Luis Hartwig is a 19-year-old center-forward for VfL Bochum 1848. Hartwig was born on November 23, 2002 in Germany and spent his youth career playing for SV Bommern 05 until 2015, and VfL Bochum from 2015 to 2021. He made his professional debut for Bochum in the 2. Bundesliga on January 24, 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Simon Zoller against SV Sandhausen, and the match ended in a 1:1 draw. Hartwig’s father, Knut, was also a professional footballer who spent his professional career playing for VfL Bochum II, Wuppertal SV, SC Preußen Münster, Rot-Weiss Essen, and Borussia Wuppertal between 1988 and 2005.