David Yelldell
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Yelldell | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Stuttgart, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2001 | VfL Waiblingen | ||
| 2001–2002 | SG Backnang | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2003 | Stuttgarter Kickers II | 24 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 99 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | TuS Koblenz | 51 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | (0) |
| 2011– | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | (0) |
| 2012– | Bayer Leverkusen II | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | United States | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
David Yelldell (born 1 October 1981 in Stuttgart[1]) is a German-born American soccer player who plays for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.[2]
Club career
Yelldell was the first choice goalkeeper for TuS Koblenz until suffering a knee ligament injury which kept him out of the final four matches of the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga season, when the club were relegated to the 3rd Liga.[3]
He signed with MSV Duisburg before the 2010–11 season and made his competitive debut for the club in a first round DFB-Pokal match against VfB Lübeck on 13 August 2010.[4]
The next season saw him signing with Bundesliga giants Bayer Leverkusen. He made his debut and currently sole competitive appearance for the club in a first round DFB-Pokal match, a 3–4 surprise defeat at Dynamo Dresden on 30 July 2011.
International career
The offspring of a German mother and an American father, Yelldell holds dual citizenship. Thus he would have been eligible to play international football for either the United States or Germany.[5] He was first called up by the US team in 2011, for a friendly against Argentina. Yelldell earned his first national team cap three days later, on March 29, 2011, in an other friendly against Paraguay, substituting Marcus Hahnemann at half time.
References
- ↑ "David Yelldell". worldfootball.net. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Yelldell, David" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Aus für Torwart Yelldell" [Without goalkeeper Yelldell] (in German). Kicker.de. April 12, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Marheineke ebnet Duisburg den Weg" [Marheineke paves the way for Duisburg] (in German). Kicker.de. August 13, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ↑ "David Yelldell" (in German). Kickersarchiv. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to David Yelldell. |
- Official website (German)
- David Yelldell career stats at Soccerbase
- David Yelldell at fussballdaten.de (German)
- David Yelldell at National-Football-Teams.com
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