René Adler
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René Adler (born January 15, 1985 in Leipzig) is a German footballer. His first club was VfB Leipzig, but in 2000 he moved to Bayer Leverkusen.
Adler has been a club captain at all levels of competition and at the Dutch Under-19 championships he was one of the star players of the tournament, attracting attention from clubs such as Feyenoord Rotterdam and Arsenal and Chelsea. Due to his good performances, Rudi Völler nominated Adler to his first senior appearance against Werder Bremen.
Adler has since made two appearancesin the German under-21 national team under the leadership of Dieter Eilts.
He made his Bundesliga debut in dramatic fashion on February 25, 2007 against league leaders Schalke 04 [1] . With starting goalkeeper Hans-Jörg Butt serving a suspension, Adler saved 10 shots on goal, repelling Schalke's repeated attacks. A breakaway goal by Stefan Kießling in the 85th minute gave Leverkusen a 1-0 upset victory. Leverkusen manager Michael Skibbe praised Adler's "world-class saves. A lot of international experts believe that Adler will be the next world's best Goalkeeper. He is strengths are quick reactions. He stopped Schalkes 13 Games unbeaten record, Stuttgarts, unbeaten record of 5 games and Hamburgs 4 games winning streak with a saved Penalty against Rafael van der Vaart. "[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Agile Adler addles Schalke
[edit] External links
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1 Butt | 2 Stenman | 3 R. Júnior | 4 Juan | 5 Haggui | 6 Rolfes | 7 Barnetta | 9 Barbarez | 10 Freier | 11 Kießling | 12 Voronin | 13 Athirson | 14 Tadić | 16 Schwegler | 17 Meyer | 19 Babić | 20 Fernandez | 22 Adler | 23 Madouni | 24 Touré | 25 Schneider | 26 Papadopulos | 27 Castro | 28 Ramelow | 29 Callsen-Bracker | 32 De Wit | 44 Hübener |
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