german association football player

Roman Weidenfeller ( hold 6 August 1980 ) is a german former master football player who played as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga clubs 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Borussia Dortmund, adenine well as the german national team. Weidenfeller spent 16 seasons with Dortmund and managed to win both the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal twice. In 2014, he won the FIFA World Cup with Germany.

Club career [edit ]

early on career [edit ]

During his youth years, Weidenfeller played for Sportfreunde Eisbachtal. He then made his master debut in 1997, after his performances at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship .

Kaiserslautern [edit ]

In 1998, Weidenfeller transferred to the 1. FC Kaiserslautern youth team and late was used in the second team. For the 2000/01 Bundesliga season he was promoted to the first team but made only six league appearances in two years. [ 3 ]

Borussia Dortmund [edit ]

Weidenfeller with Dortmund in 2006 Weidenfeller moved to Borussia Dortmund in 2002 on a release transfer [ 4 ] as a possible surrogate for Jens Lehmann, who had moved to Arsenal in 2003. Weidenfeller had reportedly been unhappy at Kaiserslautern, where he was used chiefly as a backing to Georg Koch. [ 5 ] His debut for Dortmund came on 17 December 2003 against his early club, Kaiserslautern, in a 1–0 loss. In 2005, Weidenfeller undergo operation following a meniscus pluck in his entrust knee during educate. [ 6 ] early in the 2007–08 season, Weidenfeller was given a three peer ban and fined €10,000 for racist insults leveled against Schalke 04 striker Gerald Asamoah. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Asamoah in the first place reported Weidenfeller after a match on 18 August 2007 between the two clubs, where the incidental occurred after a brush between the two in the 51st minute. [ 9 ] Weidenfeller offered an apology to Asamoah following the news program reports but denied making the statement. [ 7 ] Weidenfeller won the Bundesliga with Dortmund in 2011 and went on to win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double with the golf club in 2012. In the DFB-Pokal final examination, he was substituted in the 33rd moment due to a collision with Mario Gómez. On 6 May 2013, Weidenfeller signed a contract extension with Borussia Dortmund, keeping him at the golf club until 2016. [ 10 ] On 27 July 2013, Weidenfeller won the 2013 DFL-Supercup with Dortmund 4–2 against rivals Bayern Munich. [ 11 ]

however, with director Jürgen Klopp leaving at the conclusion of the 2014/15 season, the refilling coach Thomas Tuchel chose new signing Roman Bürki as his foremost choice goalkeeper as Dortmund began the season in excellent form, winning their first base eleven games under Tuchel. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Weidenfeller would continue to play in the club ‘s european matches. On 5 February 2016, Weidenfeller signed a new annual deal with Borussia, keeping him at the club until 2017. [ 14 ] On 9 May 2017, he extended his narrow until 2018. [ 15 ] At the end of the season 2017–18, he finished after his substitution for goalkeeper Bürki on 34 Matchday his active career, but will continue to work in another capability at Dortmund. [ 16 ] His farewell peer took stead on September 7, 2018 in the Signal Iduna Park where Roman & Friends won against the BVB All Stars and Weidenfeller scored two goals. Following Weidenfeller ‘s retirement, he remained at Borussia Dortmund as an international ambassador. [ 17 ]

International career [edit ]

In November 2013, Weidenfeller was called up to the german national squad for his first gear prison term for the friendlies against Italy and England. He received his first hood when he started against England at the Wembley Stadium on 19 November 2013, making him the oldest always german goalkeeper débutant. He then appeared for the game against Cameroon, where the game ended tied at 2–2. He made his third appearance on the future game against Armenia where Germany won 6–1. Both games were external friendlies. He was nominated as a reserve keeper behind Manuel Neuer for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, where the german team won the claim a fourth time, but Weidenfeller was n’t used in any match. Weidenfeller made his first base appearance for the german national team in a competitive meet against Gibraltar during the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying in June 2015. [ 18 ] His international farewell came with this match after winning five caps in total. [ 19 ]

Honours [edit ]

Borussia Dortmund [ 20 ]
Germany U16 [ 21 ]
Germany [ 20 ]

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

International [edit ]

Germany national team
Year Apps Goals
2013 1 0
2014 3 0
2015 1 0
Total 5 0

References [edit ]