David Yelldell

David Yelldell

Personal information
Full name	David Yelldell
Date of birth	October 1, 1981 (1981-10-01) (age 30)
Place of birth	Stuttgart, West Germany
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Bayer Leverkusen
Number	22
Youth career
1999–2001	VfL Waiblingen
2001–2002	SG Backnang
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2003	Stuttgarter Kickers II	24	(0)
2003–2005	Blackburn Rovers	0	(0)
2005	→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	3	(0)
2005–2008	Stuttgarter Kickers	99	(0)
2008–2010	TuS Koblenz	51	(0)
2010–2011	MSV Duisburg	34	(0)
2011–	Bayer Leverkusen	0	(0)
National team
2011–	United States	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 2, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

David Yelldell (born October 1, 1981, in Stuttgart^[1]) is a German-born American soccer player who plays for Bayer Leverkusen of the Fußball-Bundesliga.^[2]

Club career

Yelldell was the first choice goalkeeper for TuS Koblenz until suffering a knee ligament injury which kept him out of the final four matches of the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga season, when the club were relegated to the 3rd Liga.^[3]

He signed with MSV Duisburg before the 2010–11 season and made his competitive debut for the club in a first round DFB-Pokal match against VfB Lübeck on 13 August 2010.^[4]

The next season saw him signing with Bundesliga giants Bayer Leverkusen. He made his competitive debut for the club in a first round DFB-Pokal match, a 3–4 loss at Dynamo Dresden on 30 July 2011.

International career

The offspring of a German mother and an American father, Yelldell holds dual citizenship. Thus he would have been eligible to play international football for either the United States or Germany.^[5] He was first called up by the US team in 2011, for a friendly against Argentina. Yelldell earned his first national team cap three days later, on March 29, 2011, in an other friendly against Paraguay, substituting Marcus Hahnemann at half time.

References

1. ^ "David Yelldell". worldfootball.net. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/david-yelldell/. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 
2. ^ "Yelldell, David" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2011-12/bayer-leverkusen-9/31245/spieler_david-yelldell.html. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 
3. ^ "Aus für Torwart Yelldell [Without goalkeeper Yelldell]" (in German). Kicker.de. April 12, 2010. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/523548/artikel_Aus-fuer-Torwart-Yelldell.html. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 
4. ^ "Marheineke ebnet Duisburg den Weg [Marheineke paves the way for Duisburg]" (in German). Kicker.de. August 13, 2010. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/dfb-pokal/2010-11/1/1004454/spielbericht_vfb-luebeck-31_msv-duisburg-1.html. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 
5. ^ "David Yelldell" (in German). Kickersarchiv. http://www.kickersarchiv.de/pmwiki.php/Main/YelldellDavid. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 

External links

• Official website (German)
• David Yelldell career stats at Soccerbase
• David Yelldell at fussballdaten.de (German)
• David Yelldell at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Yelldell, David
Alternative names
Short description	Association football goalkeeper
Date of birth	October 1, 1981
Place of birth	Stuttgart, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death