Philipp Wollscheid is a German footballer who currently plays for Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen as a centre back.

Born in Wadern, Saarland, Wollscheid started his career in the youth teams of various local amateur sides. He made his first team debut in March 2007 for SG Noswendel-Wadern in the Landesliga – then the seventh tier of the German football league system.

At the start of the 2007–08 season, he joined Hasborn-Dautweiler in the fifth tier Oberliga, appearing 18 times for the club before moving to 1. FC Saarbrücken six months later. He struggled to make an impact during his 18 month spell at the club, and made many of his 30 league appearances as a substitute. Following Saarbrücken's promotion to the Regionalliga in 2009, Wollscheid decided to look for a new club. He arranged a trial with 1. FC Nuremberg, and subsequently signed a three-year deal with the club.

Having not trained at a youth academy like many other young footballers, Wollscheid admitted to knowing little about tactics before he joined Nuremberg, and had little idea about how a back four operates. He spent his first season at the club playing for the club's reserve team, making 26 Regionalliga appearances and scoring one goal.

He rose to prominence during the 2010–11 Bundesliga season, making his first team debut in a 3–1 defeat against 1. FC Kaiserslautern in November 2010. He soon became a regular starter for Nuremberg and finished the year ranked third among all Bundesliga defenders, according to kickers player ratings.

In November 2011, Wollscheid agreed a five-year deal with Bayer Leverkusen beginning from summer 2012.