Michael Esser

Michael Esser
	Esser with Sturm Graz in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	22 November 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	VfL Bochum
Number	21
Youth career
1993–1997	VfR Rauxel
1997–1999	VfB Habinghorst
1999–2001	VfL Bochum
2001–2004	SpVgg Erkenschwick
2004–2006	VfB Habinghorst
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2006	VfB Habinghorst
2006–2007	SV Wacker Obercastrop
2007–2008	SV Sodingen
2008–2014	VfL Bochum II
2010–2015	VfL Bochum
2015–2016	Sturm Graz
2016–2017	Darmstadt 98
2017–2019	Hannover 96
2020	1899 Hoffenheim
2020–2021	Hannover 96
2021–	VfL Bochum
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2023

Michael Esser (born 22 November 1987) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum.^[1]^[2]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 21 June 2021^[1]^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
VfB Habinghorst	2005–06	Bezirksliga Westfalen			—		—		—
SV Wacker Obercastrop	2006–07	Bezirksliga Westfalen			—		—		—
SV Sodingen	2007–08	Landesliga Westfalen			—		—		—
VfL Bochum II	2008–09	Regionalliga West	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2009–10		16	0	—		—		—		16	0
	2010–11		17	0	—		—		—		17	0
	2011–12		6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2012–13		2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	2013–14		12	0	—		—		—		12	0
	2014–15		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	0
VfL Bochum	2010–11	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		0^[a]	0	0	0
	2011–12		1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2012–13		3	0	1	0	—		—		4	0
	2013–14		4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	2014–15		16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
	Total		24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
Sturm Graz	2015–16	Austrian Bundesliga	36	0	3	0	2^[b]	0	—		41	0
Darmstadt 98	2016–17	Bundesliga	28	0	2	0	—		—		30	0
Hannover 96	2017–18	Bundesliga	3	0	1	0	—		—		4	0
	2018–19	Bundesliga	32	0	1	0	—		—		33	0
	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		36	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	38	0
1899 Hoffenheim	2019–20	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Hannover 96	2020–21	2. Bundesliga	29	0	1	0	—		—		30	0
VfL Bochum	2021–22	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career totals					9	0	2	0	0	0

^ ^a ^b "Michael Esser" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Michael Esser" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

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