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Roman Weidenfeller
Weidenfeller with Borussia Dortmund in 2014
Personal information
Full name Roman Weidenfeller[1]
Date of birth (1980-08-06) 6 August 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Diez, West Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1996 Sportfreunde Eisbachtal
1996–1998 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 51 (0)
1998–2002 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 (0)
2002–2018 Borussia Dortmund 349 (0)
2002–2018 Borussia Dortmund II 13 (0)
Total 419 (0)
International career
1999–2001 Germany U21 3 (0)
2005 Germany B 1 (0)
2013–2015 Germany 5 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2014 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roman Weidenfeller (born 6 August 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga clubs 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Borussia Dortmund, as well as the Germany national team.

Weidenfeller spent 16 seasons with Dortmund and won both the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal twice. In 2014, he won the FIFA World Cup with Germany.

Club career

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Early career

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During his youth years, Weidenfeller played for Sportfreunde Eisbachtal. He then made his professional debut in 1997, after his performances at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

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In 1998, Weidenfeller transferred to the 1. FC Kaiserslautern youth team and later was used in the second team. For the 2000–01 season he was promoted to the first team but made only six league appearances in two years.[3]

Borussia Dortmund

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Weidenfeller with Dortmund in 2006

Weidenfeller moved to German champions Borussia Dortmund in 2002 on a free transfer[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7][8] 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.[9] Weidenfeller offered an apology to Asamoah following the news reports but denied making the statement.[7] Due to a partial tear of the medial ligament in the right knee, he missed the DFB-Pokal final towards the end of the season, which was lost with 2–1 against Bayern Munich. Fellow goalkeeper Marc Ziegler would replace him.

Weidenfeller won the Bundesliga with Dortmund in 2011 and went on to win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double with the club in 2012, saving a penalty taken by Arjen Robben in the Bundesliga-clinching match. In the cup final, he was substituted for Mitchell Langerak in the 33rd minute following a collision with Mario Gómez. His team would beat Bayern Munich with 5–2.

On 6 May 2013, Weidenfeller signed a contract extension with Borussia Dortmund, keeping him at the club until 2016.[10]

On 27 July 2013, Weidenfeller won the 2013 DFL-Supercup with Dortmund 4–2 against rivals Bayern Munich.[11]

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.[12][13] Weidenfeller continued to play in the club's European matches.

On 5 February 2016, Weidenfeller signed a new one-year deal with Dortmund, keeping him at the club until 2017.[14] On 9 May 2017, he extended his contract until 2018.[15] At the end of the 2017–18 season, he retired after making his final appearance as a substitute for Bürki, but announced that he would continue to work for Dortmund in another capacity.[16] His farewell match took place on 7 September 2018 in the Signal Iduna Park where Roman & Friends won against the BVB All Stars and Weidenfeller scored two goals.

Following Weidenfeller's retirement, he remained at Borussia Dortmund as an international ambassador.[17]

International career

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Weidenfeller after Germany's triumph at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

From 1999 until 2001, Roman Weidenfeller competed in three matches for the national under-21 team of Germany.

In 2005, he was part of the B-national team of Germany for which he kept his goal once, also known as Team 2006, as it was the development team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup on homesoil. Nonetheless he would not become part of Jürgen Klinsmann's final World Cup squad.

In November 2013, Weidenfeller was called up to the Germany 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 in the next game against Armenia where Germany won 6–1. Both games were international friendlies.

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. Weidenfeller made his first appearance in the Germany national team in a competitive match against Gibraltar during the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying in June 2015.[18] His international farewell came with this match after winning five caps in total.[19]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1. FC Kaiserslautern II 1998–99[20] Regionalliga West/Südwest 4 0 — — — 4 0
1999–2000[20] Regionalliga West/Südwest 35 0 — — — 35 0
2001–02[20] Regionalliga Süd 12 0 — — — 12 0
Total 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2000–01[21] Bundesliga 3 0 0 0 1[a] 0 — 4 0
2001–02[22] 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
Total 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
Borussia Dortmund II 2002–03[20] Regionalliga Nord 7 0 — — — 7 0
2003–04[20] 4 0 — — — 4 0
2004–05[20] 2 0 — — — 2 0
Total 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Borussia Dortmund 2002–03[20] Bundesliga 11 0 2 0 — 1[b] 0 14 0
2003–04[20] 17 0 2 0 6 0 2[b] 0 27 0
2004–05[20] 26 0 1 0 — — 27 0
2005–06[20] 24 0 1 0 2 0 — 27 0
2006–07[23] 34 0 2 0 — — 36 0
2007–08[24] 14 0 0 0 — — 14 0
2008–09[25] 32 0 3 0 2[a] 0 — 37 0
2009–10[26] 30 0 3 0 — — 33 0
2010–11[27] 33 0 2 0 8[c] 0 — 43 0
2011–12[20] 32 0 4 0 6[d] 0 1[e] 0 43 0
2012–13[20] 31 0 4 0 13[d] 0 1[e] 0 49 0
2013–14[20] 30 0 3 0 9[d] 0 1[e] 0 43 0
2014–15[28] 25 0 0 0 7[d] 0 — 32 0
2015–16[29] 1 0 0 0 13[c] 0 — 14 0
2016–17[30] 7 0 2 0 2[d] 0 0 0 11 0
2017–18[31] 2 0 0 0 1[d] 0 0 0 3 0
Total 349 0 29 0 69 0 6 0 453 0
Career total 419 0 30 0 70 0 6 0 525 0
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in DFB-Ligapokal
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ a b c Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[32]
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2013 1 0
2014 3 0
2015 1 0
Total 5 0

Honours

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Borussia Dortmund[33]

Germany U16[34]

Germany[33]

References

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  2. ^ "Roman Weidenfeller". bvb.de. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 August 2018). "Roman Weidenfeller - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Roman Weidenfeller". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  5. ^ Seery, Philip. "BVB win Weidenfeller chase". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  6. ^ Ives, Chris. "Keeper blow for BvB". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  7. ^ a b Scurr, Andrew (23 August 2007). "Dortmund keeper handed ban". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Weidenfeller banned over racist remarks". Yahoo! Sports UK. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2008. [dead link‍]
  9. ^ Ives, Chris (20 August 2007). "Weidenfeller faces DFB rap". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Dortmund's Weidenfeller signs contract extension". UEFA.com. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Dortmund prevail over Bayern in Supercup thriller". bundesliga.com. 27 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Roman Weidenfeller dropped as Borussia Dortmund number one - Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  13. ^ "Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen". BBC Sport. 20 September 2015.
  14. ^ "BVB extend Roman Weidenfeller's contract until 2017". Borussia Dortmund. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  15. ^ http://www.bvb.de/eng/News/Overview/Weidenfeller-extends-contract-until-2018 Weidenfeller extends contract until 2018
  16. ^ "Über den Sommer hinaus: Weidenfeller bleibt dem BVB erhalten". kicker. 10 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Weidenfellers erste Reise als Markenbotschafter" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  18. ^ Jogi setzt wieder auf Herrmann. Bild.de (in German). Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  19. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 August 2018). "Roman Weidenfeller - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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  34. ^ Garin, Erik (28 June 2006). "European U-16 Championship 1997". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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