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Roman Weidenfeller

{{Short description|German footballer (born 1980)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Roman Weidenfeller

| image = Roman Weidenfeller 2014 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Weidenfeller with Borussia Dortmund in 2014

| full_name = Roman Weidenfeller{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWC/2014/pdf/FWC_2014_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Germany |publisher=FIFA |page=16 |date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203092301/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWC/2014/pdf/FWC_2014_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=3 February 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|8|6}}

| birth_place = Diez, West Germany

| height = 1.90 m{{cite web|url=http://www.bvb.de/Mannschaften/Profis/Roman-Weidenfeller |title= Roman Weidenfeller | website = bvb.de | access-date = 26 May 2015}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1985–1996 |youthclubs1 = Sportfreunde Eisbachtal

| youthyears2 = 1996–1998 |youthclubs2 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| years1 = 1998–2002 |clubs1 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern II |caps1 = 51 |goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1998–2002 |clubs2 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern |caps2 = 6 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2002–2018 |clubs3 = Borussia Dortmund |caps3 = 349 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2002–2018 |clubs4 = Borussia Dortmund II |caps4 = 13 |goals4 = 0

| totalcaps = 419 | totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1999–2001 |nationalteam1 = Germany U21 |nationalcaps1 = 3 |nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2005 |nationalteam2 = Germany B |nationalcaps2 = 1 |nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2013–2014 |nationalteam3 = Germany |nationalcaps3 = 5 |nationalgoals3 = 0

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|GER}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|Winner|2014 Brazil|}}

}}

Roman Weidenfeller (born 6 August 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga clubs 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Borussia Dortmund, as well as the Germany national team.

Weidenfeller spent 16 seasons with Dortmund and won both the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal twice. In 2014, he won the FIFA World Cup with Germany.

Club career

=Early career=

During his youth years, Weidenfeller played for Sportfreunde Eisbachtal. He then made his professional debut in 1997, after his performances at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

=1. FC Kaiserslautern=

In 1998, Weidenfeller transferred to the 1. FC Kaiserslautern youth team and later was used in the second team. For the 2000–01 season he was promoted to the first team but made only six league appearances in two years.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/weidenfellerdata.html | title = Roman Weidenfeller - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 August 2018 | access-date = 24 August 2018 | publisher = RSSSF}}

=Borussia Dortmund=

File:Roman Weidenfeller.jpg

Weidenfeller moved to German champions Borussia Dortmund in 2002 on a free transfer{{cite web| url=http://www.skysports.com/football/player/0,19754,11899_193363,00.html| title=Roman Weidenfeller| publisher=Sky Sports| access-date=20 August 2008}} as a possible replacement for Jens Lehmann, who had moved to Arsenal in 2003. Weidenfeller had reportedly been unhappy at Kaiserslautern, where he was used mainly as a backup to Georg Koch.{{cite web| url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11899_2229005,00.html| title=BVB win Weidenfeller chase| publisher=Sky Sports | access-date=20 August 2008 | first = Philip | last = Seery| work=SkySports}} His debut for Dortmund came on 17 December 2003 against his former club, Kaiserslautern, in a 1–0 loss.

In 2005, Weidenfeller underwent surgery following a meniscus tear in his left knee during training.{{cite web| url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11899_2369011,00.html| title=Keeper blow for BvB | publisher=Sky Sports | access-date = 26 May 2015 | first = Chris | last = Ives| work=SkySports }}

Early in the 2007–08 season, Weidenfeller was given a three-match ban and fined €10,000 for racist insults leveled against Schalke 04 striker Gerald Asamoah.{{cite web| url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11881_2680803,00.html| title=Dortmund keeper handed ban| publisher=Sky Sports| date=23 August 2007| access-date = 26 May 2015 | first = Andrew | last = Scurr}}{{cite web| url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/23082007/58/bundesliga-weidenfeller-banned-racist-remarks.html| title=Weidenfeller banned over racist remarks| publisher=Yahoo! Sports UK| date=23 August 2007| access-date=20 August 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Asamoah originally reported Weidenfeller after a match on 18 August 2007 between the two clubs, where the incident occurred after a clash between the two in the 51st minute.{{cite web| url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11881_2673122,00.html| title=Weidenfeller faces DFB rap| publisher=Sky Sports| date=20 August 2007 | access-date = 26 May 2015 | first = Chris | last = Ives}} Weidenfeller offered an apology to Asamoah following the news reports but denied making the statement. Due to a partial tear of the medial ligament in the right knee, he missed the DFB-Pokal final towards the end of the season, which was lost with 2–1 against Bayern Munich. Fellow goalkeeper Marc Ziegler would replace him.

Weidenfeller won the Bundesliga with Dortmund in 2011 and went on to win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double with the club in 2012, saving a penalty taken by Arjen Robben in the Bundesliga-clinching match. In the cup final, he was substituted for Mitchell Langerak in the 33rd minute following a collision with Mario Gómez. His team would beat Bayern Munich with 5–2.

On 6 May 2013, Weidenfeller signed a contract extension with Borussia Dortmund, keeping him at the club until 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0209-0e9f7920e16d-f5629e9fd890-1000--dortmund-s-weidenfeller-signs-contract-extension/|title=Dortmund's Weidenfeller signs contract extension|date=6 May 2013|access-date=17 June 2013|publisher=UEFA}}

On 27 July 2013, Weidenfeller won the 2013 DFL-Supercup with Dortmund 4–2 against rivals Bayern Munich.{{cite web|url=http://www.bundesliga.com/en/tournaments/news/2013/0000262446.php |title=Dortmund prevail over Bayern in Supercup thriller |website=bundesliga.com |date=27 July 2013 |access-date=26 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106163106/http://www.bundesliga.com/en/tournaments/news/2013/0000262446.php |archive-date=6 November 2013}}

However, with manager Jürgen Klopp leaving at the end of the 2014–15 season, the replacement manager Thomas Tuchel chose new signing Roman Bürki as his first-choice goalkeeper as Dortmund began the season in excellent form, winning their first eleven games under Tuchel.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/87/germany/2015/08/14/14435822/weidenfeller-dropped-as-dortmund-number-one|title=Roman Weidenfeller dropped as Borussia Dortmund number one - Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34258085|title=Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen|date=20 September 2015|publisher=BBC Sport}} Weidenfeller continued to play in the club's European matches.

On 5 February 2016, Weidenfeller signed a new one-year deal with Dortmund, keeping him at the club until 2017.{{cite news|url=http://www.bvb.de/eng/News/Overview/BVB-extend-Roman-Weidenfeller-s-contract-until-2017|title=BVB extend Roman Weidenfeller's contract until 2017|date=5 February 2016|access-date=5 February 2016|publisher=Borussia Dortmund}} On 9 May 2017, he extended his contract until 2018.http://www.bvb.de/eng/News/Overview/Weidenfeller-extends-contract-until-2018 Weidenfeller extends contract until 2018 At the end of the 2017–18 season, he retired after making his final appearance as a substitute for Bürki, but announced that he would continue to work for Dortmund in another capacity.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/ueber-den-sommer-hinaus_weidenfeller-bleibt-dem-bvb-erhalten-721342/artikel|title=Über den Sommer hinaus: Weidenfeller bleibt dem BVB erhalten|date=10 April 2018|publisher=kicker}} His farewell match took place on 7 September 2018 in the Signal Iduna Park where Roman & Friends won against the BVB All Stars and Weidenfeller scored two goals.

Following Weidenfeller's retirement, he remained at Borussia Dortmund as an international ambassador.{{cite web |url=https://www.bvb.de/News/Uebersicht/Weidenfellers-erste-Reise-als-Markenbotschafter |title=Weidenfellers erste Reise als Markenbotschafter |publisher=Borussia Dortmund |language=de |access-date=16 July 2018}}

International career

File:Roman Weidenfeller World Cup 2014.jpg]]

From 1999 until 2001, Roman Weidenfeller competed in three matches for the national under-21 team of Germany.

In 2005, he was part of the B-national team of Germany for which he kept his goal once, also known as Team 2006, as it was the development team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup on homesoil. Nonetheless he would not become part of Jürgen Klinsmann's final World Cup squad.

In November 2013, Weidenfeller was called up to the Germany national squad for his first time for the friendlies against Italy and England. He received his first cap when he started against England at the Wembley Stadium on 19 November 2013, making him the oldest ever German goalkeeper débutant. He then appeared for the game against Cameroon, where the game ended tied at 2–2. He made his third appearance in the next game against Armenia where Germany won 6–1. Both games were international friendlies.

He was nominated as a reserve keeper behind Manuel Neuer for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, where the German team won the title a fourth time, but Weidenfeller wasn't used in any match. Weidenfeller made his first appearance in the Germany national team in a competitive match against Gibraltar during the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying in June 2015.[http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/nationalmannschaft/bild-beantwortet-acht-fragen-zum-laenderspiel-gegen-fussball-zwerg-gibraltar-41345196.bild.html Jogi setzt wieder auf Herrmann]. Bild.de (in German). Retrieved 13 June 2015. His international farewell came with this match after winning five caps in total.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/weidenfeller-intl.html | title = Roman Weidenfeller - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 August 2018 | access-date = 24 August 2018 | publisher = RSSSF}}

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|DFB-Pokal

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|1. FC Kaiserslautern II

|1998–99{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller » Club matches|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/roman-weidenfeller/2/|publisher=World Football|access-date=20 May 2016}}

|Regionalliga West/Südwest

|4

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—40
1999–2000

|Regionalliga West/Südwest

|35

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—350
2001–02

|Regionalliga Süd

|12

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—120
colspan="2"|Total

!51

0000000510
rowspan="3"|1. FC Kaiserslautern

|2000–01{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=https://www.kicker.de/roman-weidenfeller/spieler/bundesliga/2000-01/1-fc-kaiserslautern|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=20 May 2016|language=de}}

|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga

|3

0001{{efn|name=UC|Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup}}0colspan="2"|—40
2001–02{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2001-02/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806092332/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2001-02/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2009|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=20 May 2016|language=de}}

|3

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—40
colspan="2"|Total

!6

010100080
rowspan="4"|Borussia Dortmund II

|2002–03

|rowspan="3"|Regionalliga Nord

|7

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—70
2003–04

|4

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—40
2004–05

|2

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—20
colspan="2"|Total

!13

0000000130
rowspan="17"|Borussia Dortmund

|2002–03

|rowspan="16"|Bundesliga

|11

020colspan="2"|—1{{efn|name=DFB|Appearance(s) in DFB-Ligapokal}}0140
2003–04

|17

020602{{efn|name=DFB}}0270
2004–05

|26

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2|—270
2005–06

|24

01020colspan="2|—270
2006–07{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2006-07/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806092455/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2006-07/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2009|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=20 May 2016|language=de}}

|34

020colspan="2|—colspan="2|—360
2007–08{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2007-08/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813102328/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2007-08/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2009|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=20 May 2016|language=de}}

|14

000colspan="2|—colspan="2|—140
2008–09{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2008-09/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810132131/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2008-09/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 August 2009|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=20 May 2016|language=de}}

|32

0302{{efn|name=UC}}0colspan="2|—370
2009–10{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2009-10/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009211636/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2009-10/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2009|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=20 May 2016|language=de}}

|30

030colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—330
2010–11{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2010-11/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525063458/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2010-11/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2013|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=20 May 2016|language=de}}

|33

0208{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}0colspan="2"|—430
2011–12

|32

0406{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}01{{efn|name=DFL|Appearance in DFL-Supercup}}0430
2012–13

|31

04013{{efn|name=UCL}}01{{efn|name=DFL}}0490
2013–14

|30

0309{{efn|name=UCL}}01{{efn|name=DFL}}0430
2014–15{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2014-15/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825104224/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2014-15/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 August 2014|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=20 May 2016|language=de}}

|25

0007{{efn|name=UCL}}0colspan="2|—320
2015–16{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2015-16/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811144149/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2015-16/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2016|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=20 May 2016|language=de}}

|1

00013{{efn|name=UEL}}0colspan="2|—140
2016–17{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2016-17/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104200339/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2016-17/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2017|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=5 May 2018|language=de}}

|7

0202{{efn|name=UCL}}000110
2017–18{{cite web|title=Roman Weidenfeller|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2017-18/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506035724/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2017-18/22930/vereinsspieler_roman-weidenfeller.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2018|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=5 May 2018|language=de}}

|2

0001{{efn|name=UCL}}00030
colspan="2"|Total

!349

0290690604530
colspan="3"|Career total

!419

0300700605250

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=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/weidenfellerroman/2015/ | title = Roman Weidenfeller | language = de | website = fussballdaten.de | access-date = 13 June 2015}}

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Germany

|2013

10
201430
201510
colspan="2"|Total50

Honours

Borussia Dortmund{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/roman-weidenfeller/1947/ | title = R. Weidenfeller | website = Soccerway | access-date = 26 May 2015}}

Germany

References

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External links

{{Commons category}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.roman-weidenfeller.de/}}
  • {{Worldfootball.net|roman-weidenfeller}}
  • {{Soccerbase}}
  • {{Fussballdaten|id=roman-weidenfeller}}
  • {{NFT player|54123}}
  • [http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/roman-weidenfeller.html Roman Weidenfeller football profile] from Yahoo! Sports UK
  • {{ESPN Soccernet|10685}}

{{Germany squad 2014 FIFA World Cup}}

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