Photo: Granada / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Neuer is, to my mind, the rare athlete who changed the grammar of his position. Before him, a goalkeeper wandering thirty meters off his line looked reckless; after him, the sweeper-keeper became standard curriculum. I admire how undramatic his genius is. His best work is positional, preventive, almost invisible, which is exactly why highlight reels undersell him. Captaining Bayern Munich while collecting back-to-back IFFHS world's best goalkeeper honors would define most careers; for him it feels like a footnote to a larger tactical legacy. Every modern keeper who plays comfortably with their feet owes this man from Gelsenkirchen a quiet debt.
Overview
Manuel Peter Neuer (German pronunciation: [ˈmaːnu̯eːl ˈnɔʏ.ɐ, -ɛl -]; born 27 March 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, which he captains, and the Germany national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Manuel Neuer
- Name (Japanese)
- マヌエル・ノイアー
- Reading
- まぬえる・のいあー
- Born
- March 27, 1986 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Tiger
- Origin
- Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2011 German Footballer of the Year
- 2014 Golden Glove Award
- 2005 Fritz Walter Medal
- 2010 Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
- 2019 Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2013 IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- 2014 IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.