Bodo Illgner
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Date of birth | 7 April 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Koblenz, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1973–1983 | 1. FC Hardtberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1986 | 1. FC Köln | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1996 | 1. FC Köln | 326 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2001 | Real Madrid | 91 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 417 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985–1987 | West Germany U21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1994 | Germany | 54 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bodo Illgner (German pronunciation: [ˈboːdoː ˈʔɪlɡnɐ]; born 7 April 1967) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his career he played for 1. FC Köln and Real Madrid, and helped West Germany to the 1990 World Cup, where he became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup final.
Club career
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Born in Koblenz, Illgner was a product of 1. FC Köln's youth system, and made his debut in the Bundesliga on 22 February 1986 at not yet 19, in a 3–1 away loss against Bayern Munich. From the 1987–88 season onwards, he became the club's undisputed starter – as successor of Harald Schumacher in both 1. FC Köln and the Germany national team – being voted as Best European Goalkeeper in 1991.[1]
On 30 August 1996, already having started the campaign with Köln, Illgner was signed by Real Madrid, and played 40 La Liga matches in his first year to help the capital side to the national championship conquest. In the following he lost his place to Santiago Cañizares,[2] but regained it in time to play in the final of the UEFA Champions League against Juventus FC (1–0 win).[3]
In 1999–2000, Illgner was succeeded by 18-year-old Iker Casillas, after which he retired from football altogether.[4]
In April 2013, he was named by Marca as a member of the "Best foreign eleven in Real Madrid's history".[5]
International career
On 23 September 1987, Illgner made his debut for the West Germany national team in a 1–0 friendly home win against Denmark, and went on to back Eike Immel during UEFA Euro 1988. At the 1990 FIFA World Cup he, by now the country's first-choice, was in exceptional form, and commanded the backline which consisted of the experienced Klaus Augenthaler, Andreas Brehme, Thomas Berthold, Guido Buchwald and Jürgen Kohler (with Matthias Sammer taking Augenthaler's place at Euro 1992); in the semi-final, he saved a Stuart Pearce shot in the penalty shootout against England, and his team would overcome Argentina in the deciding match, where he would keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 success.[6]
Overall, Illgner appeared 54 times for his country, and also played at the 1994 World Cup, surprisingly retiring after the quarter-final loss against Bulgaria although he was only 27.[7]
Post-playing career
Illgner later went on to work as a pundit for Sky Deutschland and English language broadcasts of beIN Sport.[5]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
1. FC Köln | 1985–86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1986–87 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
1987–88 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
1988–89 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
1989–90 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
1990–91 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
1991–92 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
1992–93 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
1993–94 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
1994–95 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
1995–96 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
1996–97 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 326 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 378 | 0 | |
Real Madrid | 1996–97 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
1997–98 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
1998–99 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
1999–00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
2000–01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 91 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 0 | |
Career total | 417 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 497 | 0 |
Honours
Real Madrid
- La Liga: 1996–97
- Supercopa de España: 1997
- UEFA Champions League: 1997–98, 1999–2000
- Intercontinental Cup: 1998
Germany
Individual
- German Goalkeeper of the Year: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
- Best European Goalkeeper: 1991
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1994–95[10]
References
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 September 2015). "Bodo Illgner – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Se agranda la portería del Real Madrid" [Real Madrid goal gets larger]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 31 January 1998. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "1997/98: Seventh heaven for Madrid". UEFA. 20 May 1998. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Bodo Illgner se retira del fútbol" [Bodo Illgner retires from football]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 8 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ a b "The best foreign eleven in Real Madrid's history". Marca. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ Burt, Mathew (17 February 2009). "Where are they now? Germany's 1990 World Cup winners". Goal. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 September 2015). "Bodo Illgner – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Bodo Illgner". Worldfootball. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Bodo ILLGNER" (in Spanish). El Aguanis. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1993/94" [Bundesliga History 1993/94] (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
External links
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- Bodo Illgner at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Bodo Illgner at BDFutbol
- Bodo Illgner at National-Football-Teams.com
- Bodo Illgner – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Koblenz
- Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Bundesliga players
- 1. FC Köln players
- La Liga players
- Real Madrid CF players
- Germany men's under-21 international footballers
- Germany men's international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1988 players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1992 players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- German expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- UEFA Champions League winning players
- West German men's footballers