| Intro | German footballer | ||||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From | Germany | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 6 August 1980, Diez, Verbandsgemeinde Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate | ||||
| Age: | 39 years | ||||
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Roman Weidenfeller (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːman ˈvaɪdn̩ˌfɛlɐ]; born 6 August 1980) is a German footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the German national team. He made his first international appearance in a friendly match against England.
Career
Early career
During his youth years, he played for Sportfreunde Eisbachtal. Weidenfeller then made his professional debut in 1997, after his performances at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
Kaiserslautern
In 1998, Weidenfeller transferred to the 1. FC Kaiserslautern youth team where he made 40 appearances in two seasons. He was then promoted to the first team but made only six league appearances in two seasons.
Borussia Dortmund
Weidenfeller moved to Borussia Dortmund in 2002 on a free transfer as a possible replacement for Jens Lehmann, who had moved to Arsenal in 2003. Weidenfeller had reportedly been unhappy at Kaiserslautern, where he was used mainly as a backup to Georg Koch. His debut for Dortmund came on 17 December 2003 against his former club, Kaiserslautern, in a 1–0 loss.
In 2005, Weidenfeller underwent surgery following a meniscus tear in his left knee during training.
Early in the 2007–08 season, Weidenfeller was given a three match ban and fined €10,000 for racist insults leveled against Schalke 04 striker Gerald Asamoah. Asamoah originally reported Weidenfeller after a match on 18 August 2007 between the two clubs, where the incident occurred after a clash between the two in the 51st minute. Weidenfeller offered an apology to Asamoah following the news reports but denied making the statement.
Weidenfeller won the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund in 2011 and went on to win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double with Borussia Dortmund in 2012.
On 6 May 2013, Weidenfeller signed a contract extension with Borussia Dortmund, keeping him at the club until 2016.
On 27 July 2013, Weidenfeller won the 2013 DFL-Supercup with Dortmund 4–2 against rivals Bayern Munich.
However, with manager Jürgen Klopp leaving at the end of the 2014/15 season, the replacement manager Thomas Tuchel chose new signing Roman Bürki as his first choice goalkeeper as Dortmund began the season in excellent form, winning their first eleven games under Tuchel. Weidenfeller would continue to play in the club’s European matches.
On 5 February 2016, Weidenfeller signed a new one-year deal with Borussia, keeping him at the club until 2017. On 9 May 2017, he extended his contract until 2018.
International career
In November 2013, Weidenfeller was called up to the German national squad for his first time for the friendlies against Italy and England. He received his first cap when he started against England at the Wembley Stadium on 19 November 2013, making him the oldest ever 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 next game against Armenia where Germany won 6–1. Both games were international friendlies. Weidenfeller made his first appearance for the German national team in a competitive match against Gibraltar during the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying in June 2015.
He was nominated as a reserve keeper behind Manuel Neuer for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, where the German team won the title a fourth time, but Weidenfeller wasn’t used in any match.
Honours
Club
- Bundesliga: 2010–11, 2011–12
- DFB-Pokal: 2011–12
- DFL-Supercup: 2008, 2013
- UEFA Champions League Runner-up: 2012–13
International
- FIFA World Cup: 2014
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kaiserslautern | 2000–01 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | — | |||
| Kaiserslautern II | 2001–02 | Regionalliga Süd | 12 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2002–03 | Regionalliga Nord | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| 2003–04 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2004–05 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | — | |||||||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2002–03 | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||||
| 2005–06 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| 2006–07 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||||||
| 2007–08 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
| 2008–09 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| 2009–10 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||||||
| 2010–11 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| 2011–12 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 347 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 450 | 0 | |||
| Career totals | 378 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 483 | 0 | |||
- 1.^ Includes German Cup.
- 2.^ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
- 3.^ Includes German League Cup and German Super Cup.
International statistics
| Germany national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 |