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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:42, 15 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
Manuel Neuer (born 27 March 1986 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German footballer and the current goalkeeper of Schalke 04. Neuer's hero and idol as a child was fellow German and former Schalke goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.[1] He is considered (along with René Adler) to be one of the most talented young German keepers.
Club career
FC Schalke 04
Neuer won the starting position at Schalke 04 from experienced keeper Frank Rost midway through the first half of the 2006–07 Bundesliga season.
On 5 March 2008, in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League, Manuel Neuer performed fantastically against FC Porto where he pulled off many magical saves in regulation time to send Schalke to penalties, and later saved penalties from Bruno Alves and Lisandro Lopez to help Schalke advance to the quarter finals. He was one of only three Bundesliga players to play every single minute in the 2007–08 season.
International career
Neuer was nominated on 19 May 2009 to the senior Germany squad for a tour of Asia.[2] He made his debut on this tour in a match against United Arab Emirates on 2 June.[3] Neuer won the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship with the Germany national under-21 football team in Sweden.[4]
Honours
- Schalke 04:
- German League Cup 2005
Personal Honours
- Best Bundesliga Goalkeeper: 2007
- Best UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper: 2008
- Best UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Goalkeeper: 2009
Career stats
Club performance
As of 11 October 2009[update]
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Personal life
His brother Marcel is currently football referee in the Verbandsliga.[5]
References
- ^ "Neuer - so gut wie sein Idol Lehmann" (in German). RP-Online.de. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
- ^ "Löw nominiert Neuer, Träsch, Gentner und Cacau". DFB.de. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ^ "Gomez ist wieder da - Neuer überzeugt voll und ganz". Kicker.de. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
- ^ "Rückkehrer Neuer bekennt sich zu Schalke" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009e.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Der eine ist Schiedsrichter, der andere kickt bei Heßler 06" (in German). reviersport.de. 18 June 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2009.