Lars Bender
Bender with Bayer Leverkusen in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Lars Bender | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosenheim, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1999 | TSV Brannenburg | ||
| 1999–2002 | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||
| 2002–2006 | 1860 Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | 1860 Munich | 58 | (4) |
| 2009– | Bayer Leverkusen | 181 | (16) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Germany U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Germany U19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2009 | Germany U20 | 1 | (1) |
| 2010 | Germany U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Germany Olympic | 6 | (0) |
| 2011– | Germany | 19 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2014 |
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Lars Bender (German pronunciation: [ˈlaʁs ˈbɛndɐ]; born 27 April 1989) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen and the German national team. He was raised in Brannenburg, city in the district of Rosenheim. He is the twin brother of Sven Bender, who currently plays for Borussia Dortmund.
Lars Bender played from 1993 to 1999 in the youth of the TSV Brannenburg, from 1999 to 2002 he was part of SpVgg Unterhaching youth teams. In summer 2002, he moved to the 1860 München youth team.
In August 2006, he played his first game for 1860 Munich II in the Regionalliga Süd. In October, he was an unused substitute in the 1860 Munich senior team, and on 27 November 2006, when he was 17 years old, he made his professional debut at the home game against the TuS Koblenz in the 2. Bundesliga. In his first professional season, he played 13 matches, nine of them in the starting lineup. In this season, Bender won the Fritz-Walter trophy, ahead of then Mönchengladbach's Marko Marin and his twin brother, Sven Bender. In his second season, he was a regular player in the defensive midfield. On the first day of the new season, he scored his first goal. Bender started 2008–09 season again as a regular player. In the second league game against FSV Frankfurt on 3 October 2008, he took over the captaincy and was at 19 the youngest captain in the history of the 1860 Munich, but on 20 October he was seriously injured and after a number of injuries, he finished that season with only 15 matches played. In his three professional seasons played for 1860 München in the 2. Bundesliga, he played 58 games and scored four goals.
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