Tom Bischof will join FC Bayern in summer 2025 on a free transfer from Hoffenheim. Find out more about the Germany youth international midfielder before his arrival.
Style of play
Bischof has already faced Bayern in the Bundesliga with Hoffenheim but will soon swap blue for red. | © Imago
Bischof is capable of playing across the midfield. He spent the majority of his youth career as a number 10 but has played mostly in holding midfield or even out wide in Hoffenheim’s senior team.
Hoffenheim youth product
Tom Bischof playing for Hoffenheim at youth level. | © Imago
Bischof started playing football at TSV Amorbach in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria. He was part of Hoffenheim’s prospects team by the age of six, while still playing for his hometown club. He finally made the move to Sinsheim when he was 10 before working his way through all of Hoffenheim’s youth teams. The midfielder was only 16 when he was first included in the first-team fold in the 2021/22 season.
Hoffenheim’s youngest Bundesliga player
Bischof is the youngest player to feature for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, having been 16 years and 263 days old at his debut in March 2022. | © Imago
Bischof made his senior debut in March 2022 to become the youngest player ever to appear for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. After several infrequent outings for the first team and further games for the second team in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Südwest over the following two seasons, he finally broke into the team properly this season. Impressive performances have seen Bischof establish himself as a point of consistency in a difficult season for the Sinsheim club. He got his first professional goal with a direct free-kick in the 4-3 win at home to RB Leipzig in November 2024.
Gold Fritz Walter Medal
Bischof has earned caps for Germany from U16 to U20 level. Last October he won the gold Fritz Walter Medal as the best U19 player in the country. It means Bayern are bringing in one of the most promising young players in Germany, who already has over 50 Bundesliga appearances and experience at the highest level to his name ahead of his summer arrival.
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