Bodo Illgner

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Bodo Illgner
Illgner in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-04-07) 7 April 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Koblenz, West Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1973–1983 1. FC Hardtberg
1983–1986 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1996 1. FC Köln 326 (0)
1996–2001
Real Madrid
91 (0)
Total 417 (0)
International career
1985–1987 West Germany U21 7 (0)
1987–1994 Germany 54 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1990 Italy
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1992 Sweden
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
Winner 1984 West Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bodo Illgner (German pronunciation: [ˈboːdoː ˈʔɪlɡnɐ]; born 7 April 1967) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his career he played for

Real Madrid, and helped West Germany to the 1990 World Cup, where he became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup
final.

Club career

Illgner in 1996

Born in

Harald Schumacher in both 1. FC Köln and the Germany national team – being voted as Best European Goalkeeper in 1991.[1]

On 30 August 1996, already having started the campaign with Köln, Illgner was signed by

Juventus FC (1–0 win).[3]

In 1999–2000, Illgner was succeeded by 18-year-old Iker Casillas, after which he retired from football altogether.[4]

In April 2013, he was named by

Real Madrid's history".[5]

International career

On 23 September 1987, Illgner made his debut for the

the deciding match, where he would keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 success.[6]

Overall, Illgner appeared 54 times for his country, and also played at the 1994 World Cup, surprisingly retiring after the quarter-final loss against Bulgaria although he was only 27.[7]

Post-playing career

Illgner later went on to work as a

beIN Sport.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8][9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1. FC Köln 1985–86 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986–87 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1987–88 34 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
1988–89 33 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 41 0
1989–90 34 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 47 0
1990–91 34 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 47 0
1991–92 37 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
1992–93 31 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 35 0
1993–94 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
1994–95 34 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
1995–96 34 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 36 0
1996–97 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 326 0 27 0 25 0 0 0 378 0
Real Madrid
1996–97 40 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 46 0
1997–98 12 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 19 0
1998–99 34 0 3 0 8 0 2 0 47 0
1999–00 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
2000–01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 91 0 12 0 14 0 2 0 119 0
Career total 417 0 39 0 39 0 2 0 497 0

Honours

Real Madrid

Germany

Individual

References

  1. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    . Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Se agranda la portería del Real Madrid" [Real Madrid goal gets larger]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 31 January 1998. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ "1997/98: Seventh heaven for Madrid". UEFA. 20 May 1998. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Bodo Illgner se retira del fútbol" [Bodo Illgner retires from football]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 8 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b "The best foreign eleven in Real Madrid's history". Marca. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  6. ^ Burt, Mathew (17 February 2009). "Where are they now? Germany's 1990 World Cup winners". Goal. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 September 2015). "Bodo Illgner – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Bodo Illgner". Worldfootball. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Bodo ILLGNER" (in Spanish). El Aguanis. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  10. kicker
    . Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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