| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mitchell James Langerak | ||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Emerald, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2001 | Tieri Tigers | ||
| 2003–2005 | Bundaberg Waves | ||
| 2005–2006 | AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2010 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | (0) |
| 2007 | → South Melbourne (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2010– | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | (0) |
| 2010– | Borussia Dortmund II | 5[1] | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Australia U-20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011– | Australia | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:42, 31 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Mitchell James Langerak (born 22 August 1988) is an Australian football (soccer) goalkeeper, currently playing for Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga.
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Langerak signed his first professional contract in February 2007, with A-League club Melbourne Victory.[2] Soon after he was sent on loan to South Melbourne for the remainder of the 2007 Victorian Premier League season, to get some game time and experience.[3]
Once the loan finished, Langerak continued his duties as the Victory's third choice goalkeeper before Eugene Galekovic moved to Adelaide United. He made his debut for Melbourne in the Round 21 clash of the 2007–2008 season against rivals Sydney FC and despite letting in two goals, his performance in the 2–2 draw was a confident debut.[4]
With Galekovic making a move to Adelaide United, Langerak became the second choice keeper. With first choice Michael Theoklitos making his move overseas, Victory signed New Zealand international Glen Moss from Wellington Phoenix. Moss started the 09/10 as Melbourne's first choice keeper before Langerak grasped his opportunity in the first team to become the side's first choice keeper for the remainder of the season.
On 13 April 2010, Melbourne officially announced that they had rejected a bid for Langerak from German giants, Borussia Dortmund, however talks continued.[5] On 4 May 2010, Langerak revealed to FourFourTwo Magazine, that Borussia Dortmund had made a second, substantially increased, bid for his services on the same day as the interview, but was again rejected by Melbourne Victory.
On 12 May 2010, Melbourne Victory eventually accepted a third offer for Langerak from Borussia Dortmund sealing a four-year-deal with BVB.[6] After joining Dortmund, Langerak became the club's second choice goalkeeper during the 2010–11 Bundesliga season and was a regular in matchday squads. Langerak revealed his goal for the season was to learn as much as possible. With Roman Weidenfeller injured, Langerak started his first game for Dortmund in their 3–1 win against the reigning German champion Bayern Munich, where he showed a solid performance. Mitch made a return to the first team squad for the first time picked before an available Weidenfeller in Dortmunds 2nd round German DFB Cup game with Dynamo Dresden. During the game many flares were lit in Signal Iduna Park bringing some concern; no action was taken and Mitch showed signs of jubilation with manager Jürgen Klopp after the game as he recorded his first clean sheet in front of over 80,000 in attendance.
He was selected in the Young Socceroos squad to play in the AFC Youth Championship 2006.
Langerak received his first senior national team call-up in March 2011, named by coach Holger Osieck as a member of the 17-man squad to play Germany in a friendly match.[7]
As of 3 March 2011[update]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Australia | League | Cup | League Cup | Oceania/Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2007 | South Melbourne | Victorian Premier League | 14 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2007–08 | Melbourne Victory | A-League | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 16 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Premiere Ligapokal | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2010-11 | Borussia Dortmund | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | Australia | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
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