Oliver Neuville

Oliver Neuville
Oliver Neuville
Oliver Neuville.jpg
Neuville training with the German national team
Personal information
Full name Oliver Patric Neuville
Date of birth 1 May 1973 (1973-05-01) (age 38)
Place of birth Locarno, Switzerland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
19791990 FC Gambarogno
19911992 FC Locarno
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19921996 Servette 108 (41)
19961997 Tenerife 33 (5)
19971999 Hansa Rostock 50 (22)
19992004 Bayer Leverkusen 165 (42)
20042010 Borussia M'gladbach 151 (42)
2010 Arminia Bielefeld 12 (2)
National team
19982008 Germany 69 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Appearances (Goals).

Oliver Patric Neuville (born 1 May 1973) is a retired German footballer who played as a striker.

During an 18-year professional career, he played mainly for Bayer Leverkusen (five seasons) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (six), amassing Bundesliga totals of 334 games and 91 goals.

Neuville gained almost 70 caps for the German national team during one full decade, representing his adopted nation in two World Cups and at Euro 2008.

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Club career

Born in Locarno, Switzerland to a German father with Belgian roots from Aachen and an Italian mother from the Calabria region, Neuville started his professional career with Servette FC. In only his second season in the top division, he scored a career-best 16 goals as the club won the national championship after a nine-year wait.

In 199697, Neuville played in Spain with CD Tenerife, where he was part of a well-balanced offensive line that also featured Juanele (eight goals), Meho Kodro (six), Antonio Pinilla (seven) and Aurelio Vidmar (one), scoring five goals in 1,885 minutes as the Canary Islands side easily retained its La Liga status, and also playing a relatively important part in the club's UEFA Cup semifinal run. Subsequently, he moved to Germany and signed for F.C. Hansa Rostock, netting eight goals in only 17 contests in his first season in the Bundesliga as the side from the former East Germany finished sixth.

Neuville signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the 1999 summer, quickly becoming an essential offensive figure for his new club. He scored 28 goals combined from 200002 (including a hat-trick against Hamburger SV on 24 November 2001[1]), while also adding five in 15 UEFA Champions League appearances in 200102, as Bayer finished second to Real Madrid (he scored one apiece in both legs of the semifinal clash against Manchester United); the club also finished second in the league during this timeframe.

Aged 31, Neuville joined Borussia Mönchengladbach for 200405, on a free transfer.[2] On 17 October 2004, he scored an infamous goal with his hand against 1. FC Kaiserslautern in a 20 home win, which was widely reviled and landed him a two-match ban.[3] He netted 22 goals in his first two seasons combined, but appeared scarcely as the Foals dropped down a level in 2007, mainly due to injury.[4][5]

Neuville returned to form in 200708, scoring 15 goals to help Borussia return to the top flight the immediate campaign after, the competition's sixth-best. He made his last Bundesliga appearance on the final matchday of the 200910 season, against former team Bayer Leverkusen.[6]

It was planned that Neuville would start to work as a youth coach for Borussia Mönchengladbach.[6] Instead, he decided to play one more year and signed for Arminia Bielefeld in the 2. Bundesliga.[7] However, after only a couple of months, he left by mutual consent, retiring at the age of 37.[8]

International career

After electing to represent Germany at international level, Neuville made his international debut on 2 September 1998 against Malta, in a friendly, replacing Mario Basler for the last fifteen minutes of the 21 away win. In his first months training with the national team, he needed an interpreter to understand coach Erich Ribbeck's message, while getting his across as well.[9]

Subsequently, Neuville went to collect 69 caps with ten goals, being picked for the squad that finished second at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and scoring the game's only goal in the round of 16 win against Paraguay.[10]

After missing selection for UEFA Euro 2004, in the second group stage match of the 2006 World Cup against Poland Neuville, who had replaced Lukas Podolski, buried a desperate injury-time cross from fellow substitute David Odonkor, beating goalkeeper Artur Boruc on the way to a 10 victory.[11]

He didn't score again for the national team until 31 May 2008, when he slid in a Marcell Jansen cross in a Euro 2008 warm-up against Serbia, appearing in the tournament's final stages in the group B match against Austria as a late substitute, and retiring from international play at the age of 35.

International goals

Scores and results table. Germany's goal tally first:
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 31 March 1999 Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany  Finland 20 20 Euro 2000 qualifying
2. 14 November 2001 Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany  Ukraine 20 41 2002 World Cup qualification - Play-off
3. 27 March 2002 Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany  United States 21 42 Friendly
4. 15 June 2002 Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo, South Korea  Paraguay 10 10 2002 FIFA World Cup
5. 8 October 2005 Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 12 12 Friendly
6. 22 March 2006 Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany  United States 20 41 Friendly
7. 27 May 2006 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany  Luxembourg 60 70 Friendly
8. 27 May 2006 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany  Luxembourg 70 70 Friendly
9. 14 June 2006 Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany  Poland 10 10 2006 FIFA World Cup
10. 31 May 2008 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany  Serbia 11 21 Friendly

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Switzerland League Schweizer Cup Europe Total
199293 Servette Swiss League 28 4 - - 28 4
199394 32 16 - - 32 16
199495 14 6 - - 14 6
199596 34 15 - - 34 15
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
199697 Tenerife Spanish League 33 5 - - 33 5
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
199798 Hansa Rostock German League 17 8 - - 17 8
199899 33 14 8 1 - 41 15
199900 Bayer Leverkusen German League 33 4 5 0 5 2 43 6
200001 34 15 6 0 7 1 47 16
200102 33 13 9 2 16 7 58 22
200203 33 4 5 0 10 0 48 4
200304 32 6 3 0 0 0 35 6
200405 Borussia Mönchengladbach German League 32 12 1 0 0 0 33 12
200506 34 10 1 0 0 0 35 10
200607 16 4 2 0 - 18 4
200708 Second Division 34 15 2 1 - 36 16
200809 German League 23 1 1 0 0 0 24 1
200910 12 0 2 0 0 0 14 0
201011 Arminia Bielefeld Second Division 12 2 1 0 0 0 13 2
Total Switzerland 108 41 - - 108 41
Spain 33 5 - - 33 5
Germany 378 108 46 4 38 10 462 122
Career total 519 154 46 4 38 10 603 168

Honours

Club

Country

Personal

  • Along with Bernd Schneider, Neuville was one of the two known smokers on the German national team.
  • His name (properly pronounced in Frenchnot Germanfashion) stems from his Belgian grandfather.
  • He has one son, Lars-Oliver (born in 1997).

References

  1. ^ "Germany: Bayer extend lead". UEFA.com. 24 November 2001. http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=12451.html#germany+bayer+extend+lead. Retrieved 10 June 2010. 
  2. ^ "New start for Neuville". UEFA.com. 24 May 2004. http://en.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=181568.html#new+start+neuville. Retrieved 10 June 2010. 
  3. ^ "Neuvilles Handtor sorgt für Diskussionen [Neuville's handball generates discussion]" (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 15 October 2004. http://www.kicker.de/fussball/bundesliga/spieltag/spielpaarungsbericht/object/677738/saison/2004-05/naviindex/1. Retrieved 10 June 2010. 
  4. ^ "Leistenbruch bei Neuville [Inguinal hernia for Neuville]". UEFA.com. 28 April 2007. http://www1.de.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=532873.html. Retrieved 10 June 2010. 
  5. ^ "Neuville out for two months". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=495195.html. Retrieved 10 June 2010. 
  6. ^ a b "Neuville bleibt Borusse [Neuville remains Borusse]" (in German). Fußball-Bundesliga. 12 May 2010. http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2009/index.php?f=0000153460.php. Retrieved 18 June 2010. 
  7. ^ "Neuville geht nach Bielefeld [Neuville goes to Bielefeld]" (in German). Focus. 18 June 2010. http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga2/zweite-liga-neuville-geht-nach-bielefeld_aid_520931.html. Retrieved 18 June 2010. 
  8. ^ "Neuville beendet Kapitel Arminia - und die Karriere! [Neuville quits Arminia - and career!]" (in German). Kicker. 7 December 2010. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/startseite/545873/artikel_Neuville-beendet-Kapitel-Arminia---und-die-Karriere.html. Retrieved 7 December 2010. 
  9. ^ "Oliver Neuville". World Soccer News. http://www.wldcup.com/euro/2004/players_present/419_oliver_neuville.html. Retrieved 15 September 2011. 
  10. ^ "Germany edge out Paraguay". BBC Sport. 15 June 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/germany_v_paraguay/default.stm. Retrieved 15 September 2011. 
  11. ^ "Germany 1-0 Poland". BBC Sport. 14 June 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4852960.stm. Retrieved 15 September 2011. 

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