Sven Bender

Sven Bender

Sven Bender with Borussia Dortmund in 2014
Personal information
Full name Sven Bender[1]
Date of birth (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989
Place of birth Rosenheim, West Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 6
Youth career
1993–1999 TSV Brannenburg
1999–2002 SpVgg Unterhaching
2002–2006 1860 München
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 1860 Munich II 20 (3)
2006–2009 1860 Munich 66 (1)
2009–2012 Borussia Dortmund II 4 (0)
2009– Borussia Dortmund 152 (4)
National team‡
2005–2006 Germany U17 10 (0)
2007–2008 Germany U19 11 (1)
2009 Germany U20 3 (2)
2016 Germany Olympic 6 (0)
2011– Germany 7 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:16, 8 May 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:28, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Sven Bender (German pronunciation: [ˈsvɛn ˈbɛndɐ]; born 27 April 1989) is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and central defender for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He was raised in Brannenburg and started his football career playing for TSV Brannenburg. Sven is the twin brother of Lars Bender.[2]

Club career

Early career

Sven Bender played from 1993 to 1999 in the youth of the TSV Brannenburg, from 1999 to 2002 he was part of SpVgg Unterhaching youth teams. In summer 2002, he moved to the 1860 München youth team.[3]

1860 Munich

He started his football career on the U-14 team and played for all of Die Löwen's youth teams in three years. In November 2007, Sven extended his contract with 1860 Munich until 2011. In 2009, Munich had to sell both Lars and Sven Bender, due to club's financial problem. Sven moved to Borussia Dortmund and Lars to Bayer Leverkusen. Sven played 65 games and scored 1 goal for 1860 Munich.[3] In 2009, he joined Borussia Dortmund, where he signed a contract that tied him to the club until 2013.[4]

Borussia Dortmund

He made his Bundesliga debut on 19 September 2009 in a game against Hannover. His biggest rival for the spot in the defensive midfield suffered several injuries and Sven established himself in the starting 11 very quickly. Bender scored his first Bundesliga goal on February 12, 2011, against Kaiserslautern and extended his contract until 2017. The years 2011 and 2012 were very successful for Sven Bender, he was an important player in Dortmund's midfield and helped the team win the national championship in both years as well as the German Cup in 2012.[4] On 6 January 2013, Bender extended his contract with Dortmund, keeping him at the club until 2017.[5] During the new 2012/2013 season, he was struggling with several injuries and made Dortmund resigned Nuri Sahin in January 2013, after treatment for his injury Bender got another opponent for his position and he's on his way to becoming the number one player on his position and shares a place with team's captain Sebastian Kehl and helped the team to reach 2013 UEFA Champions League Final, although lost by their domestic rival Bayern Munich. On 27 July 2013, Bender won the 2013 DFL-Supercup with Dortmund 4-2 against old rivals Bayern Munich.[6] In February 2014, he suffered injury after lost game against HSV Hamburg,[7] which eventually ruled him out for the rest season. In 2014-2015 Sven was part of Dortmund bad start in Bundesliga. On 21 February 2016, he signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until 2021.[8]

International career

At under-19 level, he was a part of the team that won the 2008 European Under-19 Championship. He and his twin Lars were named jointly as players of the tournament.[9] Bender made his debut for the senior team in a friendly match against Australia on March 2011.[10] He appeared in several more friendly games and nominated for the Euro 2012 but did not make the squad's final. In February 2014, he suffered an Osteitis pubis injury that ruled him out for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In mid-July on 2016, despite not being called up for the Senior team since 2013, he made the spot for Germany Olympic football team for the 2016 Summer Olympics as one of three over 23 years old players along with his twin and Nils Petersen,[11] where Germany won the silver medal.[12]

Career statistics

As of 21 May 2016.
Club Season League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total Ref.
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1860 München II 2006–07 Regionalliga Süd 19 3 — — — 19 3 [13]
2007–08 1 0 1 0 [13]
Totals 20 3 20 3 —
1860 München 2006–07 2. Bundesliga 14 0 0 0 14 0 [13]
2007–08 27 1 3 0 30 1 [13]
2008–09 25 0 1 0 26 0 [14]
Totals 66 1 4 0 70 1 —
Borussia Dortmund II 2009–10 3. Liga 3 0 — 3 0 [13]
2012–13 1 0 1 0 [13]
Totals 4 0 4 0 —
Borussia Dortmund 2009–10 Bundesliga 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 [13]
2010–11 31 1 1 0 7 0 39 1 [15]
2011–12 24 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 32 1 [13][16]
2012–13 20 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 32 1 [13]
2013–14 19 1 2 0 5 0 1 0 27 1 [13][17]
2014–15 20 0 5 0 6 0 1 0 32 0 [13][18]
2015–16 19 0 5 0 11 0 — 35 0 [19]
Totals 152 4 17 0 44 0 3 0 216 4 —
Career totals 242 8 21 0 44 0 3 0 310 8 —

Personal life

On 20 june 2015, Sven married Simone Dettendorfer, his long time girlfriend since 2008.[20]

Honours

Club

Borussia Dortmund

Country

Germany

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "S. Bender". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Uersfeld, Stephan (1 February 2013). "Bender twins ready for showdown". ESPN FC. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Sven Bender". kicker.de. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Sven Bender Biography/". history of soccer. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund extend contracts of Neven Subotic, Sven Bender". www.bvb.de/. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dortmund prevail over Bayern in Supercup thriller".
  7. ↑ . 24 Feb 2014 http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/dortmund-midfielder-sven-bender-sidelined-for-10-weeks. Retrieved 13 August 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Sven Bender verlängert bei Borussia Dortmund bis 2021". 23 February 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "2008: Lars & Sven Bender". uefa.com. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Germany 1-2 Australia Socceroos come from behind to defeat experimental German side". goal.com. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Die Olympia-Kader stehen fest". dfb.de. 15 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Neymar's golden penalty sees Brazil to victory". fifa.com. 20 August 2016.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Sven Bender » Club matches". kicker.de. kicker. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Sven Bender". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Sven Bender". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Sven Bender". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Sven Bender". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "Sven Bender". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "Sven Bender". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  20. ↑ "Olympiafußballer Sven Bender: Das ist seine Frau". Retrieved 13 August 2016.

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