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Manuel Neuer (born 27 March 1986 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German Footballer..

Full name: Manuel Neuer
Date of birth: 27 March 1986
Place of birth: Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height: 1.92 m
Playing position: Goalkeeper

Club – Schalke 04

Neuer signed professional terms in 2005 after progressing through every age group at his hometown club. He made his Bundesliga debut when he came on to substitute the injured Frank Rost on match day 2 of the 2006–07 season. The 20-year-old eventually won the starting position when Rost was surprisingly dropped for the crunch clash against Bayern Munich. He did not disappoint and managed to secure a 2–2 draw against the defending champions. Despite his young age, he was widely tipped to be a potential successor to his former idol Jens Lehmann in the future for the Germany national team.

On 5 March 2008, in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League, Neuer performed fantastically against FC Porto where he almost single-handedly kept Schalke in the game with some brilliant saves and forced the game into penalties. He later saved penalties from Bruno Alves and Lisandro Lopez to help Schalke advance to the quarter finals. For his heroics, he was shortlisted for the 2007–08 UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year award and was the youngest and the only Bundesliga goalkeeper on the list.He was one of only three Bundesliga players to play every single minute in the 2007–08 season.

The 2008–09 was somewhat disappointing as Schalke finished eighth in the league table and missed out on a Europe League spot. However, his good showing at the 2009 U-21 European Championships sparked interest from Bayern Munich, with Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge declaring interest in signing the young goalkeeper. Schalke’s new manager Felix Magath, however, insisted that Neuer “will play for Schalke next season”.In November, he was the only German goalkeeper in the list of 5 nominated goalkeepers for the UEFA Team of the Year.

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