Robert Almer

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Robert Almer

Almer playing for Austria in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-03-20) 20 March 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth	Bruck an der Mur, Austria
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003		10	(0)
2004–2005	DSV Leoben	14	(0)
2005–2006	FK Austria Wien Amateure	7	(0)
2006–2008	SV Mattersburg	20	(0)
2008–2011	Austria Wien	21	(0)
2011	Fortuna Düsseldorf II	2	(0)
2011–2013	Fortuna Düsseldorf	13	(0)
2013–2014	Energie Cottbus	18	(0)
2014–2015	Hannover 96	0	(0)
2015–2018	Austria Wien	31	(0)
National team‡
2011–2016	Austria	33	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:37, 1 August 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016

Robert Almer (born 20 March 1984) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[1]

Club career[]

After starting in the Austrian amateur leagues with SC Untersiebenbrunn and DSV Leoben, Almer was signed by FK Austria Wien and assigned to the club's reserve squad. In 2006, he joined SV Mattersburg and gained regular first team appearances for the team in the Austrian Bundesliga. He resigned for Austria Wien two years later as back-up for first choice goalkeeper Szabolcs Sáfár. During his first season back in Vienna, Almer was selected in goal for the 2009 Austrian Cup Final, winning his first major trophy.

Almer went on to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf and FC Energie Cottbus in the German 2. Bundesliga, before joining first division Hannover 96, where he failed to make a first team appearance. In 2015, he signed for Austria Wien for the third time, becoming the club's first choice goalkeeper and captain.^[2]

International career[]

Almer debuted for the Austria national football team in a 2–1 loss to Ukraine on 15 November 2011.^[3] He was selected as first-choice goalkeeper for UEFA Euro 2016 and kept Austria's first clean sheet at a major tournament in 32 years during the 0–0 group stage draw with Portugal on 18 June 2016.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Robert Almer at Soccerway
• Robert Almer at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Robert Almer at National-Football-Teams.com
• Robert Almer Injury - news on derstandard.at (German)