Bernd Leno
 Leno with Bayer Leverkusen in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 March 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2003 | SV Germania Bietigheim | ||
| 2003–2009 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2011 | VfB Stuttgart II | 56 | (0) |
| 2011– | Bayer Leverkusen | 165 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Germany U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Germany U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012– | Germany U21 | 14 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:10, 1 May 2016 (UTC). | |||
Bernd Leno (born 4 March 1992) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bayer Leverkusen.
Club career
In May 2011, Leno extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2014.[1] On 10 August 2011, he was loaned out to Bayer 04 Leverkusen until 31 December 2011.[2][3] Four days after the five months loan deal was signed, Leno made his Bundesliga debut against SV Werder Bremen. He became after Dirk Krüssenberg and Heribert Macherey the third goalkeeper in Bundesliga history to keep a clean sheet in his first three Bundesliga games.[4] When he played on 13 September 2011, at the age of 19 years and 193 days, against Chelsea F.C. in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage he was the youngest goalkeeper to ever to play in a Champions League match. The transfer was made permanent on 30 November 2011, when Leno received a deal that keeps him with Bayer until 2017.[5][6] Leno became a regular in the first team and after a string of impressive performances, on 8 November 2013, he signed an improved contract to keep him at the club until 2018.[7]
International career
Leno received his first call up to the senior Germany team in October 2015 for Euro 2016 qualifiers against Republic of Ireland and Georgia.[8] When Leno was 17 years of age officials from the Russian Football Federation had met with his father.[9] With Roman Neustädter and Konstantin Rausch recently becoming naturalized Russians, it is possible they were looking at naturalizing Leno.
Club statistics
As of 1 May 2016[10]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2009–10 | VfB Stuttgart II | 3. Liga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Stuttgart II total | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 56 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen total | 165 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 223 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 221 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 279 | 0 | ||
Personal
Leno's father is of German-Russian descent.[11] He has stated that one of his favorite music artists is Russian pop star Dima Bilan [12]
References
- ↑ "Changes afoot". VfB Stuttgart. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ↑ "Leno on loan to Leverkusen". VfB Stuttgart. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ↑ "Bayer 04 sign Stuttgart keeper Leno on loan". Bayer Leverkusen. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ↑ "Leno unbezwingbar" [Leno invincible]. bundesliga.de (in German). 27 August 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "Bernd Leno to sign for Bayer 04". VfB Stuttgart. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ "Bayer 04 sign Bernd Leno". Bayer Leverkusen. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ↑ "Leno signs new Leverkusen contract". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "Joachim Low adds Bernd Leno to squad for Euro 2016 double-header". football.co.uk. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.sport-express.ru/football/champions-league/reviews/832324/
- ↑ "Bernd Leno". soccerway. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/bernd-leno/lehmann-gab-mir-tipps-fuers-leben-19716546.bild.html (German)
- ↑ http://www.sport-express.ru/football/champions-league/reviews/832324/
External links
- Bernd Leno profile at Fussballdaten
- Bernd Leno profile at Soccerway
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