University of North Carolina Athletics
2021 Men's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 39
Gerit Wintermeyer
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Wiesbaden, Germany
- High School:
- Friedrich-Ebert Schule
2021 - Graduate Season
Appeared in 11 matches and earned seven starts, logging 543 minutes • First goal as a Tar Heel came against Georgia Southern on Sept. 3 • Also notched a goal versus NC State on Oct. 3 • Had the fourth-most shots on the team with 26, including six on target • Ranked ninth in the ACC with 2.36 shots per game.
Before UNC
Graduate transfer from Bradley University • Entered the 2020 season with 53 career points, 24 coming from goals • Totaled 10 game-winning goals • In 2019, he scored five consecutive goals to finish his junior campaign with nine of the team’s 17 goals on the season • Named a College Soccer News National Player of the Week • Named MVC Offensive player of the week three times • Totaled 57 points in 57 games started (63 played) at Bradley.
Prep
Played for the FC Kaiserslautern U19 team from 2014-16 • Was the youngest player in the Oberliga in 2014 • Helped his team earn the Cup championship and a promotion into the Bundesliga • Named a two-time league MVP and top-scorer in the U16 and U17 divisions.
Personal
Gerit Lars Wintermeyer is the son of Jurgen and Christine Wintermeyer • Born in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Appeared in 11 matches and earned seven starts, logging 543 minutes • First goal as a Tar Heel came against Georgia Southern on Sept. 3 • Also notched a goal versus NC State on Oct. 3 • Had the fourth-most shots on the team with 26, including six on target • Ranked ninth in the ACC with 2.36 shots per game.
Before UNC
Graduate transfer from Bradley University • Entered the 2020 season with 53 career points, 24 coming from goals • Totaled 10 game-winning goals • In 2019, he scored five consecutive goals to finish his junior campaign with nine of the team’s 17 goals on the season • Named a College Soccer News National Player of the Week • Named MVC Offensive player of the week three times • Totaled 57 points in 57 games started (63 played) at Bradley.
Prep
Played for the FC Kaiserslautern U19 team from 2014-16 • Was the youngest player in the Oberliga in 2014 • Helped his team earn the Cup championship and a promotion into the Bundesliga • Named a two-time league MVP and top-scorer in the U16 and U17 divisions.
Personal
Gerit Lars Wintermeyer is the son of Jurgen and Christine Wintermeyer • Born in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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