Manuel Neuer

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Manuel Neuer
Personal information
Full name Manuel Neuer
Date of birth March 27, 1986 (1986-03-27) (age 22)
Place of birth    Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club FC Schalke 04
Number 1
Youth clubs
1991–2003 FC Schalke 04
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004–2005
2005–		 FC Schalke 04 II
FC Schalke 04		 001 0(0)
061 0(0)   
National team2
2006– Germany U-21 011 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 17, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 29, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Manuel Neuer (born March 27, 1986 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German footballer and the current goalkeeper of the football club FC Schalke 04. Neuer's hero and idol as a child was fellow German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.[1] He is considered (along with René Adler) to be one of the most talented young German keepers.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] FC Schalke 04

Neuer won the starting position at FC Schalke 04 from experienced keeper Frank Rost midway through the first half of the 2006–07 Bundesliga season.

On March 5, 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. Neuer is also one of the two goalkeepers to get an assist.[2] The other being René Adler.

[edit] International career

Neuer was left out of Germany's final 23-man squad for Euro 2008, with German coach Joachim Löw choosing René Adler as the third-choice keeper.

[edit] Honours

Personal Honours

[edit] Career stats

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup European Competition Total
App Goals App Goals App  Goals App Goals
Schalke 04
2005-06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006-07 27 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
2007-08 34 0 3 0 10 0 47 0
Total 61 0 3 0 10 0 74 0
Career Totals 61 0 3 0 10 0 74 0

[edit] References

  1. ^ Neuer - so gut wie sein Idol Lehmann "RP Online", March 7, 2008 (German)
  2. ^ Disappointment despite good set-pieces. Bundesliga.de. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.

[edit] External links

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