Robert Almer
{{Short description|Austrian footballer (born 1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2010}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Robert Almer
| image = Robert Almer playing for Austria vs Wales 01.jpg
| caption = Almer playing for Austria in 2016
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|3|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bruck an der Mur, Austria
| height = {{height|m=1.94}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = SC Untersiebenbrunn
| years1 = 2002–2003
| clubs1 = SC Untersiebenbrunn
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2004–2005
| clubs2 = DSV Leoben
| caps2 = 14
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2005–2006
| clubs3 = FK Austria Wien Amateure
| caps3 = 7
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2006–2008
| clubs4 = SV Mattersburg
| caps4 = 20
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2008–2011
| clubs5 = Austria Wien
| caps5 = 21
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2011
| clubs6 = Fortuna Düsseldorf II
| caps6 = 2
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2011–2013
| clubs7 = Fortuna Düsseldorf
| caps7 = 13
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2013–2014
| clubs8 = Energie Cottbus
| caps8 = 18
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2014–2015
| clubs9 = Hannover 96
| caps9 = 0
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2015–2018
| clubs10 = Austria Wien
| caps10 = 31
| goals10 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2011–2016
| nationalteam1 = Austria
| nationalcaps1 = 33
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 17:37, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 9 October 2016
}}
Robert Almer (born 20 March 1984) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/robert-almer/spieler/2-bundesliga/2011-12/fortuna-duesseldorf | title = Almer, Robert | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 8 August 2011}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://sportnet.at/home/fussball/bundesliga/Austria/4776097/Robert-Almer_Warum-der-Keeper-neuer-AustriaKapitaen-ist|title=Warum der Keeper neuer Austria-Kapitän ist|date=14 July 2016|language=French|work=SportNet}}
International career
Almer debuted for the Austria national football team in a 2–1 loss to Ukraine on 15 November 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/teams/player=57064/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115122923/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/teams/player=57064/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2015|title=Robert Almer|accessdate=19 June 2016|work=UEFA}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d81a2722a9c-8bc0978d93fa-1000--almer-matters-ronaldo-s-austrian-nemesis/|title=Almer matters: Ronaldo's Austrian nemesis|date=18 June 2016|work=UEFA}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|robert-almer/11169}}
- {{Fussballdaten|almerrobert}}
- {{NFT player|id=45700}}
- [http://derstandard.at/2000024568339/Almer-zog-sich-im-Derby-Knieverletzung-zu Robert Almer Injury - news on derstandard.at (German)]
{{Austria squad UEFA Euro 2016}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Almer, Robert}}
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Austria men's international footballers
Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:SC Untersiebenbrunn players
Category:Fortuna Düsseldorf II players
Category:Fortuna Düsseldorf players
Category:FC Energie Cottbus players
Category:SV Mattersburg players
Category:FK Austria Wien players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:UEFA Euro 2016 players