Sandro Wagner

He subsequently represented MSV Duisburg of the 2. Bundesliga and SV Werder Bremen, Hertha BSC, SV Darmstadt 98 and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim of the Bundesliga before returning to Bayern in January 2018.

He opened his scoring account on 27 January by netting the last goal of a 5–2 home win over his former side 1899 Hoffenheim.

He played his first match as starter the next week in the 2–0 away win against Mainz.

Wagner scored his second ever UEFA Champions League goal, the first in Bayern colours, on 14 March in the second leg of round of 16 versus Beşiktaş as Bayern won 3–1 at Vodafone Park and progressed 8–1 on aggregate.

He assisted the first goal of the match for Franck Ribéry and scored himself in the 66th minute.

Sandro Wagner (born 29 November 1987) is a German football manager and former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He was head coach of SpVgg Unterhaching, leaving the club after a successful promotion to the 3. Liga.

He is currently an assistant manager of both the Germany national team and Germany U20 national team.

He began his career at Bayern Munich but made only eight appearances in his first spell at the club.

He also made appearances for the reserve team during the 2005–06, 2006–07, and 2007–08 seasons.

Wagner scored his first goal for Bayern Munich in a 2–0 victory over VfB Stuttgart in the 2007 DFL-Ligapokal, a six team pre-season tournament composing of the top four Bundesliga teams, the winners of the German Cup and the first-place team from the 2. Bundesliga.

Wagner started the match in place of the ill Miroslav Klose.

On 10 June 2008, Wagner moved to MSV Duisburg before signing for Werder Bremen on 31 January 2010.

During the 2008–09 season, Wagner scored nine goals in 32 matches.

Wagner was part of the German side that won the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

During the 2009–10 season, Wagner scored five goals in seven matches.

On 19 January 2012, Wagner was loaned to 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

He then played for Hertha BSC and Hertha BSC II from 2012 to 2015.

He scored six goals in 32 matches for Hertha and one goal in one match for the reserve team during the 2012–13 season.

He scored two goals in 25 matches for Hertha in the 2013–14 season.

He also played a match for the reserve team without scoring a goal.

In his final season with Hertha, he played 16 matches for the first team and one match for the reserve team without scoring a goal for either team.

On 8 August 2015, Wagner signed for SV Darmstadt 98.

During the 2015–16 season, Wagner scored 15 goals in 34 matches played.

On 30 June 2016, Wagner joined fellow Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim by signing a contract until June 2019.

He was presented the same day, and took squad number 14, stating: “Hoffenheim are a great club and their ambition impressed me straight away.”

He made his competitive debut with the team on 28 August 2016 in the opening Bundesliga matchday against newcomers of RB Leipzig which ended in a 2–2 home draw.

He opened his scoring account in the second matchday against Mainz 05, netting his team's first goal as Hoffenheim came from three goals down to earn a 4–4 away draw.

He earned eight caps and scored five goals for the senior team, winning the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

On 31 March 2017, he had his finger dislocated after a clash with Hertha captain Vedad Ibišević, nevertheless he went on to play until the end of the match, also assisting Andrej Kramarić for the third goal in an eventual 1–3 away win.

Wagner finished his first Hoffenheim season by netting 11 league goals in 31 appearances, 30 of them as starter, adding two cup appearances and one goal, being important for Julian Nagelsmann's side that finished the league undefeated at home, securing a spot in Champions League play-off round for next season.

On 9 July 2017, Wagner agreed a contract extension, adding one more year to his current contract.

During the 2017–18 season, before transferring to Bayern, Wagner scored six goals in 17 matches.

On 21 December 2017, it was announced that Wagner would transfer to Bayern Munich on 1 January 2018.

Wagner's first match since his return was when he came on as a substitute against Bayer Leverkusen on 12 January 2018.

Wagner started the 2018–19 season by coming in as a substitute in a 5–0 win in the 2018 DFL-Supercup.

During the 2018–19 season with Bayern, he scored one goal in 12 appearances in all competitions.

On 30 January 2019, Wagner transferred to Chinese Super League club Tianjin TEDA for €5 million.

He signed a contract until 2020.

Although his contract with Bayern was supposed to expire in 2020, he asked for it to be terminated due to his growing frustrations with his playing time on the pitch.