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Nelson Weiper
Personal information
Full name Nelson Felix Patrick Weiper
Date of birth (2005-03-17) 17 March 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Mainz, Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information

Current team

Mainz 05
Number44
Youth career
2013–2022 Mainz 05
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Mainz 05 II3 (0)
2022– Mainz 0514 (2)
International career
2021–2022 Germany U1715 (13)
2022–2023 Germany U185 (1)
2023– Germany U213 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:15, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Nelson Felix Patrick Weiper (born 17 March 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Mainz 05.

Club career[edit]

Weiper is a product of the youth academy of Mainz 05, having joined as an U8. Working his way up all their youth categories, he signed a professional contract with the club on 18 March 2022.[2][better source needed] He made his senior debut in the Bundesliga as a late substitute for Mainz in a 2–1 loss to Freiburg on 1 October 2022.[3] He won the 2022 U17 Fritz Walter Medal, an award for the most outstanding German youth prospect in their age group.[4] He played a huge part in helping the Mainz 05 U19 side win the U19 Bundesliga in the 22/23 season.

International career[edit]

Weiper is a youth international for Germany, having played for the Germany U17s and U18s. He was prolific with the U17s, scoring 13 goals in 15 games.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Weiper was born in Germany to a German father and an Albanian mother from the city of Kuçovë.[6] His brother, Henrik, is also a footballer and youth international for Albania and Kosovo.[7]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 11 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mainz 05 II 2022–23 Regionalliga Südwest 1 0 1 0
2023–24 Regionalliga Südwest 2 0 2 0
Total 3 0 3 0
Mainz 05 2022–23 Bundesliga 9 2 0 0 9 2
2023–24 Bundesliga 5 0 1 0 6 0
Total 14 2 1 0 15 2
Career total 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 2

Honours[edit]

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nelson Weiper" (in German). 1. FSV Mainz 05. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  • ^ "Weiper and Schulz receive professional contracts with Mainz 05 – talents in action with the U19s - World News | TakeToNews". 18 March 2022.
  • ^ Sport, S. W. R. "Trotz Schlussspektakel: Freiburg gewinnt umkämpfte Partie gegen Mainz". swr.online.
  • ^ "Goldene Fritz-Walter-Medaillen an Brand, Adeyemi und Moukoko". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V.
  • ^ "Zwei Mainzer Toptalente streben in die Bundesliga". www.fr.de.
  • ^ "Albanian talents that will dominate European football".
  • ^ Kulig, Jacek (25 March 2022). "Nelson Weiper".
  • ^ "Goldene Fritz-Walter-Medaillen an Brand, Adeyemi und Moukoko". dfb.de (in German). 9 November 2022.
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