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Background
Manuel Neuer started his career at Schalke 04 and played through the academy. In 2005, he signed his first professional contract.
He made twenty-six appearances for Schalke II from 2004 to 2006 as a youth goalkeeper.
In 2006, following stints in the previous seasons being an unused substitute on the bench, Neuer made his Bundesliga debut on matchday two of the 2006-07 season.
The following season (2007-08), Manuel Neuer was one of only three Bundesliga players to play every minute that season and through this cemented his spot as Schalke's first-choice.
Over the next few seasons, Manuel Neuer consistently impressed in the Bundesliga and won 61 appearances between 2008 and 2010.
In the 2010-11 season, Manuel Neuer became captain of Schalke and led a side with Raúl and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to the Champions League semi-finals.
During this season, Neuer won the DFB-Pokal with Schalke before leaving in the summer of 2011 to Bayern Munich.
In his first season at the club, Neuer saved penalties from Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká in the Champions League to help them through to the final (which they lost to Chelsea). During this final, he scored his penalty as the third taker and also saved Juan Mata's.
In the 2012-13 season, Manuel Neuer achieved his first treble at Bayern Munich in winnning the Bundesliga, Champions League and DFB-Pokal under coach Jupp Heynckes.
In the summer of 2014, Neuer added to his trophy cabinet by lifting the World Cup trophy as Germany's goalkeeper with only four goals conceded in the entire tournament (winning the golden glove with four clean sheets in the tournament). During this World Cup, Neuer became renowned for his "sweeper-keeper" style.
In July 2017, Manuel Neuer took over from the retired Philipp Lahm as Bayern's captain.
In 2019, Manuel Neuer missed six closing games during the 2018-19 Bundesliga season and Bayern Munich saw off Dortmund to lift the Bundesliga.
During the 2019-20 season, Manuel Neuer captained Bayern Munich to their second treble in the last ten years as they saw off PSG 1-0 in the final to win all three trophies.
In August 2021, Neuer had his 205th clean sheet in the Bundesliga in 441 matches, breaking Oliver Kahn's record of 204 clean sheets in 557 matches.
With Bayern, Neuer also won the Bundesliga during the 2021–22 season with three games to spare.After the season, Neuer extended his contract with Bayern Munich until 2024
In December 2022, Neuer announced that he broke his leg during a ski trip in Bavaria and this meant he would be out for the rest of the season.
On 28 October 2023, Neuer played for the first time in almost a year against Darmstadt.
A month later, he extended his contract until 2025 (which takes him until 39 years old).
Strengths
• Distribution
• Sweeper Keeper
Weaknesses
• Catching Crosses
• Speed
