Stefan Reinartz

Stefan Reinartz

200px Reinartz in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-01-01) 1 January 1989
Place of birth	Engelskirchen, West Germany
Height
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder / Defender
Youth career
1993–1998	Heiligenhauser SV
1998–1999	Bergisch Gladbach 09
1999–2006	Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Bayer Leverkusen II	35	(0)
2008–2015	Bayer Leverkusen	145	(11)
2009	→ 1. FC Nürnberg (loan)	16	(0)
2015-2016	Eintracht Frankfurt	15	(1)
Total		211	(12)
International career
2004–2005	Germany U16	4	(0)
2005–2006	Germany U17	9	(1)
2006–2007	Germany U18	4	(0)
2007–2008	Germany U19	10	(1)
2008–2009	Germany U20	4	(0)
2009–2010	Germany U21	6	(0)
2010–2013	Germany	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefan Reinartz (born 1 January 1989) is a retired German footballer who played a defensive midfielder or defender.

Career

Reinartz was born in Engelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. He came through the ranks at Bayer Leverkusen and but did not play any games for them in the 2008–09 season. He made his professional debut in the Second Division while on loan with 1. FC Nuremberg on 9 February 2009 when he started a match against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

After returning from Nuremberg, Reinartz was given a chance to prove himself and made his competitive debut for Bayer on 31 July 2009 against SV Babelsberg in the German Cup. During the 2009–10 season, he eventually cemented his place as a holding midfielder and scored his first senior goal on 6 November in the 4–0 home win against Eintracht Frankfurt.

He announced his retirement, at age 27, on 27 May 2016.

International career

Reinartz has been a German international since U16 level. He started out as first choice at the start of the 2006 U17 European Championship qualifying campaign and was in the squad that took fourth place in the tournament. After losing his place to Christopher Schorch for a short spell, he regained it and became a regular for the U19's. He started all matches at the 2008 European Championships and helped Germany to the title. He was a regular for the U21's in their bid to make the 2011 European Championships.

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Reinartz in an international match

International appearances

Germany national football team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	1	0
2013	2	0
Total	3	0

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
2006-07	Bayer Leverkusen II	Regionalliga Nord	13	0	0	0	-	-	13	0
2008-09			12	0	0	0	-	-	12	0
2009-10			1	0	0	0	-	-	1	0
2008-09	Nuremberg	2. Bundesliga	16	0	1	0	-	-	17	0
2009-10	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga	27	2	2	0	0	0	29	2
2010-11			31	2	2	0	8	1	41	3
2011-12			30	3	1	0	7	0	38	3
2012-13			29	3	3	0	5	0	37	3
2013-14			14	0	3	0	5	0	22	0
2014-15			14	1	0	0	4	0	18	1
Career total			187	11	12	0	29	1	228	12

Honors

Bundesliga

• Runners-up:2010-11

External links

• Stefan Reinartz profile at Fussballdaten
• Stefan Reinartz – UEFA competition record
• Stefan Reinartz career statistics at Soccerbase
• ESPN Soccernet profile