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 Almer playing forAustria in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1984-03-20)20 March 1984 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Bruck an der Mur, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft4+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC Untersiebenbrunn | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | SC Untersiebenbrunn | 10 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | DSV Leoben | 14 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | FK Austria Wien Amateure | 7 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | SV Mattersburg | 20 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Austria Wien | 21 | (0) |
| 2011 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Energie Cottbus | 18 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Hannover 96 | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Austria Wien | 31 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2016 | Austria | 33 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:37, 1 August 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2016 | |||
Robert Almer (born 20 March 1984) is an Austrian former professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper.[1]
After starting in the Austrian amateur leagues with SC Untersiebenbrunn andDSV Leoben, Almer was signed byFK Austria Wien and assigned to the club's reserve squad. In 2006, he joinedSV Mattersburg and gained regular first team appearances for the team in theAustrian Bundesliga. He resigned for Austria Wien two years later as back-up for first choice goalkeeperSzabolcs Sáfár. During his first season back in Vienna, Almer was selected in goal for the2009 Austrian Cup Final, winning his first major trophy.
Almer went on to play forFortuna Düsseldorf andFC Energie Cottbus in the German2. Bundesliga, before joining first divisionHannover 96, where he failed to make a first team appearance. In 2015, he signed for Austria Wien for the third time, becoming the club's first choice goalkeeper and captain.[2]
Almer debuted for theAustria national football team in a 2–1 loss toUkraine on 15 November 2011.[3] He was selected as first-choice goalkeeper forUEFA Euro 2016 and kept Austria's firstclean sheet at a major tournament in 32 years during the 0–0 group stage draw withPortugal on 18 June 2016.[4]
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