Playing position Name Bernd Leno Career start 2009 2003–2009 VfB Stuttgart Weight 79 kg | 1998–2003 SV Germania Bietigheim Height 1.9 m Number 1 Role Footballer Parents Rosa Leno, Viktor Leno | |
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Date of birth (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 23) Place of birth Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany Current teams Germany national football team, Bayer 04 Leverkusen (#1 / Goalkeeper) Similar People Karim Bellarabi, Stefan Kiessling, Marc‑Andre ter Stegen, Timo Horn, Kevin Trapp Profiles | ||
Bernd Leno picks his Ultimate XI dream team | No Messi?!
Bernd Leno (born 4 March 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
Contents
- Bernd Leno picks his Ultimate XI dream team No Messi
- Club career
- International career
- Club statistics
- International
- Personal life
- References
Club career
In May 2011, Leno extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2014. On 10 August 2011, he was loaned out to Bayer 04 Leverkusen until 31 December 2011. 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 to keep a clean sheet in his first three Bundesliga games. 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 the youngest goalkeeper to 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. Leno became a regular in the first team and after a string of impressive performances, on 8 November 2013, he signed an improved contract to keep him at the club until 2018.
International career
Leno received his first call up to the senior Germany team in October 2015 for Euro 2016 qualifiers against Republic of Ireland and Georgia. When Leno was 17 years of age officials from the Russian Football Federation had met with his father. With Roman Neustädter and Konstantin Rausch recently acquiring dual citizenship, it is possible they were looking at naturalizing Leno.
In 2017, Leno was chosen to represent Germany in that year's Confederations Cup.
Club statistics
As of 21 May 2017
International
Personal life
Leno's father is of German-Russian descent. He has stated that one of his favorite music artists is Russian pop star Dima Bilan. However, he does not speak fluent Russian.