Manuel Neuer, born on 27 March 1986 (age 40), is a German goalkeeper with the kind of career that has been shaped far more by one club than by any wider tour of the map. At 6ft 4in (1.93m), he has the imposing frame for the position, though his reputation has long rested on rather more than size.
He came through at Schalke 04, where the 2006-07 season gave him a proper first run in senior football with 27 league appearances. That spell matters as the starting point, but it is not where the story sits for long.
Bayern Munich have been the main body of his career. Wearing the No 1 shirt, Neuer has made 392 league appearances for the club across 16 seasons, a level of service that needs little dressing up. In 2026-27, he has made five Bayern appearances across all competitions, including three in the Bundesliga, one in the DFL-Supercup and one in the Champions League.
His current market value is around £3.5m, according to Transfermarkt. Neuer’s career runs from Schalke promise to a long Bayern tenure, with the Munich years doing most of the heavy lifting.
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