Bernd Leno

Bernd Leno

File:Bernd-Leno.jpg Leno with Bayer Leverkusen in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992
Place of birth	Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Bayer Leverkusen
Number	1
Youth career
1998–2003	SV Germania Bietigheim
2003–2009	VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	VfB Stuttgart II	56	(0)
2011–	Bayer Leverkusen	165	(0)
International career‡
2008–2009	Germany U17	4	(0)
2009–2010	Germany U18	5	(0)
2010–2011	Germany U19	5	(0)
2012–2015	Germany U21	14	(0)
2015–	Germany	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:10, 1 May 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:01, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Bernd Leno (born 4 March 1992) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bayer Leverkusen.

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 becoming naturalized Russians, it is possible they were looking at naturalizing Leno.

Club statistics

As of 1 May 2016

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
2009–10	VfB Stuttgart II	3. Liga	16	0	0	0	–	–	16	0
2010–11			37	0	0	0	–	–	37	0
2011–12			3	0	0	0	–	–	3	0
Stuttgart II total			56	0	0	0	–	–	56	0
2011–12	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga	33	0	0	0	8	0	41	0
2012–13			32	0	2	0	6	0	40	0
2013–14			34	0	4	0	8	0	46	0
2014–15			34	0	4	0	10	0	48	0
2015–16			32	0	4	0	12	0	48	0
Bayer Leverkusen total			165	0	14	0	44	0	223	0
Career total			221	0	14	0	44	0	279	0

Personal

Leno's father is of German-Russian descent. He has stated that one of his favorite music artists is Russian pop star Dima Bilan

External links

• Bernd Leno profile at Fussballdaten
• Bernd Leno at Soccerway