Oliver Neuville

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Oliver Neuville
Personal information
Full name	Oliver Patric Neuville
Date of birth	May 1, 1973 (1973-05-01) (age 35)
Place of birth	Locarno, Switzerland
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number	27
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1996 1996–1997 1997–1999 1999–2004 2004–present	Servette Tenerife Hansa Rostock Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Mönchengladbach	108 (41) 033 0(5) 050 (22) 165 (42) 114 (41)
National team2
1998–	Germany	068 0(10)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 4, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 31, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Oliver Patric Neuville (born May 1, 1973) is a German footballer. He was born of a German father and an Italian mother in Locarno, Switzerland. His name (properly pronounced in French – not German – fashion) stems from his Belgian grandfather. He has one son Lars-Oliver (*1997). He is a pacy forward who likes to use his pace and dribbling skills to score goals.

Neuville started his career in his native Switzerland with Servette (1992–96). He also played in Spain for Tenerife (1996–97), before moving to Germany with Hansa Rostock (1997–99) and then on to Bayer Leverkusen (1999–2004), and Borussia Mönchengladbach (2004–).

After electing to represent Germany at international level, he played in the squad that finished second at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal in the second round against Paraguay. Since his debut against Malta on September 2, 1998, he has scored a total of ten goals from 68 international appearances. In his first months training with the national team, he needed an interpreter to understand coach Erich Ribbeck's message, while getting his across as well.

In 2004, he scored an infamous goal with his hand against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, which was widely reviled and landed him a two-match ban.

In a first round match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Poland, Neuville, who came on as a substitute for Lukas Podolski, buried a desperate injury time cross from fellow sub David Odonkor past Polish goalkeeper Artur Boruc leading Germany to a 1–0 victory in the 91st minute. He didn‘t score again for the national team until May 31, 2008, when he slid in a Marcell Jansen cross in a Euro 2008 warm-up against Serbia.

Along with Bernd Schneider, Neuville is one of the two known smokers on the German national team

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Honours

Club Titles

• 2. Bundesliga: 2008

National Team

• Confederations Cup Bronze medallist: 2005
• 2002 FIFA World Cup Runner Up
• 2006 FIFA World Cup 3rd Place

[edit] External links

• (German) Official Website
• (English) Leverkusen who's who
• (German) Career stats for Oliver Neuville at fussballdaten.de

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 2008 1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Fritz • 5 Westermann • 6 Rolfes • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Gómez • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Enke • 13 Ballack • 14 Trochowski • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Odonkor • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Kurányi • 23 Adler • Coach: Löw

v • d • e Germany squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Kehl • 6 Nowotny • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Kahn • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Odonkor • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann

v • d • e Germany squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Kahn • 2 Linke • 3 Rehmer • 4 Baumann • 5 Ramelow • 6 Ziege • 7 Neuville • 8 Hamann • 9 Jancker • 10 Ricken • 11 Klose • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Kehl • 16 Jeremies • 17 Bode • 18 Böhme • 19 Schneider • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Metzelder • 22 Frings • 23 Butt • Coach: Völler