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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 German national team.

Roman Weidenfeller

Weidenfeller with Borussia Dortmund in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Roman Weidenfeller[1]
Date of birth	(1980-08-06) 6 August 1980 (age 41)
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	6	(0)
2002–2018	Borussia Dortmund	349	(0)
Total		355	(0)
National team
1999–2001	Germany U21	3	(0)
2005	Germany B	1	(0)
2013–2015	Germany	5	(0)
Honours Borussia Dortmund Winner Bundesliga 2011 Winner Bundesliga 2012 Winner DFB-Pokal 2012 Winner DFB-Pokal 2017 Runner-up UEFA Champions League 2013  Germany Winner FIFA World Cup 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Early career

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.

Kaiserslautern

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

Borussia Dortmund

Weidenfeller moved to 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]

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 DFB-Pokal final, he was substituted in the 33rd minute due to a collision with Mario Gómez.

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 would continue to play in the club's European matches.

On 5 February 2016, Weidenfeller signed a new one-year deal with Borussia, keeping him at the club until 2017.[14] On 9 May 2017, he extended his contract until 2018.[15] At the end of the season 2017–18, he finished after his substitution for goalkeeper Bürki on 34 Matchday his active career, but will continue to work in another capacity at Dortmund.[16] His farewell match took place on September 7, 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

In November 2013, Weidenfeller was called up to the German 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 for the German 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]

Honours

Borussia Dortmund[20]

• Bundesliga: 2010–11, 2011–12
• DFB-Pokal: 2011–12, 2016–17
• DFL-Supercup: 2013
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2012–13

Germany U16[21]

• UEFA European Under-16 Championship third place: 1997

Germany[20]

• FIFA World Cup: 2014

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			National Cup1		Europe2		Other3		Total		Ref.
		League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kaiserslautern	2000–01	Bundesliga	3	0	0	0	1	0	—		4	0	[22]
	2001–02		3	0	1	0	—				4	0	[23]
	Total		6	0	1	0	1	0	—		8	0	—
Kaiserslautern II	2001–02	Regionalliga Süd	12	0	—						12	0	[24]
Borussia Dortmund II	2002–03	Regionalliga Nord	7	0							7	0	[25]
	2003–04		4	0							4	0	[25]
	2004–05		2	0							2	0	[25]
	Total		13	0	—						13	0	—
Borussia Dortmund	2002–03	Bundesliga	11	0	2	0	—		1	0	14	0	[25]
	2003–04		17	0	2	0	6	0	2	0	27	0	[25]
	2004–05		26	0	1	0	—		—		27	0	[25]
	2005–06		24	0	1	0	2	0			27	0	[25]
	2006–07		34	0	2	0	—				36	0	[26]
	2007–08		14	0	0	0					14	0	[27]
	2008–09		32	0	3	0	2	0			37	0	[28]
	2009–10		30	0	3	0	—				33	0	[29]
	2010–11		33	0	2	0	8	0			43	0	[30]
	2011–12		32	0	4	0	6	0	1	0	43	0	[25]
	2012–13		31	0	4	0	13	0	1	0	49	0	[25]
	2013–14		30	0	3	0	9	0	1	0	43	0	[25]
	2014–15		25	0	0	0	7	0	—		32	0	[31]
	2015–16		1	0	0	0	13	0			14	0	[32]
	2016–17		7	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	[33]
	2017–18		2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	[34]
	Total		349	0	29	0	69	0	6	0	453	0	—
Career total			380	0	30	0	70	0	6	0	486	0	—

• 1.^ Includes German Cup
• 2.^ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Intertoto Cup
• 3.^ Includes German League Cup and German Super Cup

International

Source:[35]

Germany national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2013	1	0
2014	3	0
2015	1	0
Total	5	0

References

External links

• Official website
• Roman Weidenfeller at WorldFootball.net
• Roman Weidenfeller at Soccerbase
• Roman Weidenfeller at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Roman Weidenfeller at National-Football-Teams.com
• Roman Weidenfeller football profile from Yahoo! Sports UK
• Roman Weidenfeller at ESPN FC

На других языках

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- [en] Roman Weidenfeller

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[es] Roman Weidenfeller

Roman Weidenfeller (Diez, Alemania, 6 de agosto de 1980) es un exfutbolista alemán. Jugó como portero y su último club fue el Borussia Dortmund de la Bundesliga. También fue seleccionado con la selección alemana.

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[it] Roman Weidenfeller

Roman Weidenfeller (Diez, 6 agosto 1980) è un ex calciatore tedesco, di ruolo portiere. Con la nazionale tedesca si è laureato campione del mondo nel 2014.

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[ru] Вайденфеллер, Роман

Ро́ман Ва́йденфеллер (нем. Roman Weidenfeller; родился 6 августа 1980 года в Дице) — немецкий футболист, вратарь. Большую часть карьеры провёл в клубе «Боруссия» Дортмунд. С ней дважды становился чемпионом Германии (в 2011, 2012 годах). Чемпион мира в составе сборной Германии.

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