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Manuel Peter Neuer (born 27 March 1986) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bayern Munich and the Germany national football team. He is known for his reflexes, excellent shot stopping abilities and distribution of the ball.
Neuer won the 2014 FIFA World Cup with Germany
Neuer also won the Golden Glove award for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament and is considered to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world
Manuel Neuer in action stopping a goal
Neuer signed professional terms in 2005 after progressing through every age group at his hometown club.
He made his Bundesliga debut with Schalke when he came on to substitute the injured Frank Rost on match day two 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.
Bayern Munich
2011–12
On 1 June 2011, Schalke and Bayern Munich confirmed that Neuer would move to Bayern Munich in July 2011. Neuer signed a five-year contract that will last until June 2016. The move was worth €22million, making Neuer the second most expensive goalkeeper of all time, only behind Gianluigi Buffon. After hostilities of Bayern fans against Neuer (some fans were unhappy about Bayern buying a Schalke keeper), a round-table discussion between Bayern Munich and group of supporters’ representatives took place on 2 July 2011. Among other things, it was decided that Manuel Neuer will be "regarded as a full member of the FC Bayern Munich team, who should be treated with due respect. Furthermore, hostility towards him should cease". Right in the first weeks at Bayern, after a 0–0 draw with Hoffenheim, Neuer broke the Bayern Munich record for most competitive clean sheets in a row, having gone over 1000 minutes without conceding. He improved the record formerly held by Oliver Kahn.
Manuel Neuer - Ultimate Saves & Skills - 2011 -2013
On 25 April 2012, Neuer saved penalty kicks from both Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká and helped Bayern through the UEFA Champions League semifinals against Real Madrid. Following the match, Neuer has revealed that he studied the way Ronaldo took his penalties. Neuer told Bild, "I always prepare myself for such situations. Our goalkeeping coach, Toni Tapalovic, showed me on his laptop before the match how Ronaldo usually takes his penalties. I learned that Ronaldo prefers to send the ball low to his left. In the penalty shoot-out, I was convinced that he would aim for his favourite spot."
He went on to the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final against Chelsea and it also went to a penalty shoot-out. He took and scored the third penalty for Bayern and also saved the first penalty taken by Juan Mata, but all the rest were scored and Munich lost the trophy 4–3 on penalties in their home stadium, the Allianz Arena.
2012–13 season
Neuer saving Juan Matas penalty kick in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final
In the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Neuer posted four clean sheets in a row versus both Juventus F.C. and FC Barcelona. In the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Neuer posted eight saves en route to Bayerns fifth UEFA Champions League title. The game featured great play from both keepers, and Neuer would end up winning the duel against Roman Weidenfeller having only conceded once to ?lkay Gündo?an on a penalty shot.
2013–14 season
For the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, on 30 August 2013, he saved the last and decisive penalty which saw FC Bayern Munich win the match against Chelsea, taking some revenge for the lost 2012 UEFA Champions League Final. Neuer was announced as the 2013 World Goalkeeper of the year on 7 January 2014.
On 2 May 2014, Neuer extended his current contract until the summer of 2019.
International career
Youth teams
After progressing through the youth teams, Neuer made his U-21 debut on 15 August 2006 against the Netherlands. He won the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship with the Germany national under-21 football team in Sweden and kept a clean sheet in the 4–0 win in the final against England.
2010 World Cup
Neuer was called up on 19 May 2009 to the senior German squad for a tour of Asia. He made his debut on this tour in a match against United Arab Emirates on 2 June.He played in the November friendly against Côte dIvoire that ended 2–2. Although he took responsibility for the first goal conceded, manager Joachim Löw refused to blame him and instead commended him for doing his best.
ManuelNeuer - 2010 FIFA World Cup
The death of keeper Robert Enke in November 2009 saw him elevated as the second choice goalkeeper under René Adler. However, Adler suffered a serious rib injury which ruled him out of the World Cup. Neuer became Germanys first choice goalkeeper ahead of Tim Wiese and Hans-Jörg Butt for the upcoming tournament.
Neuer was selected as Germanys number one goalkeeper for the World Cup in South Africa. During the group stages, he only conceded a single goal, a close range shot by Milan Jovanovi? in the match against Serbia. He provided the assist for Miroslav Kloses opening goal against England, winning 4–1. He played in all of Germanys World Cup matches apart from the third-place game against Uruguay, when Hans-Jörg Butt was rewarded with a spot in the starting lineup.
Euro 2012
He played every minute of every match in the qualification campaign for Euro 2012, helping Germany to secure ten wins out of ten games and top their group. After Germanys 3–1 away win against Turkey he was especially praised for his "sensational" performance. He retained a close range volley shot by Hamit Alt?ntop, and then he quickly threw the ball to the halfway line into the feet of Thomas Müller, who immediately provided the assist for Mario Gómezs opening goal. Neuer then set up the second goal; under pressure by Turkish attackers, he fired a precise long range shot to Mario Götze deep in the opponents half, who found Thomas Müller on the edge of the opponents penalty box to score. He started all three of Germanys matches in the oft-dubbed, "Group of Death".
He kept a clean sheet against Portugal while also conceding one goal each to the Netherlands and Denmark. Germany went on to win Group B, being the only team in the tournament to win all of their group stage games. He finished group play posting two saves against Portugal, three against the Netherlands, and three again against Denmark.
Manuel Neuer ? World best Goalkeeper of 2013
Honours
Club
- Schalke 04
• DFB-Pokal: 2010–11
• DFB-Ligapokal: 2005
Bayern Munich
• Bundesliga: 2012–13, 2013–14
• DFB-Pokal: 2012–13, 2013–14
• DFL-Supercup: 2012
• UEFA Champions League: 2012–13
• UEFA Super Cup: 2013
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2013
International
Germany
• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 2009
Individual
• Best Bundesliga Goalkeeper: 2007
• Best UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Goalkeeper: 2009
• Fritz-Walter-Medal 2005 in Silver (Category U19)
• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2010[30]
• Footballer of the Year in Germany: 2011
• UEFA Best Player in Europe Award 2011 (10th place)
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2012
• ESM Team of the Year: 2012, 2013.
• FIFA Ballon dOr: 19th place 2012, 23rd place 2013
• Fans Man of the Match: 2013 UEFA Champions League Final
• IFFHS Worlds Best Goalkeeper: 2013
• FIFA/FIFPro World XI: 2013
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2013
UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2013–14
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award Second place: 2014
FIFA World Cup Golden Glove: 2014
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2014
FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2014
LÉquipes player of the year: 2014
AIPS Athlete of the Year: 2014
LÉquipe Champion of Champions: 2014 Runner-up
FIFA Ballon dOr: 3rd place 2014