Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Manuel Neuer ( ; born 27 March 1986 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German footballer and the current goalkeeper and captain of Schalke 04 .
Simplified: Manuel Neuer ( born 27 March 1986 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German footballer . He is the goalkeeper of FC Schalke 04 .