Bernd Leno
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 1,90 m | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2009 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | VfB Stuttgart II | 57 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2012– | Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Germany U17 | 3 | (0) | |
| Germany U18 | 5 | (0) | |
| Germany U19 | 4 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:45, 31 January 2012 (UTC) | |||
Bernd Leno (born 4 March 1992 in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg) is a German footballer who plays for Bayer Leverkusen, as a goalkeeper.
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 who was keeping a clean sheet in his 3 first 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 was the youngest German goalkeeper 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]
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". bundesliga.de (in German). 27 August 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "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.
External links
- Bernd Leno at fussballdaten.de (in German)