german football player

Lars Bender ( german pronunciation : [ ˈlaʁs ˈbɛndɐ ] ; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] born 27 April 1989 ) is a german professional football player who played as a right back and defensive midfielder. He is the counterpart brother of Sven Bender. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Lars Bender played from 1993 to 1999 in the young of the TSV Brannenburg, from 1999 to 2002 he was separate of SpVgg Unterhaching young teams. In summer 2002, he moved to the 1860 München youth team.

1860 Munich [edit ]

In August 2006, Bender played his first game for 1860 Munich II in the Regionalliga Süd. In October, he was an fresh substitute in the 1860 Munich senior team, and on 27 November 2006, when he was 17 years erstwhile, he made his professional debut at the home game against the TuS Koblenz in the 2. Bundesliga. In his first professional season, he played 13 matches, nine of them in the start batting order. In this season, Bender won the Fritz-Walter trophy, ahead of then Mönchengladbach ‘s Marko Marin and his twin buddy, Sven Bender. In his second season, he was a regular player in the defensive midfield. On the inaugural day of the newly season, he scored his inaugural goal. Bender started 2008–09 temper again as a regular player. In the second league crippled against FSV Frankfurt on 3 October 2008, he took over the captainship and was at 19 the youngest captain in the history of the 1860 Munich, but on 20 October he was seriously injured and after a number of injuries, he finished that season with only 15 matches played. In his three professional seasons played for 1860 München in the 2. Bundesliga, he played 58 games and scored four goals .

Bayer 04 Leverkusen [edit ]

On 18 August 2009, Bender signed a three-year abridge with Bayer Leverkusen. He played his first peer in the Bundesliga coming off the bench on Matchday 6 and was used as a utility in most of 20 games he played during his first temper in Bayer Leverkusen. He scored his first base goal in the Bundesliga against Eintracht Frankfurt on 16 September, an eventual 4–0 gain. [ 7 ] In the play along season, his position in the defensive midfield remained competitive and he was much second choice, but he played 27 matches and scored three goals. In the 2011–12 temper, he was a regular player and played most of the games over the fully temper, only interrupted by a forced break for a muscle bundle crack up injury in the spring of 2012. On 21 March 2012, Bender signed a fresh contract with Leverkusen to 2018. [ 8 ] In the 2012–13 Bundesliga season, he played 33 games, scored 3 goals and made 6 assists. On 31 October 2013, he extended his contract with Leverkusen until 2019. [ 9 ]
Bender playing for Bayer Leverkusen, 2012 In the 2013–14 season, he played 29 games and scored three goals in the Bundesliga, despite being injured for the most of September and October and again in the spring of 2014. In the 2014–2015 season, he returned to the discipline and played 26 games in Bundesliga, scoring one goal against SC Paderborn 07. In UEFA Champions League he helped Leverkusen end runner-up in the group stage behind AS Monaco but late lost to Atlético Madrid in the Round of 16. For season 2015/16 bus Roger Schmidt appointed him as the modern team captain in place of Simon Rolfes, who had ended his career after the conclusion of the preseason. [ 10 ] This season is a clamber for him, after had long meter injury in October 2015 until March 2016, and he ‘s only got 10 appearances in Bundesliga and made a couple appearances in Champions League. Bender abdicated the captainship prior to the 2020–21 season due to his ongoing injury issues, passing the role over to Charles Aránguiz. [ 11 ] Both Benders jointly announced that they would retire from football at the end of the 2020–21 season. [ 12 ] Bender played his final professional match on 22 May 2021, the final examination matchday of the 2020–21 Bundesliga, in which Leverkusen played against Borussia Dortmund. It was his 256th top-flight match for Leverkusen. [ 13 ] He replaced his buddy Sven, who had besides played his final match, in the 89th minute while Leverkusen was awarded a penalty. Lars Bender took the penalty, and in a respectful gesture, Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Bürki allowed him to score without making any effort to save the stroke. Bender ‘s final examination finish of his master career was a mere consolation goal as Leverkusen went on to lose the match 3–1. [ 14 ]

International career [edit ]

Bender celebrating his finish against Denmark during Euro 2012 He was partially of the german under-19 side that won the 2008 UEFA european Under-19 Football Championship. He and his twin Sven were named jointly as players of the tournament.

Bender was chosen as separate of Germany ‘s 23-man squad for Euro 2012. He scored an 80th-minute winner in the final group game against Denmark. [ 15 ] On 29 May 2013, Bender scored doubly in a 4–2 succeed over Ecuador. [ 16 ] He was named in Germany ‘s probationary 30-man team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but withdrew on 23 May following a second joint injury in trail. Manager Joachim Löw said, “ I feel personally very deplorable for Lars because I know how much he wanted to be in Brazil, when a player is ruled out so close before a tournament then it is very disappoint for everyone ”. [ 17 ] He played his end internationals for Germany in recently 2014. [ 18 ] Lars was part of the Germany Olympic football team for Rio along with his twin and Nils Petersen who were the three selected over 23 years previous players, [ 19 ] winning the silver decoration. [ 20 ]

Playing vogue [edit ]

Bender normally plays as a defensive midfielder or right-back. He is known for his all-action style and possesses dear harness, excrete and ball interception. [ 21 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of match played 22 May 2021

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list Germany’s goal tally first.

Honours [edit ]

International [edit ]

Germany Youth

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]