| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Leipzig, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–2000 | VfB Leipzig | ||
| 2000–2002 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2006 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 28 | (0) |
| 2006– | Bayer Leverkusen | 138 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | Germany U-17 | 11 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Germany U-18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2005 | Germany U-21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2008– | Germany | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:02, 16 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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René Adler (born 15 January 1985 in Leipzig, Saxony, East Germany) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in the German Bundesliga for Bayer Leverkusen and for the German national team.
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He started at age six playing for VfB Leipzig's youth side. After nine years for Leipzig, Adler joined the youth system of Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[1]
He made his Bundesliga debut in dramatic fashion on 25 February 2007 against league leaders Schalke 04.[2] With starting goalkeeper Hans-Jörg Butt serving a suspension, Adler saved ten 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".[3] His strengths are his quick reactions. He stopped Schalke's record of 13 games unbeaten, Stuttgart's record of five games unbeaten and Hamburg's four-game winning spree with a saved penalty kick against Rafael van der Vaart. Since then, Adler became a first choice goalkeeper until newly signed Bernd Leno took his place due to injuries. Adler announced that he is set to leave the club as his contract expires next season.[4]
Adler has been a club captain at all levels of competition and at the German Under-19 championships he was one of the star players of the tournament.
Adler has made four appearances for the German U-21 team under the leadership of Dieter Eilts. He was part of the German team that finished as runners-up in Euro 2008. After the retirement of Jens Lehmann and death of Robert Enke, he became first choice during the World Cup qualifying.[5] He made his debut for Germany on 11 October 2008 in a World Cup qualifier against Russia. Despite having been confirmed as Germany's main team goalkeeper for the World Cup, a serious rib injury prevented him from travelling to South Africa. He has been capped ten times by the German national football team.
As of 16 May 2011[update]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2006–07 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 138 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 173 | 0 | ||
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