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The former football national keeper René Adler ends his active professional career, the end of the season is over for the 34-year-old professional of FSV Mainz 05. "The confidence in the body is simply not there, it makes no sense, so that's why I'm listening now "Eagle told the" star "in an interview.
The background is a serious knee injury, which the goalkeeper a year ago in training of his club drew - the last time Adler stood on the 32nd matchday of the preseason on the court. Overall, he came in Mainz on only 14 Bundesliga appearances since 2017. Previously Adler had played from 2012 to 2017 for Hamburger SV (117 Bundesliga games), his professional career began in 2004 at Bayer Leverkusen (138).
The current knee injury is not the first injury in the career of the former top goalkeeper. In the spring of 2010 Adler suffered a rib injury, which brought him to the World Cup participation in South Africa. The then Leverkusen was at that time number one for the final round. "René has developed this position in the World Cup qualifiers, especially his two outstanding performances in the two games against Russia have made the difference," said national goalkeeping coach Andreas Köpke at that time. Then came the rib break, Adler's successor in the DFB goal was Manuel Neuer.
The native of Leipzig completed a total of 269 Bundesliga games. Adler played twelve times for Germany. "My fears and doubts were my biggest drivers, but they also prevented me from getting everything out of my talent and my expectations were higher," said Adler, whose contract expires at the end of the season for the current Twelfth of the Bundesliga: "My body has suffered enough . "