René Adler

René Adler

Adler with Germany in 2011.
Personal information
Full name	René Adler
Date of birth	(1985-01-15) 15 January 1985
Place of birth	Leipzig, East Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Hamburger SV
Number	15
Youth career
1991–2000	VfB Leipzig
2000–2003	Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2006	Bayer Leverkusen II	30	(0)
2006–2012	Bayer Leverkusen	138	(0)
2012–	Hamburger SV	47	(0)
National team‡
2000–2001	Germany U15	7	(0)
2001–2002	Germany U17	15	(0)
2002–2003	Germany U18	6	(0)
2003–2004	Germany U19	9	(0)
2004–2005	Germany U20	8	(0)
2005	Germany U21	4	(0)
2008–	Germany	12	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:29, 2 January 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:49, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

René Adler (born 15 January 1985) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in the German Bundesliga for Hamburger SV and for the German national team.

Career

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]

Club career

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 was set to leave the club as his contract expired at the end of the 2011–12 season^[4] and on 17 May 2012 he joined Hamburger SV for a free transfer after twelve years with Leverkusen.^[5]

International career

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.^[6] 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 was out of contention for the national team for two years, but was recalled in November 2012 for a friendly against the Netherlands after putting in impressive performances since joining Hamburger SV. However, since the injury and in view of the World Cup in Brazil he is second choice keeper behind Manuel Neuer.

International appearances

As of 09:47, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Career statistics

Club performance

As of 2 January 2014 (2014-01-02)^[7]

Honours

National Team

• UEFA European Championship Runner-up: 2008

Individual

• Best Bundesliga Goalkeeper: 2008

References

External links

• Official website (German)
• René Adler at fussballdaten.de (German)
• René Adler at Transfermarkt

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2008 Runners-up 1 Lehmann 2 Jansen 3 Friedrich 4 Fritz 5 Westermann 6 Rolfes 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Frings 9 Gómez 10 Neuville 11 Klose 12 Enke 13 Ballack (c) 14 Trochowski 15 Hitzlsperger 16 Lahm 17 Mertesacker 18 Borowski 19 Odonkor 20 Podolski 21 Metzelder 22 Kurányi 23 Adler Coach: Löw