Serge Gnabry

He played 24 minutes after coming on at half-time and was replaced by Marouane Chamakh in the 69th minute.

In his single season at the club, he made 27 league appearances scoring 11 goals while Werder Bremen finished 8th in the Bundesliga.

Serge David Gnabry ( born 14 July 1995) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for the club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.

Gnabry's former club VfB Stuttgart agreed to a £100,000 deal with Premier League club Arsenal in 2010, but he had to wait until 2011, when he was 16, to join.

Gnabry officially joined Arsenal for the 2011–12 season.

He played for the under-18s for the majority of the season but was then promoted to the reserves after impressive displays.

By the end of the season, Gnabry had played six games, scoring two goals.

Gnabry started his career in England with Arsenal in the Premier League, making his professional debut in September 2012.

The 2012–13 season started off well for Gnabry after he was called up to the Arsenal first team for a pre-season friendly against FC Köln.

He then made his professional first-team debut for Arsenal on 26 September 2012 against Coventry City in the League Cup as a 72nd-minute substitute for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as Arsenal routed Coventry 6–1.

On 20 October 2012, he made his Premier League debut in the 1–0 defeat against Norwich City at Carrow Road.

At 17 years and 98 days, he became Arsenal's second-youngest player in the league's history after Jack Wilshere.

Four days later, he made his UEFA Champions League debut, coming on as a substitute in Arsenal's 2–0 home loss to Schalke 04.

In the first game of the 2013–14 season, Gnabry was included in Arsenal's first-team squad against Aston Villa and started the game on the bench.

He then made his first start for the club on 22 September 2013 in the Premier League against Stoke City after Theo Walcott was ruled out just before kick-off.

He played 73 minutes before being subbed out for Ryo Miyaichi as Arsenal won the match 3–1.

He scored his first professional goal in the next league match against Swansea City to lead Arsenal to a 2–1 victory and leave them top of the Premier League table.

On 26 October, he won a penalty away at Crystal Palace in an eventual 2–0 victory for Arsenal.

Gnabry's impressive start to the season resulted in a nomination for the 2013 Golden Boy Award, and a new five-year contract with Arsenal.

Gnabry went on to make 14 appearances in the 2013–14 season, including impressive performances in the FA Cup against Tottenham Hotspur and Coventry, with Gnabry helping Arsenal go on to win the tournament that year, featuring on the bench in the next two games against Liverpool and Everton.

Following his breakout season, Gnabry missed most of the 2014–15 season due to a serious knee injury which kept him away from the first team for over a year.

On 7 August 2015, Gnabry joined West Bromwich Albion on a season-long loan to gain first-team experience.

He made his debut as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat to Chelsea on 23 August 2015.

However, he did not make any further league appearances, with manager Tony Pulis stating in October that Gnabry was "not at the required level" to play for West Brom.

In January, he was recalled from his loan after lacking first-team action at West Brom.

He finished the 2015–16 season with one Premier League appearance and two League Cup appearances.

He also had a brief spell on loan with West Bromwich Albion before moving back to Germany to join Werder Bremen in 2016.

After appearing for Germany at various youth levels, Gnabry made his senior international debut in November 2016 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against San Marino, scoring a hat-trick in an 8–0 win.

On 31 August 2016, Gnabry signed for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for a reported transfer fee of £5 million.

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger had wanted to extend Gnabry's contract at Arsenal before his move, but a lack of first-team opportunities meant that the midfielder sought a move elsewhere.

He scored his first goal for Werder Bremen on 17 September 2016 in a 4–1 away loss to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

In 2017, he signed for Bayern Munich before being loaned to 1899 Hoffenheim for the 2017–18 season.

On 11 June 2017, Bayern Munich announced the signing of Gnabry on a three-year contract for €8 million after activating a clause in his contract with Werder Bremen.

On 14 June, Bayern Munich announced that Serge Gnabry was moving to TSG Hoffenheim on a season-long loan.

Gnabry had wished for the move to gain more experience.

In 2018–19, his first season with Bayern Munich, he won the Bundesliga title and was named their Player of the Season.

The following season, Gnabry scored 23 goals as Bayern sealed a continental treble consisting of the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League.

He represented Germany at UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Gnabry was born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg to an Ivorian father and a German mother.

In his youth, Gnabry was a talented sprinter but ultimately chose football over athletics.