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After two more solid seasons (ten goals and 18 assists in 60 matches), Schneider began suffering consecutive injuries: first the [[Calf (anatomy)|calf]]<ref> [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=638431.html Injured Schneider takes another break]; UEFA.com, 14 December 2007</ref>then the [[back]], being sidelined almost the entire [[Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09|2008-09]] due to the latter.<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=790431.html Leverkusen's Schneider takes first steps back]; UEFA.com, 4 January 2009</ref>He only managed to return to action on May 16, 2009, playing the last 20 minutes of a 5-0 home win against [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] amd announced his retirement on 26 June 2009<ref>[http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/663360 Bernd Schneider beendet Karriere als Fußball-Profi]</ref>.
After two more solid seasons (ten goals and 18 assists in 60 matches), Schneider began suffering consecutive injuries: first the [[Calf (anatomy)|calf]]<ref> [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=638431.html Injured Schneider takes another break]; UEFA.com, 14 December 2007</ref>then the [[back]], being sidelined almost the entire [[Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09|2008-09]] due to the latter.<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=790431.html Leverkusen's Schneider takes first steps back]; UEFA.com, 4 January 2009</ref>He only managed to return to action on May 16, 2009, playing the last 20 minutes of a 5-0 home win against [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] amd announced his retirement on 26 June 2009<ref>[http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/663360 Bernd Schneider beendet Karriere als Fußball-Profi]</ref>.

In June 2009, he ended his football career due to the abovementioned back injury<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,632755,00.html</ref>


==International career==
==International career==

Revision as of 09:12, 26 June 2009

Bernd Schneider
Personal information
Full name Bernd Schneider
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Retired
Number 25
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 April 2008

Bernd Schneider (born 17 November 1973 in Jena) is a retired German footballer who last plays for Bayer Leverkusen. Usually a right midfielder, he can also play in the centre.

Nicknamed "Schnix", he is known for his skills and accurate free kicks and corners. Even though he is seldom a finisher, Schneider is also useful in front of goal.

Club career

Schneider started his professional career at local FC Carl Zeiss Jena, going on to help the East German outfit to remain five consecutive seasons in the second division; his debut came on August 13, 1991, playing ten minutes in a 1-3 loss at SV Darmstadt 98.

Schneider then played one season at Eintracht Frankfurt, subsequently moving to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and establishing himself as an essential player for both club and country. In 1999-00 and 2001-02, he was instrumental in Bayer's runner-up league finishes, serving 11 decisive passes in the latter season, as well as netting five goals himself; he also appeared 19 times as the side reached the Champions League final in 2002.

More a creator than a finisher, Schneider scored a career-best ten league goals in the 2003–04 season, making him the highest-scoring midfielder in that year's competition, alongside SV Werder Bremen's Johan Micoud; Leverkusen finished third and, during the following season, the 31-year old renewed his link for a further four years.[1]

After two more solid seasons (ten goals and 18 assists in 60 matches), Schneider began suffering consecutive injuries: first the calf[2]then the back, being sidelined almost the entire 2008-09 due to the latter.[3]He only managed to return to action on May 16, 2009, playing the last 20 minutes of a 5-0 home win against Borussia Mönchengladbach amd announced his retirement on 26 June 2009[4].

In June 2009, he ended his football career due to the abovementioned back injury[5]

International career

Schneider made his debut for Germany during the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, playing in the 2-0 win against New Zealand and the loss to the United States (same result).

From 2002-06, he was a vital national team member, playing more than 10 internationals in each year, and representing the nation at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (where he netted his first goal, in a 8–0 routing of Saudi Arabia, and playing all the matches for the eventual runners-up), Euro 2004 and 2006 World Cup (due to the injury-related absence of Michael Ballack, Schneider had the honour of captaining his country in the opening match, a 4–2 win over Costa Rica; he also started and played every match for the third-placed hosts).

Schneider was ruled out of Germany's Euro 2008 squad, due to surgery to fix a slipped disc. He totalled 81 caps in nearly a decade of international play.

International goals

Scores and results table. Germany's goal tally first:
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 June 2002 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan  Saudi Arabia 8-0 8-0 FIFA World Cup 2002
2. 16 August 2006 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany  Sweden 1-0 3-0 Friendly
3. 6 September 2006 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 13-0 13-0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4. 12 September 2007 Rhein Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany  Romania 1-1 3-1 Friendly

Coaching Career

On 29 May 2009 his former club FC Carl Zeiss Jena named him as mentor of Carl Zeiss President Peter Schreiber[6] and began to work as Scout for Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 26 June 2009[7].

Honours

Club

Country

Personal

  • Schneider and his wife Carina have a 7-year-old daughter, Emely and an son called Giovanni[8].
  • He is also known as "The White Brazilian" in Leverkusen[9].
  • Alongside with Oliver Neuville, he is one of the two known smokers on the national team.

References

  1. ^ Four more years for Schneider; UEFA.com, 11 February 2005
  2. ^ Injured Schneider takes another break; UEFA.com, 14 December 2007
  3. ^ Leverkusen's Schneider takes first steps back; UEFA.com, 4 January 2009
  4. ^ Bernd Schneider beendet Karriere als Fußball-Profi
  5. ^ http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,632755,00.html
  6. ^ Fascher geht - Comeback von van Eck
  7. ^ Bernd Schneider bittet Bayer 04 um Vertragsauflösung
  8. ^ Schneider: Ich gebe die Nationalelf nicht auf
  9. ^ Bernd Schneider - Biografie - VANITYFAIR.DE - Vanity Faces ...
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