Stefan Reinartz
 Reinartz as a Bayer Leverkusen player in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stefan Reinartz | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Engelskirchen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1998 | Heiligenhauser SV | ||
| 1998–1999 | Bergisch Gladbach 09 | ||
| 1999–2006 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2009 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 35 | (0) |
| 2008– | Bayer Leverkusen | 126 | (10) |
| 2009 | → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2005 | Germany U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Germany U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Germany U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Germany U19 | 10 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Germany U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2010– | Germany | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:31, 2 December 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Stefan Reinartz (born 1 January 1989) is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.
Career
Reinartz was born in Engelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. He came through the ranks at Bayer Leverkusen and but did not play any games for them in the 2008–09 season. He made his professional debut in the Second Division while on loan with 1. FC Nuremberg on 9 February 2009 when he started a match against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[1]
After returning from Nuremberg, Reinartz was given a chance to prove himself and made his competitive debut for Bayer on 31 July 2009 against SV Babelsberg in the German Cup. During the 2009–10 season, he eventually cemented his place as a holding midfielder and scored his first senior goal on 6 November in the 4–0 home win against Eintracht Frankfurt.
International career
Reinartz has been a German international since U16 level. He started out as first choice at the start of the 2006 U17 European Championship qualifying campaign and was in the squad that took fourth place in the tournament. After losing his place to Christopher Schorch for a short spell, he regained it and became a regular for the U19's. He started all matches at the 2008 European Championships and helped Germany to the title. He was a regular for the U21's in their bid to make the 2011 European Championships.
International appearances
| Germany national football team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 |
Club statistics
As of 06:11, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
| 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 II | Regionalliga Nord | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2009-10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008-09 | Nuremberg | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 2010-11 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 3 | ||
| 2011-12 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2012-13 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
| 2013-14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 169 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 204 | 11 | ||
Honors
- Runners-up (1):2010-11
References
- ↑ "Eigler trifft, Hornig fliegt". kicker.de. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
External links
- Stefan Reinartz at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Stefan Reinartz at transfermarkt.de (German)
- Stefan Reinartz – UEFA competition record
- Stefan Reinartz career stats at Soccerbase
- ESPN Soccernet profile
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