Robert Almer (born 20 March 1984) is an Austrian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

After starting in the Austrian amateur leagues with SC Untersiebenbrunn and

DSV Leoben DSV Leoben is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club based in Leoben. It was founded in 1928. The club currently play in Austrian Regionalliga Central, Regionalliga Central, one of the third tiers of Austrian Football. They ...

, Almer was signed by

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and assigned to the club's reserve squad. In 2006, he joined

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and gained regular first team appearances for the team in the

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. He resigned for Austria Wien two years later as back-up for first choice goalkeeper

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. 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

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and

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in the German 2. Bundesliga, before joining first division

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, 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

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in a 2–1 loss to

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on 15 November 2011. He was selected as first-choice goalkeeper for

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and kept Austria's first

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at a major tournament in 32 years during the 0–0 group stage draw with

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on 18 June 2016.

References

External links

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Robert Almer Injury - news on derstandard.at (German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Almer, Robert 1984 births Living people Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Men's association football goalkeepers SC Untersiebenbrunn players DSV Leoben players Fortuna Düsseldorf II players Fortuna Düsseldorf players FC Energie Cottbus players SV Mattersburg players FK Austria Wien players Hannover 96 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany UEFA Euro 2016 players Footballers from Bruck an der Mur Austrian expatriate men's footballers