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BIOGRAPHY

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Timo Werner

back-up plan, they insisted that he
complete his high-school studies and
it’s thanks to their influence that he has
turned into a rather low-key superstar.
No fancy haircuts or tattoos, no massive
social-media presence, just a preference
for a quiet life with his girlfriend Paula.
Even when combining with first-team
stardom at Stuttgart back in 2013-14 he
refused to let it go to his head, making a
point of not signing autographs. “Because
I’m just a normal schoolkid,” he said.
He is very much a chip of the old
block. His father Gunther was no mean
footballer himself, a professional/semi-
pro in the German regional leagues and
second tier with Ludwigsburg and
Stuttgarter Kickers. He used to play on
the right wing and naturally had plenty
of advice for his offspring.
“When I was little, he used to play
football with me,” recalled Werner in the
Schwarzwalder Bote daily. “I’d never stop
shooting at goal. From the word go we
worked on my shooting technique, first
with my right foot, then with the left.”
Those fun-packed sessions have
paid off. Genes + practice + instinct
= industrial quantities of goals.

2003

Thierry

Henry

(France)

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Adriano

(Brazil)

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Luis

Fabiano

(Brazil)

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Fernando

Torres

(Spain)

2017

TIMO

WERNER

(Germany)

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UNDER-19 Matthias Ginter (Freiburg)

UNDER-18 Kevin Akpoguma (Hoffenheim)

UNDER-17 TIMO WERNER (Stuttgart)

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ROBERT

LEWANDOWSKI

(Bayern Munich)

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AMINE

HARIT

(Schalke)

October

SERGE

GNABRY

(Bayern Munich)

November

TIMO

WERNER

(RB Leipzig)

December

TIMO

WERNER

(RB Leipzig)

January

ERLING

HAALAND

(Borussia Dortmund)

February

JADON

SANCHO

(Borussia Dortmund)

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GAMES GOALS 

Noise...he had to come off in the Besiktas game

2019-20 BUNDESLIGA PLAYER OF MONTH

BUNDESLIGA’S BEST YOUNGSTER

STUTTGART RB LEIPZIG

(up to & inc 17.04.20)

CAPS

GOALS

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GERMANY

CONFEDERATIONS CUP GOLDEN BOOT

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