Bernd Schneider

Bernd Schneider (born 17 November 1973 in Jena, Germany) is a former German footballer. He played for Germany national team.

Club career

Schneider started his professional career at local Carl Zeiss Jena, going on to help the East German outfit to remain five consecutive seasons in the second division; his debut came on 13 August 1991, playing ten minutes in a 1–3 loss at Darmstadt 98.

Schneider then played one season at Eintracht Frankfurt, subsequently moving to Bayer Leverkusen, and establishing himself as an important player for both club and country. In 1999–2000 and 2001–02, he was helpful in Bayer's 2nd-place finish in the Fußball-Bundesliga. He also appeared 19 times in the side reached the 2002 Champions League Final.

More a creator than a finisher, Schneider scored a career-best ten league goals in the 2003–04 season, making him the highest-scoring midfielder in that year's competition, alongside Johan Micoud; Leverkusen finished third and, during the following season, Schneider extended his contract a few more years.

After two more seasons in which he scored ten goals and achieved 18 assists in 60 matches, Schneider began suffering back-to-back injuries: first the calf, then the back, not appearing for almost the entire 2008–09 season due to the injuries. He only managed to return to action on 16 May 2009, playing the last 20 minutes of a 5–0 home win against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The following month, he announced his retirement because he could not fully recover from the injuries.

Career statistics

Club

ClubSeasonLeagueDFB-PokalEuropeOtherTotalLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCarl Zeiss Jena1991–922. Bundesliga1010—30501992–9321030—2401993–942000201994–95347103571995–96336213571996–97311003111997–9833640376Totals15620111—3017021—Eintracht Frankfurt1998–99Bundesliga33422—356Bayer Leverkusen1999–20003230080214242000–013123071—4132001–0230562172105492002–0328251103—4362003–04331030—36102004–0533310100104532005–062942220103462006–0731621124—45112007–0815010712312008–091000—10Totals2633523673115136453—Bayer Leverkusen II2008–09Regionalliga West81—81Career totals4265236973118154373—
1.Includes Champions League and UEFA Cup.
2.Includes 2. Bundesliga playoff and German League Cup.

International
Source:
GermanyYearAppsGoals 1999  5  0 2000  0  0 2001  2  0 2002  14  1 2003  10  0 2004  14  0 2005  14  0 2006  16  2 2007  5  1 2008  1  0 Total  81  4

International goals
Scores and results table. Germany's goal tally first:
 #  Date  Venue  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1.  1 June 2002  Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan    8–0  8–0  2002 World Cup 2.  16 August 2006  Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany    1–0  3–0  Friendly 3.  6 September 2006  Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino    13–0  13–0  UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 4.  12 September 2007  Rhein Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany    1–1  3–1  Friendly

Honours
Bayer Leverkusen
 Bundesliga runner-up: 1999–2000, 2001–02
 DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2001–02, 2008–09
 UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2001–02

Germany
 FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2002, 3rd Place 2006
 FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005

Individual
 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2001–02, 2005–06
 UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2001–02

References

Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:German footballers
Category:People from Jena
Category:Sportspeople from Thuringia