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Full name | Alexander Walke | ||
Date of birth | June 6, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Oranienburg, East Germany | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | FC Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
–1997 | Eintracht Oranienburg | ||
1997–1999 | Energie Cottbus | ||
1999–2003 | Werder Bremen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2003–2005 | Werder Bremen | 0 | (0) |
2005–2008 | SC Freiburg | 74 | (0) |
2008–2009 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 34 | (0) |
2009–2010 | FC Hansa Rostock | 34 | (0) |
2010– | FC Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | (0) |
2011 | →SpVgg Greuther Fürth (loan) | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
Germany U-20 | 3 | (0) | |
Germany U-21 | 2 | (0) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
Alexander Walke (born June 6, 1983 in Oranienburg, Brandenburg) is a German professional football goalkeeper currently playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg.
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He began his career at Energie Cottbus as a 14-year-old. In 1999 he transferred to Werder Bremen, and was called up to the professional team in 2003. After six years, Walke moved to Baden-Württemberg in 2005 from Werder Bremen to join SC Freiburg. In 2008, he transferred to SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Walke left SV Wehen Wiesbaden to the end of the 2008-09 season.[1] On 28 May 2009, he signed a two-year contract with FC Hansa Rostock.[2] After one season with FC Hansa Rostock who played in all 36 games left Germany to sign for Austrian Football Bundesliga champion FC Red Bull Salzburg.[3] He is the third German born goalkeeper for the 2010/2011 season by FC Red Bull Salzburg after Niclas Heimann and Gerry Tremmel.[4]
After one year on loan for Greuther Fürth in the second German Bundesliga he is now again playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg.
He competed for Germany at the FIFA World Youth Championship 2003, but tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol.[5]
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