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Robert Almer

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Born
1984 (40 years old)

Birth Place

Bruck an der Mur, Austria

Position
Goalkeeper

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Height
193 cm

Weight
87 kg

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5603091

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_No League Soccer

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Robert Almer (born 20 March 1984) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper the Austria national team.

Almer is currently the number one goalkeeper for the national team, playing at UEFA Euro 2016.

Club career
After starting in the Austrian amateur leagues with SC Untersiebenbrunn and DSV Leoben, Almer was signed by FK Austria Wien and assigned to the club's reserve squad. In 2006, he joined SV Mattersburg and gained regular first team appearances for the team in the Austrian Bundesliga. He resigned for Austria Wien two years later as back-up for first choice goalkeeper Szabolcs Sáfár. During his first season back in Vienna, Almer was selected in goal for the 2009 Austrian Cup Final, winning his first major trophy.

Almer went on to play for Fortuna Düsseldorf and FC Energie Cottbus in the German 2. Bundesliga, before joining first division Hannover 96, where he failed to make a first team appearance. In 2015, he signed for Austria Wien for the third time, becoming the club's first choice goalkeeper and captain.

International career
Almer debuted for the Austria national football team in a 2–1 loss to Ukraine on 15 November 2011. He was selected as first choice goalkeeper for UEFA Euro 2016 and kept Austria's first clean sheet at a major tournament in 32 years during the 0–0 group stage draw with Portugal on 18 June 2016.