Paul Wanner (born 23 December 2005) is a German

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who plays as an

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and winger for club

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

. Born in Austria, he is a youth international for Germany.

Club career

Youth career

Wanner played for the youth team of

FV Ravensburg The FV Ravensburg is a German association football club from the town of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg. The club's greatest success has been to play in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, the highest football league in the state, of which it becam ...

, before joining Bayern Munich's youth team in mid-2018.

Bayern Munich

Wanner was called up by

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to the

first team in January 2022, as many of the team's regulars were missing after testing positive for

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. He made his professional debut for Bayern in the

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on 7 January 2022 against

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...

, coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute for

Marc Roca Marc Roca Junqué (born 26 November 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis. He started his career at Espanyol, appearing in 121 competitive matches and four La Liga seasons. In ...

. In doing so, he became the youngest player in Bayern Munich's history at the age of 16 years and 15 days, and the second-youngest in Bundesliga history behind

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(who was 14 days younger). The match finished as a 2–1 home loss for Bayern. On 12 October 2022, at the age of 16 years and 293 days, Wanner became Bayern's youngest player in the Champions League, when he came on as a second-half substitute to

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in a 4–2 away win against

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Loan to SV Elversberg

On 1 September 2023, Wanner joined newly promoted 2. Bundesliga club

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on a season-long loan for the 2023–24 season.

Loan to 1. FC Heidenheim

On 24 June 2024, Wanner joined Bundesliga club 1. FC Heidenheim on a season-long loan for the 2024–25 season. On 17 August, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 away victory over

FC 08 Villingen FC 08 Villingen is a German association football club based in Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg. The association was founded on 1 October 1908 and over time absorbed other local clubs including ''Germania'', ''Alemania'' and ''Phönix' ...

in the

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. A week later, on 25 August, he scored his inaugural Bundesliga goal in a 2–0 away win over

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. Four days later, he scored his first goal in European competitions in a 3–2 victory over

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg (Hisingen). It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Forme ...

in the Conference League play-off round second leg. On the following Bundesliga matchday he scored a penalty against

FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. T ...

, becoming the youngest player in Bundesliga history to do so.

International career

Wanner made his debut for the Germany national under-17 team on 6 August 2021 in a 10–1 win over

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. In total, he has played thirteen matches at the under-17 level, and scored two goals in

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. In November 2022, he was invited by

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to watch and meet the senior Austria national team in hopes to join and represent them for the

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in Germany. He was called up to the German under-21 team in October 2024.

Personal life

Wanner was born in the Austrian city of

Dornbirn Dornbirn () is a city in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau. Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlb ...

to a German father and an Austrian mother and grew up in

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, Germany. He holds both Austrian and German citizenship. His father Klaus is a mechanical engineer and former footballer who played as a midfielder, he helped Austria Lustenau as its

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to promotion to second tier 2. Liga and reached the round of last 16 of the

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in 1991–92.

Career statistics

Honours

Bayern Munich *

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Germany U21 *

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runner-up:

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References

External links

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at the FC Bayern Munich website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wanner, Paul 2005 births Men's association football midfielders Living people Sportspeople from Dornbirn People from Ravensburg (district) Footballers from Vorarlberg Footballers from Tübingen (region) German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Austrian men's footballers German people of Austrian descent Austrian people of German descent FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players SV Elversberg players 1. FC Heidenheim players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players 21st-century Austrian sportsmen 21st-century German sportsmen