Manuel Neuer

Manuel Peter Neuer (German pronunciation: [ˈmaːnu̯eːl ˈnɔʏ.ɐ, -ɛl -]; born 27 March 1986) is a German footballer. He is the goalkeeper for FC Bayern Munich and Germany national team.

 Career 
Neuer started playing for the youth teams of Schalke 04 when he was five years old. On 19 August 2006 he played his first match in the Bundesliga. Because he was very good, he replaced Frank Rost as Schalke's number one. Rost left Schalke in 2007 and plays now for the New York Red Bulls.

On 1 June 2011 Schalke and Bayern Munich announced that Neuer would move to Bayern Munich in July 2011. There he signed a five-year contract that will last until June 2016. The transfer was worth €18 million, therefore making him the third most expensive goalkeeper of all time. During the 2014 FIFA World Cup Neuer made some world class saves and only conceded a few goals during the tournament, but in the European qualifiers he conceded 2 major goals in a 2-0 loss to Poland. Despite injuries in the 2017 - 2018 season, he was picked to be Germany's number one goalkeeper at the 2018 World Cup until their early exit following a 2-0 loss to South Korea. The result led to Germany’s earliest World Cup exit since the 1930s loss to Switzerland.

Neuer has also played for all of the youth teams of the Germany national football team from the Under-18 team and on. On 2 June 2009, he played for the first time in the senior team against the United Arab Emirates.

Neuer was selected as Germany's number one for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The star goalkeeper is considered one of the world’s best goalkeepers as he won the IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper from 2013 to 2016. He also won the FIFA best goalkeeper award following Germany’s victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In addition, he also finished third behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi at the 2014 FIFA Ballon d’Or Award.

The following season, his power saving skills helped Schalke to advance to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League; thus emerging UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year.

Given the captain band of the Schalke team in 2010, Manuel led the team to the Champions League semi-final that year and after the 2011/12 season, he ended his career with Schalke. Joining Bayern Munich in June 2011, Manuel Neuer has been the first choice goalkeeper for the club and has led the team to win several championships.

 Career statistics 
 Club 

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSchalke 04 II2003–0410———102004–05240———2402006–0730———302008–0910———10Totals290———290—Schalke 042005–0600000000002006–072700000002702007–083403010Appearances in the UEFA Champions League.03Appearances in the DFL-Ligapokal.05002008–09270205Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.0—3402009–1034050——3902010–11340601201Appearances in the DFL-Supercup.0530Totals1560160270402030—Bayern Munich2011–1233050140—5202012–1331050130105002013–14310501204Appearances in the DFL-Supercup, UEFA Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup.05202014–1532050120105002015–1634050110105102016–172604090104002017–1830001000402018–192603080103802019–20270407010390Totals24303608701003760—Career totals428052011401406080—

 International 

 GermanyYearAppsGoals200920201013020111002012110201380201413020156020161102017002018100201980Total920

 References 

 Other websites 

 Manuel Neuer's website (in German)
 Manuel Neuer on fussballdaten.de (in German)

Category:1986 births
Category:Living people
Category:2010 FIFA World Cup players
Category:2014 FIFA World Cup players
Category:German association football goalkeepers
Category:Sportspeople from Gelsenkirchen
Category:FC Bayern München players
Category:2022 FIFA World Cup players
 Category:Association football goalkeepers