Roman Neustädter

Roman Neustädter

Neustädter in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Roman Petrovich Neustädter
Date of birth	(1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 29)
Place of birth	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre back Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Fenerbahçe
Number	33
Youth career
1994–2006	Mainz 05
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	1. FSV Mainz 05 II	65	(18)
2008–2009	1. FSV Mainz 05	16	(0)
2009–2010	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	23	(3)
2009–2012	Borussia Mönchengladbach	59	(1)
2012–2016	Schalke 04	122	(7)
2016–	Fenerbahçe	12	(0)
National team‡
2008	Germany U20	2	(1)
2009	Germany U21	1	(0)
2012–2013	Germany	2	(0)
2016–	Russia	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017

Roman Petrovich Neustädter (Russian: Рома́н Петро́вич Нойште́дтер, born 18 February 1988) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Fenerbahçe S.K.. Ethnically Russian and German, born in the Soviet Union, Neustädter played for Germany at various youth levels, then being capped twice by the Germany national football team in 2012 and 2013. He switched allegiance to Russia in 2016.

Neustädter has often played as a defensive midfielder and centre back. While the former is his preferred position, he mostly played as the latter during his stint at Schalke.

Neustädter's mother is ethnic Russian. Neustädter's ancestors in the paternal line were ethnic Germans who lived on territories of Russian Empire and later, USSR. Following World War II, ethnic Germans were forcefully relocated by the Soviet government. Neustädter's family was relocated into Central Asia. He is the son of Peter Neustädter, a former Kyrgyz-born Kazakhstani footballer for Mainz 05 and former manager of Mainz 05 II. He was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, while his father was playing for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He was raised with by his mother and grandparents in Kyrgyzstan, while his father was still an active football player. Due to his heritage and birth, he was eligible to play for Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in international competitions.