René Adler

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René Adler
René Adler, Germany national football team (01).jpg
Adler with Germany in 2011.
Personal information
Date of birth 15 January 1985 (1985-01-15) (age 27)
Place of birth Leipzig, East Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Bayer Leverkusen
Number 1
Youth career
1991–2000 VfB Leipzig
2000–2002 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Bayer Leverkusen II 28 (0)
2006– Bayer Leverkusen 138 (0)
National team
2001–2002 Germany U-17 11 (0)
2002–2003 Germany U-18 5 (0)
2005 Germany U-21 4 (0)
2008– Germany 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:02, 16 May 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:30, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

René Adler (born 15 January 1985 in Leipzig, Saxony, East Germany) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in the German Bundesliga for Bayer Leverkusen and for the German national team.

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[edit] Career

He started at age six playing for VfB Leipzig's youth side. After nine years for Leipzig, Adler joined the youth system of Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[1]

[edit] Club career

He made his Bundesliga debut in dramatic fashion on 25 February 2007 against league leaders Schalke 04.[2] With starting goalkeeper Hans-Jörg Butt serving a suspension, Adler saved ten shots on goal, repelling Schalke's repeated attacks. A breakaway goal by Stefan Kießling in the 85th minute gave Leverkusen a 1–0 upset victory. Leverkusen manager Michael Skibbe praised Adler's "world-class saves".[3] His strengths are his quick reactions. He stopped Schalke's record of 13 games unbeaten, Stuttgart's record of five games unbeaten and Hamburg's four-game winning spree with a saved penalty kick against Rafael van der Vaart. Since then, Adler became a first choice goalkeeper until newly signed Bernd Leno took his place due to injuries. Adler announced that he is set to leave the club as his contract expires next season.[4]

[edit] International career

Adler has been a club captain at all levels of competition and at the German Under-19 championships he was one of the star players of the tournament.

Adler has made four appearances for the German U-21 team under the leadership of Dieter Eilts. He was part of the German team that finished as runners-up in Euro 2008. After the retirement of Jens Lehmann and death of Robert Enke, he became first choice during the World Cup qualifying.[5] He made his debut for Germany on 11 October 2008 in a World Cup qualifier against Russia. Despite having been confirmed as Germany's main team goalkeeper for the World Cup, a serious rib injury prevented him from travelling to South Africa. He has been capped ten times by the German national football team.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club performance

As of 16 May 2011 (2011 -05-16)

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2006–07 Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga 11 0 0 0 4 0 15 0
2007–08 33 0 1 0 10 0 44 0
2008–09 31 0 6 0 0 0 37 0
2009–10 31 0 2 0 0 0 33 0
2010–11 32 0 2 0 10 0 44 0
2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 138 0 11 0 24 0 173 0

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