Luis Hartwig (born 23 November 2002) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

centre-forward In the sport of association football, a forward (attacker or striker) is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position which primarily plays further up the pitch than Midfielder, midfielders and Defender (association football), d ...

for

VfL Bochum II VfL Bochum II (also known as VfL Bochum Amateure, VfL Bochum U-21 or VfL Bochum U-23) is the reserve team of German football club VfL Bochum. The team has made two appearances in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, in 1984–85 and 2005–06. Sinc ...

, on loan from

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

Career

Hartwig made his professional debut for

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

in the 2. Bundesliga on 24 January 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for

Simon Zoller Simon Zoller (born 26 June 1991) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Zoller began his career with Karlsruher SC, and made his debut for the club in November 2010, as a substitute for Patrick Dulleck in a ...

against

SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. It is Ger ...

. The away match finished as a 1–1 draw. For the 2022–23 season, Hartwig was loaned to SKN St. Pölten in Austria. On 1 September 2023, Hartwig signed a three-year contract with Oostende in Belgium. After one year, he returned to Germany and signed for

. After the 2024–25 season with Duisburg and limited playing time, he was loaned to

for one year.

Personal life

Hartwig's father,

Knut Knut ( Norwegian and Swedish), Knud ( Danish), or Knútur ( Icelandic) is a Scandinavian and German first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which ...

, was also a professional footballer who played in the 2. Bundesliga for

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and List of cities in Germany by population, 17th-largest in Germany. It ...

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* * * 2002 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's youth international footballers VfL Bochum players SKN St. Pölten players K.V. Oostende players MSV Duisburg players VfL Bochum II players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Regionalliga players Challenger Pro League players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-forward-stub