Marc-André ter Stegen
Ter Stegen with Barcelona in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 30 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Mönchengladbach, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Barcelona | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2010 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 18 | (0) |
| 2009–2014 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 108 | (0) |
| 2014– | Barcelona | 42 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Germany U16 | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Germany U17 | 16 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Germany U18 | 8 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Germany U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Germany U21 | 13 | (0) |
| 2012– | Germany | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 14 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:13, 23 March 2017 (UTC) |
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Marc-André ter Stegen (German pronunciation: [teːɐ̯ ˈsteːɡŋ̍]; born 30 April 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club Barcelona.
After four seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach, making 108 league appearances, he joined Barcelona for €12 million in 2014. He won the treble in his first season in Spain, playing in Barcelona's wins in the Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League.
Ter Stegen has represented Germany at several youth levels and made his senior international debut in 2012.
Born in Mönchengladbach, Ter Stegen began his career at hometown team Borussia Mönchengladbach. In the first half of the 2010–11 season, he established himself as the star of their reserve team and was frequently seen on the first-team bench. Whilst he was enjoying a relatively successful season, the same could not be said for his first-team colleagues. Mönchengladbach's senior side were seemingly failing in their efforts to avoid relegation, and on 14 February 2011, manager Michael Frontzeck was replaced by Lucien Favre, with the team rooted to the bottom of the Bundesliga, having accumulated only 16 points after 22 match days.
Results soon improved, but the erratic form of first-choice goalkeeper Logan Bailly held the team back. Whilst he was able to produce match-winning performances such as the one against Werder Bremen, these were few and far between, and were frequently cancelled out by uninspiring games. The fans of Mönchengladbach were quick to discredit the Belgian international, with some accusing him of putting more effort into his modelling career than his football. Ter Stegen's progress for the reserve team had not gone unnoticed by the supporters, and the new manager was inundated with demands to start the young prodigy in the league. Favre eventually lost patience with Bailly, and on 10 April 2011, relegated him to the bench in favour of Ter Stegen for the match against 1. FC Köln. The young German did not disappoint, and the defence boasted a previously unseen solidity. He kept his place in the team for the remainder of the season, keeping four clean-sheets out of a possible five in the last five matchdays as Mönchengladbach avoided relegation via the playoffs. During this run, he shot to prominence with a last-man-standing display against eventual champions Borussia Dortmund, making a string of world-class saves as Mönchengladbach secured a famous 1–0 victory.
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