Michael Zetterer

Michael Zetterer
Personal information
Full nameMichael Zetterer
Date of birth12 July 1995
Place of birthMunich, Germany[1]
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Werder Bremen
Number30
Youth career
–2006DJK Darching
2006–2013SpVgg Unterhaching
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2013–2015SpVgg Unterhaching30(0)
2015–Werder Bremen0(0)
2015–Werder Bremen II1(0)
National team‡
2014–Germany U202(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:49, 11 March 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 March 2015

Michael Zetterer (born 12 July 1995) is a German football goalkeeper who plays for Werder Bremen.[2]

Club career

Zetterer started playing football with local DJK Darching in Valley, Bavaria. At the age of eleven, in 2006, he moved to the youth ranks of SpVgg Unterhaching where he passed through all the youth and the senior's reserve team. In December 2012, he signed a professional contract for three years effective 2013 until 2016.[3]

For the 2013–14 season, Zetterer first served as reserve goalkeeper behind Korbinian Müller. After Müller had shown weaknesses at set pieces, head coach Manuel Baum promoted Zetterer to the new regular goalkeeper.[4] He made his debut on 1 March 2014, in a 4–2 loss away at Hallescher FC. Although Müller returned once between the sheets, Zetterer started in eleven of the last twelve matches of the season.

In the 2014–15 season, Zetterer continued to be Unterhaching's regular goalkeeper, even being the youngest of his kind in the 3. Liga at all. This drew the interest of the Germany national youth football team and several Bundesliga clubs.[5]

In January 2015, he moved to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen.[6] It is believed to be that he signed a contract until 2018 and cost a transfer fee of €100,000.[7] At first he is planned to be the second reserve keeper behind starter Raphael Wolf and Koen Casteels. To gain match practice, he is therefore capped for Werder's reserve team, playing in fourth tier Regionalliga.

International career

In August 2014, Zetterer was nominated for the Germany U20 national team for the first time.[8] Thus far he has earned two caps for them.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Player's Profile: Michael Zetterer" (in German). SpVgg Unterhaching. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Player's Profile: Michael Zetterer" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Michael Zetterer - Schneller Profi als erwartet" [Michael Zetterer - Sooner a pro than expected] (in German). Merkur-Online.de. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Unterhaching-Keeper Zetterer will Ruhe ausstrahlen" [Unterhaching keeper Zetterer wants to radiate a sense of calm] (in German). Merkur-Online.de. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Skripnik: Darum wollten wir Zetterer" [Skripnik: That's why we wanted Zetterer] (in German). fussball-vorort.de. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Werder verpflichtet Torhüter-Talent Zetterer / Strebinger nach Regensburg ausgeliehen" [Werder signs goalkeeper talent Zetterer / Strebinger loaned to Regensburg] (in German). SV Werder Bremen. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Torwart-Theater immer irrer" [Fuss about goalkeepers gets crazier and crazier] (in German). Bild. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "DFB nominiert Zetterer nach" [DFB calls up Zetterer as a late replacement] (in German). SpVgg Unterhaching. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "U 20-Männer: Michael Zetterer" [U 20-men's: Michael Zetterer] (in German). DFB. Retrieved 11 March 2015.