Oliver Neuville
Neuville in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oliver Patric Neuville | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Locarno, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1990 | US Gambarogno | ||
| 1991–1992 | Locarno | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Servette | 108 | (41) |
| 1996–1997 | Tenerife | 33 | (5) |
| 1997–1999 | 50 | (22) | |
| 1999–2004 | Bayer Leverkusen | 165 | (42) |
| 2004–2010 | Borussia M'gladbach | 151 | (42) |
| 2010 | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | (2) |
| Total | 519 | (154) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–2008 | Germany | 69 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Oliver Patric Neuville (German pronunciation: [ˈʔɔlɪvɐ nøˈvɪl]; born 1 May 1973) is a German retired 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.
Born in Locarno, Switzerland, to a German father 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 Swiss Super League, he scored a career-best 16 goals to help the club win the national championship after a nine-year wait.
In 1996–97 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), netting five goals in 1,885 minutes as the Canary Islands team easily retained its La Liga status, and also playing a relatively important part in its semifinal run in the UEFA Cup. Subsequently he moved to Germany and signed for , scoring eight times in only 17 contests in his debut campaign in the Bundesliga, as the side from the former East Germany finished sixth.
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