Overview

• Albanian Football Association has approached the 20-year-old striker, who qualifies through his mother’s heritage, for their senior national team.
• Weiper says he intends to continue representing Germany at youth level and will only consider Albania if a senior German call-up does not materialize.
• He scored his first goal for Germany’s U21 side in their 2-1 group-stage victory over England at the European Championship.
• Since his Bundesliga debut in October 2022, Weiper has become Mainz 05’s youngest ever player and youngest scorer in the club’s history.
• With teammate Jonathan Burkardt linked to a move to Eintracht Frankfurt, Weiper is preparing to compete for a regular starting spot in Mainz’s first eleven.