Fabian Giefer

Fabian Giefer

Giefer with Schalke 04 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Fabian Giefer
Date of birth (1990-05-17) 17 May 1990
Place of birth Adenau, West Germany
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Schalke 04
Number 34
Youth career
1996–1999 1. FC Oberahr
1999–2003 TuRa Lommersdorf
2003–2009 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Bayer Leverkusen II 44 (0)
2009–2012 Bayer Leverkusen 6 (0)
2012–2014 Fortuna Düsseldorf 64 (0)
2014– Schalke 04 2 (0)
National team‡
2005–2006 Germany U16 4 (0)
2006–2007 Germany U17 16 (0)
2008 Germany U18 1 (0)
2010 Germany U20 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2010

Fabian Giefer (born 17 May 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.

Club career

Born in Adenau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Giefer began his football career at 1. FC Oberahr as his first youth club. He then move to TuRa Lommersdorf before moving to Bayer Leverkusen, where he started his professional career. He would soon promoted to Bayer Leverkusen II.

Bayer Leverkusen

After being promoted to the first team, He made his Bundesliga debut on 6 November 2009 against Eintracht Frankfurt.[1] He had a clean sheet and the team won 4–0.

On 1 December 2010, he made his international debut for the UEFA Europa League, substituting Bayer's #1 goalkeeper, René Adler. The team won 1–0 against Norway's Rosenborg.

On 7 August 2011 against 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the opening weekend of the 2011–12 Bundesliga season, Giefer was concussed and stated that he doesn't remember anything about the last month.[2][3][4]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 4 June 2012, it was announced that Giefer will join Fortuna Düsseldorf with a two-year contract until 30 June 2014.[5] Giefer revealed he turned down a move to Bayern Munich because he wanted a first team action as Giefer would be a back-up to first choice goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer, if he did join.[6] He made his competitive debut, in the first round of DFB-Pokal, in a 1–0 win over Wacker Burghausen[7] In a 3–2 loss against Augsburg, Giefer says he was responsible for the conceding after the match and will not get over his mistake[8] A week on, Giefer would make amends when he provided assist for Axel Bellinghausen, in a 1–0 win over Greuther Fürth.

Schalke 04

In June 2014, it was announced that Giefer will join Schalke 04 and he was assigned the squad number 34.

Career statistics

Club[9] Season[9] League Cup Continental Total Ref.
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayer Leverkusen II 2007–08 Oberliga Nordrhein 1 0 — 1 0 [9]
2008–09 Regionalliga West 10 0 10 0 [10]
2009–10 13 0 13 0 [11]
2010–11 10 0 10 0 [12]
2011–12 10 0 10 0 [13]
Totals 44 0 — 44 0 —
Bayer Leverkusen 2007–08 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [14]
2009–10 3 0 0 0 — 3 0 [11]
2010–11 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 [12]
2011–12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [13]
Totals 6 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 —
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2012–13 Bundesliga 34 0 3 0 — 37 0 [15]
2013–14 2. Bundesliga 30 0 1 0 31 0 [16]
Totals 64 0 4 0 — 68 0 —
Schalke 04 2014–15 Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 [17]
2015–16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [18]
Totals 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 —
Career totals 116 0 4 0 2 0 122 0 —
Last updated: 18 August 2015

References

  1. ↑ "1, 2, 3 - nach elf Minuten war alles vorbei" (in German). kicker.de. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Giefer loses month's memory". ESPN Soccernet. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Giefer: "Kompletter Filmriss"". kicker. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Bayers Pannen-Torwart fehlt "ein Monat Erinnerung"". Die Welt. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Fortuna verpflichtet Torhüter Fabian Giefer" (in German). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Giefer: I turned down Bayern Munich". Goal.com. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "SV Wacker Burghausen 0 – 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf". ESPN Soccernet. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "After errors against Augsburg: "Everything is fine " with Fabian Giefer" [Nach Fehlern gegen Augsburg: "Alles ist gut" bei Fabian Giefer] (in German). Goal.com. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 "Fabian Giefer » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Fabian Giefer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Fabian Giefer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  12. 1 2 "Fabian Giefer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Fabian Giefer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Fabian Giefer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Fabian Giefer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Fabian Giefer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Fabian Giefer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "Fabian Giefer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
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