Bodo Illgner
Illgner in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Bodo Illgner | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Koblenz, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1983 | 1. FC Hardtberg | ||
| 1983–1986 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1996 | 1. FC Köln | 326 | (0) |
| 1996–2001 | Real Madrid | 91 | (0) |
| Total | 417 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1985–1987 | West Germany U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 1987–1994 | West Germany | 54 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Bodo Illgner (German pronunciation: [ˈboːdoː ˈʔɪlɡnɐ]; born 7 April 1967) is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
During his career he played for Köln and Real Madrid, and helped West Germany to the 1990 World Cup, where he became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup final.
Born in Koblenz, Illgner was a product of 1. FC Köln's youth system, and made his debut in the Bundesliga on 22 February 1986 at not yet 19, in a 1–3 away loss against FC Bayern Munich. From the 1987–88 season onwards, he became the club's undisputed starter – as successor of Harald Schumacher – being voted as Best European Goalkeeper in 1991.
On 30 August 1996, already having started the campaign with Köln, Illgner was signed by Real Madrid, and played 40 La Liga matches in his first year to help the capital side to the national championship conquest. In the following he lost his place to Santiago Cañizares, but regained it in time to play in the final of the UEFA Champions League against Juventus FC (1–0 win).
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