Marc-André ter Stegen
Ter Stegen (2012 )
Marc -André ter Stegen (* April 30, 1992 in Mönchengladbach ) is a German football goalkeeper who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach in July 1996 and there is in the senior squad since 2009.
Career
Club career
Marc -André ter Stegen plays since July 1996 with Borussia Mönchengladbach and went through there the entire youth department. In 2009, he signed a professional contract.
Before Gladbach coach Lucien Favre made him the new number 1 of the first team, he had played as a goalkeeper in the second team. His Bundesliga debut ter Stegen 10 April 2011 at the Derby against 1 FC Cologne. Also, by his good performances for the remaining six league games of the season 2010/11 and the two relegation matches against VfL Bochum succeeded his team avoid relegation and led to the achievement of fourth place in the following season 2011/12.
On January 6, 2014 announced Moenchengladbach sporting director Max Eberl at a press conference that ter Stegen would not renew its current contract until 2015.
National
In May 2009 he was in the squad of the U17 national team that won the goalkeeper with a 2-1 victory in the final against the Netherlands U- 17 Championship 2009 in Germany. The Technical Committee chose him next to the Italians Mattia Perin as one of two goalkeepers in the team of the tournament. In the following autumn he was also at the U- 17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 goalkeeper, but the team failed in the second round at eventual champions Switzerland.
On 29 February 2012, he made his debut in the U-21 national team, which won 1-0 against the selection of Greece in Halle ( Saale).
After ter Stegen was appointed by national coach Joachim Loew in the preliminary squad of the German national team for the 2012 European Championship, he was on 26 May 2012 at St. Jakob-Park in the 3:5 defeat against Switzerland in the grid his senior international debut. He was at this time by Eike Immel the second youngest goalkeeper in the history of the national team. May 28, 2012 Joachim Loew announced that ter Stegen not belong to the final squad.
Marc -André ter Stegen completed his second international match on August 15, 2012 in Frankfurt against Argentina. He came in to replace Thomas Müller after Ron -Robert Zieler was sent off with a red card. Immediately after coming off the bench held ter Stegen a penalty from Lionel Messi, who could not convert a penalty for the first time in the national team, but then conceded three hits.
On June 2, 2013 in a friendly game against the choice of the United States in Washington graduated ter Stegen his third international match. After a return of Benedikt Höwedes ter Stegen lost control of the ball, which rolled then into his own net, which was considered a own goal. The game ended 4-3 for the USA. In his first three missions ter Stegen conceded a total of twelve gates, each of these games has been lost.
Awards
In 2009 he was awarded the Fritz Walter Medal in bronze (U -17) as one of the Rookie of the Year. In August 2011, he received this medal in the U-19 age group also in gold.
Others
Ter Stegen has Dutch-Flemish ancestors, whence is derived its name.