Robert Almer
Almer playing for Austria in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Almer | ||
Date of birth | 20 March 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Bruck an der Mur, Austria | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Austria Wien | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
SC Untersiebenbrunn | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | SC Untersiebenbrunn | 10 | (0) |
2004–2005 | DSV Leoben | 14 | (0) |
2005–2006 | FK Austria Wien Amateure | 7 | (0) |
2006–2008 | SV Mattersburg | 20 | (0) |
2008–2011 | Austria Wien | 21 | (0) |
2011 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 2 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Energie Cottbus | 18 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Hannover 96 | 0 | (0) |
2015– | Austria Wien | 31 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2011– | Austria | 32 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:37, 1 August 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2015 |
Robert Almer (born 20 March 1984) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Austria Wien and the Austria national team.[1]
Almer is currently the number one goalkeeper for the national team, playing at UEFA Euro 2016.
Club career
After starting in the Austrian amateur leagues with SC Untersiebenbrunn and DSV Leoben, Almer was signed by FK Austria Wien and assigned to the club's reserve squad. In 2006, he joined SV Mattersburg and gained regular first team appearances for the team in the Austrian Bundesliga. He resigned for Austria Wien two years later as back-up for first choice goalkeeper Szabolcs Sáfár. During his first season back in Vienna, Almer was selected in goal for the 2009 Austrian Cup Final, winning his first major trophy.
Almer went on to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf and FC Energie Cottbus in the German 2. Bundesliga, before joining first division Hannover 96, where he failed to make a first team appearance. In 2015, he signed for Austria Wien for the third time, becoming the club's first choice goalkeeper and captain.[2]
International career
Almer debuted for the Austria national football team in a 2–1 loss to Ukraine on 15 November 2011.[3] He was selected as first choice goalkeeper for UEFA Euro 2016 and kept Austria's first clean sheet at a major tournament in 32 years during the 0–0 group stage draw with Portugal on 18 June 2016.[4]
References
- ^ "Almer, Robert" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Warum der Keeper neuer Austria-Kapitän ist". SportNet (in French). 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Robert Almer". UEFA. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "Almer matters: Ronaldo's Austrian nemesis". UEFA. 18 June 2016.
External links
- Robert Almer at Soccerway
- Robert Almer at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Almer.html Robert Almer at National-Football-Teams.com
- Robert Almer Injury - news on derstandard.at (German)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Austrian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- Austrian expatriates in Germany
- Association football goalkeepers
- Fortuna Düsseldorf II players
- Fortuna Düsseldorf players
- FC Energie Cottbus players
- SV Mattersburg players
- FK Austria Wien players
- Hannover 96 players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- UEFA Euro 2016 players