Sven Scheuer

Sven Scheuer
Personal information
Full name	Sven Toni Scheuer
Date of birth	19 January 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1988	SV Böblingen
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1999	Bayern Munich
2000–2001	Adanaspor
2001–2002	1. FC Saarbrücken
2003	Grazer AK
2003	VfL Osnabrück
2004–2005	TSV Schönaich
Total
International career
1990	Germany U-21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated May 20, 2023

Sven Scheuer (born 19 January 1971) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Scheuer was born in Böblingen. He joined FC Bayern Munich in 1988, and spent 11 years with the club,^[1] serving as backup goalkeeper to Raimond Aumann until 1994 and later Oliver Kahn. He usually shared this role with another 'keeper, including Uwe Gospodarek (1991–1994), Michael Probst (1994–1996) and Bernd Dreher (1996–1999). He made 20 appearances in the Bundesliga, half of which came in the 1994–95 season, and won five league titles, plus the UEFA Cup in 1996 and the DFB Pokal in 1998. He also played regularly for Bayern's reserve team, in the Oberliga Bayern and Regionalliga Süd.

After leaving Bayern, Scheuer embarked on a fairly nomadic career, playing for Adanaspor in Turkey,^[2] Grazer AK in Austria, and 1. FC Saarbrücken and VfL Osnabrück back home. He also had an unsuccessful trial with Crystal Palace in 2002.^[3]

International career

Scheuer played one match for the Germany under-21 national team, a 3–0 win over Luxembourg in October 1990.

Honours

Bayern Munich

Bundesliga: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99
UEFA Cup: 1995–96
DFB-Pokal: 1997–98
UEFA Champions League: runner-up 1998–99
DFB-Ligapokal: 1997, 1998

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References

↑ "Sven Scheuer". Fussball Portal. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
↑ "SVEN TONI SCHEUER". Turkish Football Federation . Retrieved 19 November 2008.
↑ "Palace let keeper go". BBC Sport. 10 October 2002. Retrieved 15 May 2009.

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[1] "Sven Scheuer". Fussball Portal. Retrieved 19 November 2008.

[2] "SVEN TONI SCHEUER". Turkish Football Federation . Retrieved 19 November 2008.

[3] "Palace let keeper go". BBC Sport. 10 October 2002. Retrieved 15 May 2009.

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