Mario Gómez

Mario Gómez

Gómez with Germany in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Mario Gómez García
Date of birth	(1985-07-10) 10 July 1985 (age 31)
Place of birth	Riedlingen, West Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	33
Youth career
1990–1998	SV Unlingen
1998–2000	FV Bad Saulgau
2000–2001	SSV Ulm 1846
2001–2003	VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	VfB Stuttgart II	43	(21)
2003–2009	VfB Stuttgart	121	(63)
2009–2013	Bayern Munich	115	(75)
2013–2016	Fiorentina	29	(7)
2015–2016	→ Beşiktaş (loan)	33	(26)
2016–	VfL Wolfsburg	24	(9)
National team‡
1999	Germany U15	3	(1)
2000–2001	Germany U17	14	(5)
2002	Germany U18	4	(0)
2002–2003	Germany U19	19	(11)
2004	Germany U20	8	(2)
2005–2006	Germany U21	9	(1)
2005	Germany B	2	(1)
2007–	Germany	69	(29)
Honours Representing  Germany FIFA World Cup 2010 UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2008 2012
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:43, 19 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:33, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Mario Gómez García (German pronunciation: [ˈmaːʁi̯oː ˈɡɔmɛs]; born 10 July 1985) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for German club VfL Wolfsburg, and the German national team. Gómez joined Fiorentina after spending four seasons with Bayern Munich, which he joined after six years playing for VfB Stuttgart. At the time the fee was a record for a player transferred in the Bundesliga, estimated to be €30–35 million. The fee is currently the third highest, after former Bayern teammates Mario Götze and Javi Martínez, respectively. When Stuttgart became champions in 2006–07, Gómez contributed 14 goals and seven assists at the age of 21 and was selected as German Footballer of the Year.

With Bayern Munich, Gómez was the Bundesliga top scorer in 2011, and led Bayern to the Champions League final, where they lost to Chelsea. That same year he also led the German National Team to the European Cup semi-final, where they lost to Italy. Despite being the second top goalscorer, behind Fernando Torres, he was subsequently criticized for his style. Additionally, he was then dropped from the German national team squad, not to feature with the team until 2016.

Gómez played for VfB Stuttgart II in the Regionalliga Süd in the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons. He scored six goals in 19 appearances during the 2003–04 season and 15 goals in 24 appearances in the 2004–05 season.