Sven Ulreich (born 3 August 1988) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

VfB Stuttgart

He was Stuttgart II's first-choice goalkeeper during their first four matches of the

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season, keeping two clean sheets in that period. He played 10 matches during the previous season, receiving two yellow cards. In January 2008, he was promoted to the first team of

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. But he also played again for the reserve team. He made his first team debut on 9 February 2008, in the 3–1 loss to

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and earned his first victory as the starting goalkeeper on 16 February 2008, against

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. On 6 April 2010, Ulreich extended his contract at VfB Stuttgart until the summer of 2013. On 20 January 2012 he extended his contract until June 2017. For the 2015–16 season, Ulreich moved to

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. He had been at Stuttgart since 1998.

Bayern Munich

Sven Ulreich Training 2017-03 FC Bayern Muenchen-3

Ulreich transferred to Bayern prior to the 2015–16 season and signed a contract until 2018. He was on the substitutes' bench for the

2015 DFL-Supercup The 2015 DFL-Supercup was the sixth edition of the German Super Cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. It featured Bayern Munich, the winne ...

. He finished the 2015–16 season with three appearances. He finished the 2016–17 season with seven appearances. He was able to feature regularly for Bayern Munich during the 2017–18 season, due to a long-term injury to first-choice goalkeeper

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. Ulreich started the 2017–18 season by playing in the German Super Cup. Ulreich played a key role in guiding Bayern Munich to a record sixth successive German Bundesliga title, which was confirmed in a 1–4 win away at FC Augsburg on 7 April 2018. However, Bayern Munich were eliminated from 2017–18 Champions League partly due to a goalkeeping error by Ulreich against

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in semi-finals. Bayern lost 4–3 on aggregate. In total, he made 47 appearances in the 2017–18 season.

Hamburger SV

After Bayern had signed the goalkeeper

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in the summer of 2020 amidst much public interest, discussions arose as to who would be the backup behind Manuel Neuer in the future. Ulreich therefore moved to 2. Bundesliga club

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in early October 2020 shortly before the end of the transfer window, signing a three-year contract. There, the 32-year-old immediately took over as the starter in place of

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under new head coach

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. On 4 June 2021, Ulreich's contract with HSV was terminated prematurely.

Return to Bayern Munich

On 27 June 2021, Ulreich returned to Bayern Munich. On 11 November 2022, he extended his contract with Bayern until 2024. On 28 November 2023, Ulreich extended his contract with Bayern Munich until 30 June 2025. Following the end of the 2024–25 season, Ulreich's contract was not renewed and he became a free agent.

International career

Ulreich was a member of the Germany U16, Germany U19, Germany U21 teams, and received a single call-up for the senior team in 2019, though he did not feature in a match.

Career statistics

Honours

Bayern Munich *

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: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22,

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, 2024–25 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

: 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

DFL-Supercup The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup or ''German Super Cup'' is a one-off association football, football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (E ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...

: 2019–20 *

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup Association football, football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions: the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's offic ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Individual *

Player of the Season: 2017–18

References

External links

Profile
at the FC Bayern Munich website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulreich, Sven 1988 births Living people People from Schorndorf Footballers from Stuttgart (region) German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players FC Bayern Munich footballers Hamburger SV players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players UEFA Champions League–winning players Germany men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century German sportsmen