortmund
12/13 · Return from loan
Jul 2012
12/13 — FC St. Pauli
32 matches · 19 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Bor. Dortmund → FC St. Pauli
12/13 · Loan
Jun 2012
Transfer: VfL Bochum → Bor. Dortmund
11/12 · Return from loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — VfL Bochum
32 matches · 7 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2011
Transfer: Bor. Dortmund → VfL Bochum
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2010
10/11 — Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund II
21 matches · 12 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: B. Dortmund II → Bor. Dortmund
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2009
09/10 — Borussia Dortmund II, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund U19
32 matches · 12 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: B. Dortmund U19 → B. Dortmund II
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2008
08/09 — Borussia Dortmund U19, Borussia Dortmund II
36 matches · 18 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
Transfer: B. Dortmund U17 → B. Dortmund U19
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2007
07/08 — Borussia Dortmund U17
28 matches · 28 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2006
Transfer: SC Neheim Yth. → B. Dortmund U17
06/07 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €12.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1175 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 23/24. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals3 total · 0.34/90
32
Assists1 total · 0.11/90
35
G+A4 total · 0.45/90
28
Yellow cards2 total · 0.23/90
67
5,322 min
Minutes played by club
Fortuna Düsseldorf 15.2%
MSV Duisburg 8.0%
Fortuna Düsseldorf II 1.7%
VfL Wolfsburg 12.4%
VfL Wolfsburg II 0.7%
VfB Stuttgart 18.4%
VfB Stuttgart II 1.5%
1.FC Nuremberg 9.0%
1.FC Nuremberg II 0.0%
FC St. Pauli 2.9%
VfL Bochum 7.7%
Borussia Dortmund 0.0%
Borussia Dortmund II 9.6%
Borussia Dortmund U19 8.9%
Borussia Dortmund U17 4.1%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 21/22 23/24 46 10 5 807
MSV Duisburg 1 23/24 23/24 14 2 1 427
Fortuna Düsseldorf II 1 22/23 22/23 1 1 0 90
VfL Wolfsburg 4 18/19 21/22 66 11 10 660
VfL Wolfsburg II 1 19/20 19/20 1 2 0 36
VfB Stuttgart 4 14/15 17/18 70 23 11 977
VfB Stuttgart II 1 14/15 14/15 5 5 0 81
1.FC Nuremberg 1 13/14 13/14 18 4 3 480
1.FC Nuremberg II 1 13/14 13/14 1 0 0 0
FC St. Pauli 1 12/13 12/13 32 19 3 154
VfL Bochum 1 11/12 11/12 32 7 6 412
Borussia Dortmund 2 09/10 10/11 0 0 0 0
Borussia Dortmund II 3 08/09 10/11 66 28 7 509
Borussia Dortmund U19 2 08/09 09/10 23 14 4 473
Borussia Dortmund U17 1 07/08 07/08 28 28 0 216

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

7€3M14€6M21€9M28€12M07/08 — 28 goals (Borussia Dortmund U17)2807/0808/09 — 18 goals (Borussia Dortmund U19)08/09 — 7 assists2508/0909/10 — 12 goals (Borussia Dortmund II)09/10 — 1 assists1309/1010/11 — 12 goals (Borussia Dortmund II)10/11 — 3 assists1510/1111/12 — 7 goals (VfL Bochum)11/12 — 6 assists1311/1212/13 — 19 goals (FC St. Pauli)12/13 — 3 assists2212/1313/14 — 4 goals (1.FC Nuremberg)13/14 — 3 assists713/1414/15 — 12 goals (VfB Stuttgart)14/15 — 2 assists1414/1515/16 — 4 goals (VfB Stuttgart)15/16 — 3 assists715/1616/17 — 4 goals (VfB Stuttgart)16/17 — 6 assists1016/1717/18 — 8 goals (VfB Stuttgart)817/1818/19 — 7 goals (VfL Wolfsburg)18/19 — 6 assists1318/1919/20 — 5 goals (VfL Wolfsburg)19/20 — 3 assists819/2020/21 — 1 goals (VfL Wolfsburg)20/21 — 1 assists220/2121/22 — 3 goals (Fortuna Düsseldorf)21/22 — 1 assists421/2222/23 — 7 goals (Fortuna Düsseldorf)22/23 — 4 assists1122/2323/24 — 3 goals (MSV Duisburg)23/24 — 1 assists423/2409/10 — €200K10/11 — €400K11/12 — €750K12/13 — €800K13/14 — €2M14/15 — €2.5M15/16 — €4M16/17 — €4M17/18 — €2.5M18/19 — €12M19/20 — €12M20/21 — €9M21/22 — €4M22/23 — €1M23/24 — €500KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

07/08: 282807/0808/09: 181808/0909/10: 121209/1010/11: 121210/1111/12: 7711/1212/13: 191912/1313/14: 4413/1414/15: 121214/1515/16: 4415/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 8817/1818/19: 7718/1919/20: 5519/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 3321/2222/23: 7722/2323/24: 3323/24

Assists by season

07/08: 0007/0808/09: 7708/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 3310/1111/12: 6611/1212/13: 3312/1313/14: 3313/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 6616/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 6618/1919/20: 3319/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 4422/2323/24: 1123/24
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
23/24 2. Bundesliga Fortuna Düsseldorf 10 1 0 1 0 365
23/24 3. Liga MSV Duisburg 14 2 1 1 0 427
23/24 DFB-Pokal Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 2. Bundesliga Fortuna Düsseldorf 23 4 4 3 0 231
22/23 DFB-Pokal Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 2 0 0 0 35
22/23 Regionalliga West Fortuna Düsseldorf II 1 1 0 0 0 90
21/22 2. Bundesliga Fortuna Düsseldorf 9 3 1 1 1 176
21/22 Bundesliga VfL Wolfsburg 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Champions League VfL Wolfsburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 DFB-Pokal VfL Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Bundesliga VfL Wolfsburg 11 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 DFB-Pokal VfL Wolfsburg 2 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 Europa League Qualifying VfL Wolfsburg 1 1 0 0 0 12
19/20 Bundesliga VfL Wolfsburg 18 3 3 2 0 256
19/20 Europa League VfL Wolfsburg 5 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Regionalliga Nord VfL Wolfsburg II 1 2 0 0 0 36
18/19 Bundesliga VfL Wolfsburg 24 6 4 4 0 212
18/19 DFB-Pokal VfL Wolfsburg 2 1 2 0 0 180
17/18 Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart 23 7 0 3 0 219
17/18 DFB-Pokal VfB Stuttgart 2 1 0 0 0 146
16/17 2. Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart 19 4 6 1 0 133
15/16 Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart 7 3 2 1 0 210
15/16 DFB-Pokal VfB Stuttgart 1 1 1 0 0 90
14/15 3. Liga VfB Stuttgart II 5 5 0 3 0 81
14/15 Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart 18 7 2 3 0 179
13/14 Bundesliga 1.FC Nuremberg 17 3 3 3 0 360
13/14 DFB-Pokal 1.FC Nuremberg 1 1 0 1 0 120
13/14 Regionalliga Bayern 1.FC Nuremberg II 1 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 2. Bundesliga FC St. Pauli 31 18 2 8 1 128
12/13 DFB-Pokal FC St. Pauli 1 1 1 0 0 26
11/12 2. Bundesliga VfL Bochum 29 5 3 5 0 298
11/12 DFB-Pokal VfL Bochum 3 2 3 1 0 114
10/11 DFB-Pokal Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Europa League Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 RL West Borussia Dortmund II 21 12 3 2 0 136
09/10 3. Liga Borussia Dortmund II 29 6 1 6 0 263
09/10 Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 U19-Bundesliga West Borussia Dortmund U19 3 6 0 0 1 42
08/09 DFB-Jun.-Pokal Borussia Dortmund U19 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 RL West Borussia Dortmund II 16 10 3 1 0 110
08/09 U19-BL Finals Borussia Dortmund U19 3 1 2 0 0 266
08/09 U19-Bundesliga West Borussia Dortmund U19 15 7 2 3 0 165
07/08 U17-BL Finals Borussia Dortmund U17 3 2 0 0 0 135
07/08 U17-Bundesliga West Borussia Dortmund U17 25 26 0 2 0 81
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
06/07 2006-07-01 SC Neheim Yth. B. Dortmund U17 Transfer 0
08/09 2008-07-01 B. Dortmund U17 B. Dortmund U19 Transfer 0
09/10 2009-07-01 B. Dortmund U19 B. Dortmund II Transfer 0
10/11 2010-07-01 B. Dortmund II Bor. Dortmund Transfer 300000
11/12 2011-07-01 Bor. Dortmund VfL Bochum Loan 400000
11/12 2012-06-30 VfL Bochum Bor. Dortmund Return from loan 800000
12/13 2012-07-01 Bor. Dortmund FC St. Pauli Loan 800000
12/13 2013-06-30 FC St. Pauli Bor. Dortmund Return from loan 2000000
13/14 2013-07-01 Bor. Dortmund 1.FC Nuremberg Transfer 2000000 €1.50m
14/15 2014-07-01 1.FC Nuremberg VfB Stuttgart Transfer 2500000 €2.50m
18/19 2018-07-01 VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg Transfer 3500000 €10.00m
21/22 2022-01-29 VfL Wolfsburg F. Düsseldorf Transfer 1200000
23/24 2024-01-08 F. Düsseldorf MSV Duisburg Transfer 500000
24/25 2024-07-01 MSV Duisburg Retired Transfer 300000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
15/16 Fitness 2016-02-01 2016-02-04 4 0
16/17 Cruciate ligament tear 2016-02-15 2016-09-15 214 18
16/17 Tonsillitis 2016-11-03 2016-11-10 8 1
17/18 Adductor pain 2017-08-07 2017-08-10 4 0
17/18 Knee problems 2017-08-14 2017-09-21 39 5
17/18 Torn muscle fiber in the adductor area 2017-11-20 2017-12-21 32 6
18/19 Torn ankle ligaments 2019-01-10 2019-03-25 75 10
19/20 Back injury 2019-07-18 2019-11-21 127 17
20/21 Back problems 2020-11-05 2020-12-03 29 3
21/22 Quarantine 2022-01-03 2022-01-17 15 2
21/22 Corona virus 2022-03-07 2022-03-17 11 1
21/22 muscular problems 2022-04-07 2022-04-25 19 3
22/23 Tendon rupture 2022-09-03 2023-01-02 122 11
23/24 muscular problems 2023-10-26 2023-11-24 30 4
23/24 Hip bruise 2024-03-16 2024-03-20 5 1
Current€300k
Peak€12.00m
Low
Δ since start+€100k
€3.00m€6.00m€9.00m€12.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €11.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #17662 2 0 former national player
Team #9067 6 3 former national player
Team #5710 7 1 former national player
Team #5709 0 0 former national player
Team #3817 6 2 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Marc Hornschuh 2 0 0
Timo Baumgartl 2 0 0
Maximilian Arnold 1 1 0
Koen Casteels 2 0 0
John Brooks 2 0 0
Wout Weghorst 1 2 0
Florian Kastenmeier 2 0 0
Felix Klaus 2 4 0
Matthias Zimmermann 2 2 0
Josip Brekalo 2 1 0
Benjamin Pavard 2 0 0
Yannick Gerhardt 2 3 0
Yasin Öztekin 2 3 0
Renato Steffen 2 2 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
07/08 U17-Bundesliga West Borussia Dortmund U17 26 25
12/13 2. Bundesliga FC St. Pauli 18 31
10/11 RL West Borussia Dortmund II 12 21

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
16/17 2. Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart 6 19
18/19 Bundesliga VfL Wolfsburg 4 24
22/23 2. Bundesliga Fortuna Düsseldorf 4 23

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
12/13 2013-06-30 FC St. Pauli Bor. Dortmund Return from loan €2.00m
12/13 2012-07-01 Bor. Dortmund FC St. Pauli Loan €800k
11/12 2012-06-30 VfL Bochum Bor. Dortmund Return from loan €800k
11/12 2011-07-01 Bor. Dortmund VfL Bochum Loan €400k

Teams faced most often by Daniel Ginczek's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
1. FC Nürnberg 82 38 21 23 127 108 +19 46%
SV Sandhausen 72 32 21 19 104 82 +22 44%
1. FC Union Berlin 70 18 20 32 87 111 -24 26%
Hannover 96 70 23 19 28 93 104 -11 33%
1. FC Kaiserslautern 69 29 22 18 101 89 +12 42%
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 68 24 20 24 94 96 -2 35%
Erzgebirge Aue 66 28 18 20 103 78 +25 42%
SC Freiburg 65 29 11 25 118 90 +28 45%
Hamburger SV 64 24 18 22 86 82 +4 38%
Arminia Bielefeld 64 22 21 21 89 88 +1 34%
Borussia Dortmund 63 11 11 41 68 152 -84 17%
FC Schalke 04 62 20 14 28 92 104 -12 32%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
07/08 Senior debut season
07/08 First senior goal
09/10 Goal #50 (career)
13/14 Goal #100 (career)
22/23 Goal #150 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
23/24 26 792 2 0 0 0.23
22/23 26 356 3 0 0 0.76
21/22 12 176 1 0 1 1.02
19/20 24 292 2 0 0 0.62
18/19 26 392 4 0 0 0.92
17/18 25 365 3 0 0 0.74
16/17 19 133 1 0 0 0.68
15/16 8 300 1 0 0 0.3
14/15 23 260 6 0 0 2.08
13/14 19 480 5 0 0 0.94
12/13 32 154 8 0 1 5.26
11/12 32 412 6 0 0 1.31
10/11 21 136 2 0 0 1.32
09/10 32 305 6 0 1 2.07
08/09 36 541 4 0 0 0.67
07/08 28 216 2 0 0 0.83

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

2. Bundesliga
121 apps
35 G
16 A
Bundesliga
120 apps
29 G
14 A
U17-Bundesliga West
25 apps
26 G
0 A
RL West
37 apps
22 G
6 A
3. Liga
48 apps
13 G
2 A
U19-Bundesliga West
18 apps
13 G
2 A
DFB-Pokal
16 apps
9 G
8 A
Regionalliga Nord
1 apps
2 G
0 A
U17-BL Finals
3 apps
2 G
0 A
U19-BL Finals
3 apps
1 G
2 A

Frequently asked about Daniel Ginczek

Who is Daniel Ginczek?

Daniel Ginczek is a Germany professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Retired.

How old is Daniel Ginczek?

Daniel Ginczek is 35 years old. He was born on April 13, 1991 in Arnsberg.

What position does Daniel Ginczek play?

Daniel Ginczek plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Daniel Ginczek play for?

Daniel Ginczek currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Daniel Ginczek scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Daniel Ginczek has scored 154 goals in 403 appearances.