Sandro Wagner

Early career

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. He assisted the first goal of the match for Franck Ribéry and scored himself in the 66th minute. He also made appearances for the reserve team during the 2005–06, 2006–07, and 2007–08 seasons. 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. During the 2009–10 season, Wagner scored five goals in seven matches. On 19 January 2012, Wagner was loaned to Kaiserslautern.

Hertha BSC and Darmstadt

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 Darmstadt 98. During the 2015–16 season, Wagner scored 15 goals in 34 matches played.

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Youth

Wagner earned eight caps for Germany at under-21 level, scoring four goals, including two in the final of the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Sweden where Germany beat England 4–0.

Senior

In June 2017, Wagner received his first call-up to the senior national team for a friendly against Denmark and a FIFA World Cup qualifying match against San Marino. He made his competitive debut on 6 June in the 1–1 away draw against Denmark, playing for more than 60 minutes. Four days later, he scored a hat-trick as Germany thrashed San Marino 7–0. His performance was praised by national team manager Joachim Löw. Wagner was also part of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup squad that won the tournament. His first and only appearance came on 19 June in the opening Group B match against Australia, missing several good chances to score as Germany won 3–2. After that, he was benched in favour of Timo Werner and Lars Stindl as Germany defeated Chile 1–0 in the final. Wagner finished 2017 by scoring against Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan. On 16 May 2018, after being left out from Germany's World Cup squad, Wagner announced his retirement from international football.

SpVgg Unterhaching

In March 2021, Wagner was first announced as new head coach of the youth (Under-19) team of SpVgg Unterhaching. However, on 25 June 2021, he was presented as head coach of the first team starting on 1 July 2021. Unterhaching started the 2021–22 Regionalliga season with a 0–0 draw against TSV Aubstadt. Unterhaching was knocked out of the Bavarian Cup in the second round by TSV Buchbach. Unterhaching finished the 2021–22 Regionalliga Bayern in fourth place. Unterhaching started the 2022–23 Regionalliga season on 14 July 2022 against Buchbach which Unterhaching won 3–1. Unterhaching were knocked out of the Bavarian Cup in the first round by TuS Feuchtwangen. On 6 May 2023, Unterhaching won the Regionalliga Bayern championship. Wagner announced his departure, before gaining promotion to the 3. Liga.

Germany (assistant)

In June 2023, Wagner became Hannes Wolf's assistant coach at the German U20 national team. On 10 September 2023, both Wagner and Wolf were named as assistant coaches at the German senior national team to Rudi Völler, who served as interim manager for their friendly against France. He was later appointed as assistant along with Benjamin Glück to newly appointed manager Julian Nagelsmann for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2024.

FC Augsburg

On 28 May 2025, Wagner was appointed the new head coach of Bundesliga club FC Augsburg, signing a contract until 2028. His tenure ended early on 1 December 2025, lasting just 12 league…

Wagner was known for aerial power and strength, and was distinguished as a hard-working player. He was also physically imposing and direct, and praised as a striker who could "wreak havoc" in defences. Speaking in June 2017, Germany manager Joachim Löw stated that Wagner had "maturity and personality and one who stands by his own opinion".