Alexander Nübel

German footballer (born 1996)

Alexander Nübel
Nübel with VfB Stuttgart in 2023
Personal information
Full name Alexander Nübel[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth Paderborn, Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
VfB Stuttgart
(on loan from Bayern Munich)
Number 33
Youth career
0000–2005 TSV Tudorf
2005–2014 SC Paderborn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 SC Paderborn 0 (0)
2015–2019 Schalke 04 II 24 (0)
2016–2020 Schalke 04 46 (0)
2020– Bayern Munich 1 (0)
2021–2023 → Monaco (loan) 76 (0)
2023– → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 23 (0)
International career
2017–2019 Germany U21 17 (0)
Medal record
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:57, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2019

Alexander Nübel (born 30 September 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart, on loan from Bayern Munich.[4]

Club career

Early years

Nübel grew up in Salzkotten-Tudorf in East Westphalia,[5] and began playing football at TSV Tudorf. In 2005 he moved to the youth department of SC Paderborn, where he was initially active as an outfield player until under-14 level.[6] Initially with Paderborn, he moved up to the professional squad for the 2014–15 season, but remained inactive throughout the season.

Schalke 04

Nübel then moved to Schalke 04, where he was utilised in the second team competing in the Regionalliga West. On 14 May 2016, he made his Bundesliga debut against TSG Hoffenheim when he replaced Ralf Fährmann after 90 minutes.

Nübel started the season as Schalke's backup goalkeeper to Fährmann. On 24 October 2018, he made his Champions League debut for Schalke in a 0–0 away draw against Galatasaray.[7]

After the winter break, Schalke's head coach Domenico Tedesco, dropped Fährmann as the club's first-choice goalkeeper and promoted Nübel.[8] On 2 February 2019, Nübel was sent off with a straight red card in a match against Borussia Mönchengladbach and was suspended for the club's next two Bundesliga matches.[9] He started in every match for Schalke after he was selected as the first-choice goalkeeper, with the exception of the two matches he was suspended for.

On 6 August 2019, Nübel was selected by Schalke's head coach David Wagner as the club's new captain.[10] He entered the season with only one year left on his contract with Schalke. On 22 December 2019, Schalke revealed that Nübel had informed the club that he would not renew his contract.[11] On 4 January 2020, Nübel agreed to join Bayern Munich on a free transfer at the end of the season.[12] He then handed the captaincy over to Omar Mascarell.[13]

Bayern Munich

Nübel joined Bayern Munich on 30 June 2020.[14] He made his debut for Bayern in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on 15 October where the club defeated fifth division side 1. FC Düren by a score of 3–0.[15] On 1 December 2020, he made his Champions League debut in a 1–1 away draw against Atlético Madrid.[16] On 15 May 2021, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 2–2 away draw against Freiburg.[17]

Loan to Monaco

On 27 June 2021, Nübel was loaned out to French Ligue 1 club Monaco on a two-season loan, with Bayern Munich having the option to cut the loan short after one season.[18]

Loan to VfB Stuttgart

On 25 July 2023, Nübel returned to the Bundesliga and joined VfB Stuttgart on a season-long loan.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 March 2024[4][20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 II 2015–16 Regionalliga West 13 0 13 0
2016–17 Regionalliga West 10 0 10 0
2017–18 Oberliga Westfalen 1 0 1 0
Total 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
Schalke 04 2015–16 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016–17 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017–18 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 1 0
2018–19 Bundesliga 18 0 2 0 2[a] 0 22 0
2019–20 Bundesliga 26 0 3 0 29 0
Total 46 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 53 0
Bayern Munich 2020–21 Bundesliga 1 0 1 0 2[a] 0 0 0 4 0
Monaco (loan) 2021–22 Ligue 1 38 0 1 0 10[b] 0 49 0
2022–23 Ligue 1 38 0 0 0 10[c] 0 48 0
Total 76 0 1 0 20 0 0 0 97 0
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2023–24 Bundesliga 23 0 4 0 27 0
Career total 170 0 11 0 24 0 0 0 205 0
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Bayern Munich

References

  1. ^ "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: FC Bayern München" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Alexander Nübel: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Alexander Nübel". AS Monaco FC. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b Alexander Nübel at Soccerway
  5. ^ Klute, Peter (11 September 2019). "Der gebürtige Paderborner Nübel spielt mit Schalke beim SCP: Riesenfreude auf die Rückkehr". Westfalen-Blatt (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  6. ^ Schröter-Lorenz, Carsten (2018). "Nübel über die Schalke-Krise, Tedesco und die U 21". kicker (in German). No. 94. p. 31.
  7. ^ "Galatasaray 0–0 Schalke". UEFA. 24 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Alexander Nübel: Who is the Schalke goalkeeper following in the footsteps of Manuel Neuer?". bundesliga.com. 23 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Schalke vs Gladbach - Match report". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Alexander Nübel named new Royal Blues captain". FC Schalke 04. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Alex Nübel to leave Schalke 04 at the end of the season". FC Schalke04. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Alexander Nubel: Schalke keeper to join Bayern Munich in summer". BBC Sport. 4 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Omar Mascarell named new FC Schalke 04 captain". FC Schalke 04. 4 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Alexander Nübel completes medical at FC Bayern". FC Bayern Munich. 30 June 2020.
  15. ^ "1. FC Düren 0:3 Bayern München". DFB (in German). 15 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Reaction: Atlético Madrid vs. FC Bayern". FC Bayern Munich. 2 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Nübel wird gelobt, will aber weg!". sport1.de (in German). 15 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Alexander Nübel joins AS Monaco". AS Monaco FC. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Alexander Nübel joins VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Alexander Nübel » Club matches". WorldFootball.net.
  21. ^ "Bayern Munich crowned Bundesliga champions". Bundesliga. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  22. ^ "Supercup 2020, Finale: Bayern München 3:2 Borussia Dortmund: Analyse" [Supercup 2020, Final: Bayern Munich 3:2 Borussia Dortmund: Analysis]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  23. ^ "Joker Javi Martinez köpft Bayern zum Supercup". kicker.de (in German). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  24. ^ "Pavard completes sextuple for dominant Bayern". FIFA. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

External links

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  • Profile at the AS Monaco FC website
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  • Alexander Nübel – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
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