Nina Weiss: Manuel Neuer's Ex-Wife, Age and Divorce
Who is Nina Weiss? Manuel Neuer's ex-wife is a dressage rider from Berlin who became a mother in 2026. Her age, the 2017 wedding and why they split.
Nina Weiss is a German dressage rider from Berlin and the ex-wife of Manuel Neuer, the Bayern Munich goalkeeper. The couple met in 2014, married in 2017, separated at the end of 2019 and divorced in 2020; in September 2026 Nina announced that she had become a mother for the first time, while Neuer, now 40, has been married to Anika Bissel since 2023.
Nina has given very few interviews and has not explained the break-up in public, so a lot of what is written about her online is copied from page to page. In this guide, OhMyFootball separates what German and Italian media actually reported about Nina Weiss from the claims that have no source, and brings her story up to date for November 2026.
Who is Nina Weiss?
Nina Weiss, also known as Nina Neuer, is a dressage rider from Berlin. The Stuttgarter Zeitung described her in 2017 as a Berlin student of business and law, and she has competed with her horses in Bavaria, notably in Munich. She is the daughter of Alfred Weiss, a well-known Berlin hotelier.
She became famous in Germany as Manuel Neuer's girlfriend, then wife, between 2014 and 2020. After the divorce she still goes by Neuer: her Instagram account is still @ninaneuer, and German media still call her Nina Neuer in 2026.
Nina Weiss age and birthday
How old is Nina Weiss? Her exact date of birth has never been confirmed by a reliable source. The ages printed by German-language media point to a birth in the summer of 1993: Swiss paper Blick gave her age as 26 in January 2020, t-online as 27 in October 2020, and t-online reported that her birthday is in July, when she turned 28 in 2021. That makes Nina Weiss about 33 years old in November 2026 (t-online's 2026 articles call her 32, which does not fit its own earlier figures).
Many websites give 22 December 1993 as her birthday and Potsdam as her birthplace. We could not find either detail in a reputable source, and the December date does not match the ages printed by German media in 2020, so we leave both out.
Manuel Neuer was born on 27 March 1986 in Gelsenkirchen, which makes him about seven years older than Nina.
Nina Weiss family and education
Nina is the daughter of Alfred Weiss, a Berlin hotelier and a member of the Dorint hotel group's board from 1996 to 2002. In 1994 he co-founded the Opera Gala for the German AIDS Foundation (Deutsche Aids-Stiftung) in Berlin, one of the city's big charity evenings.
Alfred Weiss died unexpectedly in April 2020, a few months after Nina's separation from Neuer. He was 70.
On education, the German press described her as a student of business and law in Berlin when she married. We could not confirm whether she completed a degree, so we do not repeat the claim that she graduated in law and economics.
How Manuel Neuer and Nina Weiss met
According to t-online, Manuel Neuer and Nina Weiss met in August 2014, a few weeks after Neuer won the World Cup with Germany in Brazil. She was a student, and he was already one of the most famous footballers in the country.
Neuer had been in a long relationship with Kathrin Gilch. Both sides confirmed in October 2014 that they had separated some weeks earlier, and neither explained why. We found no reliable report that Nina played any part in that split.
The couple kept things quiet at first. Promiflash reported that Neuer had been with Nina since early 2015 and that their first public appearance together was at the Oktoberfest in Munich in 2015. They also walked the red carpet together at the Opera Gala for the German AIDS Foundation in Berlin, the event organised by her father.
You may read on other sites that they met at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Berlin. We could not find that story in any reputable outlet, so treat it with caution.
The proposal and the 2017 weddings
Manuel proposed at Christmas 2016, according to t-online. The couple then married twice in a few weeks.
- Civil wedding: on 21 May 2017 the couple married at the registry office in Tannheim, in the Austrian Tyrol, dressed in traditional costume. The Abendzeitung reported that about 25 guests celebrated afterwards at the nearby Hotel Jungbrunn. It came the day after Bayern celebrated their 2016/17 Bundesliga title.
- Church wedding: on 10 June 2017 they had a religious ceremony in the cathedral of Monopoli, in Apulia, southern Italy. Neuer walked to the altar on crutches: he had injured his left foot in April in Bayern's Champions League game against Real Madrid.
According to Italian media, around 150 guests attended, among them Mario Götze and his partner Ann-Kathrin Brömmel, and the reception was held at the Masseria Le Carrube near Ostuni. The video below, from the Italian celebrity outlet Tabloit, shows the day in Monopoli: guests arrive at the cathedral and the couple are shielded by white umbrellas.
Why did Nina Weiss and Manuel Neuer divorce?
The marriage lasted about two and a half years. In January 2020, Bild reported that Manuel and Nina had not been living together for some time, and Swiss paper Blick noted that Neuer was not wearing his wedding ring at Bayern's winter training camp in Doha. Asked about it, Neuer only said it was a private matter. Later reports dated the separation to the Christmas period of 2019.
Neither Nina nor Manuel has explained publicly why they split. The German regional site echo24 later wrote that they had different ideas about the future, but it did not quote either of them. Be careful with the many websites claiming to know the "real reason" for the divorce: they cite no source.
In 2020, Bild reported that the divorce was under way and that a prenuptial agreement settled the details. According to that report, Nina kept her horses. According to German Wikipedia, the divorce was completed at the end of 2020.
In October 2020, Nina spoke briefly to RTL at an event at the Borchardt restaurant in Berlin. She said she was fine and that she had realised how important good friends and family are, and that her dog Momo and her horses gave her a lot of strength.
Nina Weiss the dressage rider
Dressage is Nina's real passion, and most of her Instagram is about her horses. Her best documented result came at the 2019 Bavarian Championships at the Olympic riding facility in Munich-Riem. Riding her grey horse Elioti, she rode her first Grand Prix and her first freestyle (Kür), the first time she competed among the seniors. In her own words in the post below, they qualified for the final, finished 10th in the freestyle and 11th overall, and she was very proud of Elioti.
According to Bild's divorce report, she owned two Grand Prix horses and two young horses in 2020. Some websites say she was trained by Olympic rider Benjamin Werndl or rode in an under-25 German Grand Prix series; we could not confirm either claim, so we leave them out.
She often shares simple moments at the stable too, like this selfie with a grey horse, captioned "Mon Frèro".
Nina Weiss after Neuer: new relationship and move
In July 2021, Nina made a new relationship public: show jumper Jan Philipp Weichert posted a video of the couple kissing on her birthday, according to t-online. According to echo24, she had moved to Westphalia with her horses in May 2021 to be with him.
The relationship did not last. In May 2022, echo24 reported that they had split. Nina moved back to Munich with her horses. Since then she has kept her love life private.
Does Nina Weiss have children?
Nina Weiss and Manuel Neuer had no children together.
In June 2026, Nina showed her baby bump on Instagram for the first time, in a photo taken in Vienna, captioned only "Familienzeit" (family time). In August she posted another photo captioned "loading". On 21 September 2026, t-online reported that her baby had arrived: she shared a series of photos from a walk in the countryside with a pram and a heart emoji. It is her first child.
Nina has not said who the father is, has not shared the baby's name, and we will not speculate.
Who is Manuel Neuer?
Manuel Neuer is a German goalkeeper, widely regarded as one of the best of all time and the man who popularised the modern "sweeper-keeper" style. He was born on 27 March 1986 in Gelsenkirchen and came through the youth system of Schalke 04.
His career at a glance:
- 2006: makes his Bundesliga debut for Schalke 04.
- 2011: wins the DFB-Pokal with Schalke, then joins Bayern Munich in the summer.
- 2013: wins the Champions League with Bayern, part of a treble.
- 2014: wins the World Cup with Germany in Brazil and the Golden Glove as the tournament's best goalkeeper.
- 2016: becomes Germany captain.
- 2017: becomes Bayern Munich captain after Philipp Lahm retires.
- 2020: wins his second Champions League.
- August 2024: retires from the German national team after 124 caps.
- May 2026: comes out of international retirement for the World Cup, and extends his Bayern contract to June 2027.
- May 2026: wins the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double with Bayern.
- June 2026: plays at the World Cup in North America; Germany go out to Paraguay on penalties in the round of 32, and Neuer confirms straight after the game that his international career is over, then says goodbye to the fans on Instagram on 1 July.
As of November 2026, Neuer is still Bayern Munich's goalkeeper and captain. According to German Wikipedia, he played his 600th competitive game for the club in late August 2026.
Manuel Neuer's wife today: Anika Bissel
Neuer moved on after the divorce. His new partner, handball player Anika Bissel, was first reported in 2020. They married on 12 November 2023 in a private ceremony at Lake Tegernsee, where they live, and held a big wedding celebration in South Tyrol in the summer of 2025.
Their son Luca was born on 14 March 2024. In May 2026, Neuer said they were expecting a second child, and German media reported in early September 2026 that the baby had been born. You can read the full story of Anika Bissel, Manuel Neuer's wife, in our separate article.
Nina Weiss Instagram
Nina Weiss is on Instagram as @ninaneuer, under the name Nina Sophie. The verified account had about 64,000 followers and around 150 posts in November 2026, according to Instagram's own embed. Her Instagram bio describes her as a German dressage rider working in sport horse training and sales. She mostly posts about her horses, dressage shows, travel and, since 2026, family moments.
The post above, tagged in Ibiza, shows her on the deck of a yacht and had more than 15,000 likes in November 2026.
Quick facts about Nina Weiss
- Name: Nina Weiss (also Nina Neuer)
- Age: about 33 in 2026, born in 1993 according to the ages reported by German media
- From: Berlin, Germany
- Father: Alfred Weiss, Berlin hotelier (died 2020)
- Sport: dressage rider
- Ex-husband: Manuel Neuer (married 2017, divorced 2020)
- Children: one, her first child, announced in September 2026
- Instagram: @ninaneuer
Frequently asked questions about Nina Weiss
How old is Nina Weiss?
Her exact birthday is not confirmed, but the ages reported by German media point to 1993, so Nina Weiss is about 33 in November 2026.
Is Nina Weiss still married to Manuel Neuer?
No. They separated at the end of 2019 and divorced in 2020. Neuer married Anika Bissel in 2023.
Who is Manuel Neuer's wife now?
Since November 2023, Manuel Neuer's wife has been handball player Anika Bissel. Nina Weiss was his first wife, from 2017 to 2020.
Why did Nina Weiss and Manuel Neuer divorce?
Neither has said publicly. Neuer only called it a private matter in 2020, and no reliable source has given a reason in their words.
Does Nina Weiss have children?
Yes, one. She announced the arrival of her first child in September 2026. She has not named the father. She had no children with Manuel Neuer.
When did Manuel Neuer and Nina Weiss get married?
They married in a civil ceremony in Tannheim, Austria, on 21 May 2017, then in church in Monopoli, Italy, on 10 June 2017.
What does Nina Weiss do?
She is a dressage rider, and her Instagram bio adds sport horse training and sales. In 2019 she rode her first Grand Prix at the Bavarian Championships with her horse Elioti.
