Alexander Nübel (born 30 September 1996) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, on loan from

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

club

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

Club career

Early years

Nübel grew up in

Salzkotten Salzkotten is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name Salzkotten (in English, "Salt cottages") is based in the former salt production, which gave Salzkotten its raison d'être. Salt was found in the salty ...

-Tudorf in

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, and began playing football at TSV Tudorf. In 2005 he moved to the youth department of

SC Paderborn Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...

, where he was initially active as an outfield player until under-14 level. Initially with Paderborn, he moved up to the professional squad for the 2014–15 season, but remained inactive throughout the season.

Schalke 04

Nübel then moved to

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...

, where he was utilised in the second team competing in the

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. On 14 May 2016, he made his

debut against

TSG Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 1899 ...

when he replaced

Ralf Fährmann Ralf Fährmann (; born 27 September 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04. Club career Fährmann made his professional debut for Schalke 04 on 13 September 2008 in 3–3 draw away ...

after 90 minutes. Nübel started the season as Schalke's backup goalkeeper to Fährmann. On 24 October 2018, he made his Champions League debut for Schalke in a 0–0 away draw against

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. After the winter break, Schalke's head coach

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, dropped Fährmann as the club's first-choice goalkeeper and promoted Nübel. On 2 February 2019, Nübel was sent off with a straight red card in a match against

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

and was suspended for the club's next two Bundesliga matches. He started in every match for Schalke after he was selected as the first-choice goalkeeper, with the exception of the two matches he was suspended for. On 6 August 2019, Nübel was selected by Schalke's head coach David Wagner as the club's new captain. He entered the season with only one year left on his contract with Schalke. On 22 December 2019, Schalke revealed that Nübel had informed the club that he would not renew his contract. On 4 January 2020, Nübel agreed to join

on a free transfer at the end of the season. He then handed the captaincy over to

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Bayern Munich

Nübel joined

on 30 June 2020. He made his debut for Bayern in the first round of the

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on 15 October where the club defeated fifth division side 1. FC Düren by a score of 3–0. On 1 December 2020, he made his Champions League debut in a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 15 May 2021, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 2–2 away draw against

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

Loan to Monaco

On 27 June 2021, Nübel was loaned out to

on a two-season loan, with Bayern having the option to cut the loan short after one season.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Bayern Munich *

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* DFL-Supercup:

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References

External links

Profile
at the AS Monaco FC website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nubel, Alexander 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Paderborn German footballers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia Association football goalkeepers Germany under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Ligue 1 players SC Paderborn 07 players FC Schalke 04 II players FC Schalke 04 players FC Bayern Munich footballers AS Monaco FC players German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Expatriate footballers in Monaco