Alexander Bade

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Alexander Bade
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Bade
Date of birth	August 25, 1970
Place of birth	Berlin, Germany
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	VfL Bochum
Youth clubs
19??-1988 1988-1991	Tennis Borussia Berlin 1. FC Köln
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1991-1994 1994-1998 1998-2000 2000-2006 2006-	1. FC Köln KFC Uerdingen 05 Hamburger SV 1. FC Köln VfL Bochum	5 (0) 61 (0) 0 (0) 91 (0) - (-)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 16, 2006.

Alexander Bade (born August 25, 1970 in Berlin) is a German footballer.

Bade began his career as a goalkeeper with Tennis Borussia Berlin where he had played as a youngster. In the 1988/89 season he transferred to 1. FC Köln, where, from 1991, he was in the cadre of the first team. In the shadow of Bodo Illgner, however, he was unable to see much action and only made five appearances in four years. He transferred to KFC Uerdingen, where once again he found himself out of favour, achieving only five appearances in three years, once again in the shadow of a more established player, Bernd Dreher.

In 1998/99 Bade moved to Hamburger SV where he once again played second fiddle to Hans-Jörg Butt. He moved back to Köln in 2000 where he saw slightly more action than previously.

It wasn't until 2003/04, when Stefan Wessels suffered from an injury, that Bade was given his chance to shine, and in the following season, interest was gathered from several clubs for the keeper who was finally showing his worth. His contract with Köln ran until the end of the 2005/06 when Köln failed to remain in the Bundesliga we was transferred to the VfL Bochum.

VfL Bochum - Current Squad
1 Skov-Jensen | 2 Lense | 3 Meichelbeck | 4 Maltritz | 5 Dabrowski | 6 Imhof | 7 Bechmann | 8 Zdebel | 9 Fábio Júnior | 10 Wosz | 11 van Hout | 13 Renno | 14 Iličević | 15 Drsek | 16 Misimović | 17 Butscher | 18 Schröder | 19 Grote | 20 Auer | 21 Trojan | 22 Gekas | 24 Bönig | 25 Rathgeber | 26 Bade | 36 Pallas