René Adler (born 15 January 1985) is a retired German
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
.
Early life
Adler is the son of former
East German
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
international
Jens Adler
Jens Adler (born 25 April 1965) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
His sole international appearance came for East Germany in the national team's last match on 12 September 1990. He came on to replace Jens Schmidt as a ...
. His cousin is Israeli-American professional lacrosse player
Max Adler.
Club career
VfB Leipzig
Adler started at age six playing for