Alexander Meyer (footballer, born 1991)

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Alexander Meyer

Meyer with Borussia Dortmund in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Niklas Meyer-Schade [1]
Date of birth	(1991-04-13) 13 April 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Bad Oldesloe, Germany
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Borussia Dortmund
Number	33
Youth career
0000–2005	VfL Oldesloe
2005–2009	Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Hamburger SV II	10	(0)
2012–2016	TSV Havelse	96	(0)
2016–2017	Energie Cottbus	19	(0)
2017–2019	VfB Stuttgart	0	(0)
2018	VfB Stuttgart II	4	(0)
2019–2022	Jahn Regensburg	94	(0)
2022–	Borussia Dortmund	17	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Alexander Niklas Meyer-Schade (born 13 April 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. ^[3]

Career

In August 2017, Meyer joined Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. ^[4] After not making a first team appearance in two seasons, he joined second-division club Jahn Regensburg in 2019. ^[5] He made his professional debut for Regensburg in the 2. Bundesliga on 28 July 2019, starting in the home match against VfL Bochum. ^[6]

In 2022, he joined Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He made his debut in a 3–0 win over FC Copenhagen in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, keeping a clean sheet in the first top flight match of his career. ^[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 November 2024 ^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hamburger SV II	2010–11	Regionalliga Nord	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
	2011–12	Regionalliga Nord	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		10	0	—		—		—		10	0
TSV Havelse	2012–13	Regionalliga Nord	12	0	2	0	—		—		14	0
	2013–14	Regionalliga Nord	15	0	1	0	—		—		16	0
	2014–15	Regionalliga Nord	33	0	3	0	—		—		36	0
	2015–16	Regionalliga Nord	26	0	1	0	—		—		27	0
	Total		96	0	7	0	—		—		103	0
Energie Cottbus	2016–17	Regionalliga Nordost	14	0	3	0	—		—		17	0
	2017–18	Regionalliga Nordost	5	0	1	0	—		—		6	0
	Total		19	0	4	0	—		—		23	0
VfB Stuttgart II	2017–18	Regionalliga Südwest	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
VfB Stuttgart	2017–18	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2018–19	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Jahn Regensburg	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	31	0	1	0	—		—		32	0
	2020–21	2. Bundesliga	33	0	4	0	—		—		37	0
	2021–22	2. Bundesliga	30	0	2	0	—		—		32	0
	Total		94	0	7	0	—		—		101	0
Borussia Dortmund	2022–23	Bundesliga	7	0	0	0	5 [a]	0	—		12	0
	2023–24	Bundesliga	8	0	0	0	1 [a]	0	—		9	0
	2024–25	Bundesliga	2	0	1	0	1 [a]	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		17	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	25	0
Career total			240	0	19	0	7	0	0	0	266	0

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

References

1. "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Borussia Dortmund (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 June 2025. p. 6. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
2. "Alexander Meyer". Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
3. "Alexander Meyer". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
4. "VfB: Langerak ist weg, Meyer kommt" [VfB: Langerak is gone, Meyer is coming]. Kicker (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
5. Koch, Martin (30 May 2019). "Alexander Meyer wechselt zum SSV Jahn" [Alexander Meyer changes to SSV Jahn]. SSV Jahn Regensburg (in German). Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
6. "Germany » 2. Bundesliga 2019/2020 » 1. Round » Jahn Regensburg – VfL Bochum -:-". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
7. "Meyer: When your health is right, the performances will happen by themselves". Borussia Dortmund. 28 December 2022.
8. Alexander Meyer at Soccerway

External links

• Profile at the Borussia Dortmund website
• Alexander Meyer at DFB (also available in German )
• Alexander Meyer – UEFA competition record ( archive )