Liverpools summer signing, Florian Wirtz has been named the German Football Player of the year 2025. Softfootball understands that the award winner is being chosen with votes from at least 600 journalist around Europe.
According to the Liverpool website , over 600 journalists participate and vote for the Player of the Year. Wirtz had a great season last year. He across all competition managed 16 goals and 15 assists at Bayer Leverkusen.
T he German joined Liverpool this summer from Leverkusen . Reacting to the nomination, Wirtz had this to say:
Wirtzs teammates Giulia Gwinn and Ann-Katrin Berger have to share the women's player of the year award after both received 608 valid votes from members of the Association of German Sports Journalists VDS in the yearly poll organized by Kicker magazine.
Schuster led modest club Freiburg to fifth place in the Bundesliga, securing Europa League qualification in his first season in charge since taking over from longtime coach Christian Streich.
Schuster was followed by Horst Steffen, who almost led Elversberg to Bundesliga promotion, and 2020 winner Hansi Flick, who led Barcelona to a domestic double.
The player of the year award has been awarded since 1960, with the coaches honored since 2002. Franz Beckenbauer leads the player category with four awards, while Jurgen Klopp and Felix Magath both won the coach's award three times. The women's player of the year award has been awarded each season since 1996.
Wirtz will be looking to win the award again if he plays well for Liverpool across board. They will play in the Premier League, Cup competition and Champions League.