Mark Schwartzer: sport achievements and biography

Mark Schwartzer - the famous Australian goalkeeper of German descent, was born on October 6, 1972 in the Australian city of Sydney. It is considered the champion in the national team for the number of games played (over 500 matches).

The Beginning of the Great Game

The first game the famous football player held in his native team "Marconi Stallions", where he played several seasons. But German roots began to speak in a young body, and he moved to relatives in Germany. It can not be said that the country met him with wide open arms: more than six months passed before he got to the local team "Dinamo Dresden". But apparently, something went wrong, and after spending only two games in this team, he goes to the "Kaiserslautern". Here he was only enough for four matches, after which he became a member of "Bradford City".

With the habit of quickly parting with the teams, Mark Schwartzer moves to the UK, where as part of the "Bradford" holds one very successful season and moves to "Middlesbrough". In the first season has time to play 16 brilliant games, which gave him the opportunity to gain a foothold, despite the departure of his team from the competition.

For more than a decade, Mark Schwarzer was the best goalkeeper of his team. In his warehouse, he will go to the football Olympus, in 2004 he will take the League Cup, and in 2006 will reach the final of the UEFA Cup. Such a bright player attracted attention, and even such influential clubs as Liverpool and Juventus recognized his talent.

Fulham

In 2008 he is a part of the Fulham team. Not everyone understood this decision of the player: they allowed the idea that he was only substituting the main goalkeeper. But the player again surprised everyone, having played about 40 matches in the composition of this team. From 2010 to 2013 is the main goalkeeper, until the end of the 2013-2014 season does not dare to move to the famous London club "Chelsea".

Chelsea and Schwartzer

The footballer considered it a great luck to get into this club. In all interviews, he called Chelsea a phenomenal and simply the best world composition, stressing that without hesitation he became a member. The contract was concluded for a year.

Many exciting games were held by Mark Schwartzer. "Chelsea" gave him the title of the most senior player in the history of the Champions League. He had to take part in the game, replacing the injured Petr Cech. At that time, the Australian was almost 42 years old.

The player does not consider his action as something surprising. For him, football is work. In the interview, he said that he simply went out and tried to hold everything in the highest category. He stressed that the team was ready for any tests and they coped with the skill.

Although this match ended in a draw, not only the fans, but also critics noted the rapidity of the reaction of the player in unforeseen situations. Because of Chekh's injury, he had to play all the other matches of the season. Commenting on this situation, the goalkeeper said that he was ready to do the job qualitatively, and called his future rivals players of world level.

Leicester City

With his bright game and professional qualities, the player drew the attention of the eminent British club. Jose Maurinho, the coach of Chelsea, confirmed the information about the goalkeeper's transition to the new team. In his comments, said that they will miss him and called a fantastic goalkeeper.

The footballer himself was only delighted with the new stage of life and thanked in his interview for the fact that they believed in him and gave him a good opportunity to show his skills in practice. The player is aware of the fact that he owns different titles, and even for a certain pause in the game will get one more. He stressed that he came to football not for titles, but because he loves this occupation and wants to do it as much as possible and for longer.

Recently, on behalf of Leicester City, the Australian said that his team does not want to get into the Champions League.

International career of the Australian goalkeeper

Despite the German roots and the opportunity to play in the German national team, the player remains faithful to the country in which he was born. He first appeared in the Australian team at the age of 17. Over 20 years he was the central goalkeeper of this team. In its composition, played four Federation Cups, three Asian and one World Cup in 2010. In 2011, being a member of the team, reached the Asian Cup final, but did not win. In autumn 2013, the Australian national football team said goodbye to the player. What are the achievements of the football player?

Having given this sport most of his life, Mark Schwarzer received many titles and prizes:

• 2004 - Cup of the League, Cup of Nations OFC.
• 2006 - winner of the UEFA Cup.
• 2009 - player of the year in English "Fulham" and Australia. Also awarded the Order of the native country.
• 2010 - winner of the League of Europe, football player of the year in Australia, the best player in February of the British Premier League.
• 2011 - won bronze at the Confederations Cup.
• 2013 - took the silver in the Asian Cup.

Undoubtedly, Schwarzer is one of the best football players of our time. He proved that age is not a hindrance to an effective game, and it is equal to a lot of young athletes around the world. To the delight of the fans, he is not going to finish his career yet.