Alexander Nübel

★ WorkhorseGoalkeeper · VfB Stuttgart

Caps

Int'l goals

Years

NATION · GER Germany →

Age

Position

Caps

Int'l goals

VfB Stuttgart

Club

UEFA Champions League

League

GER

National team

// the read

The shape of him

A goalkeeper's tournament can hinge on one save — or one shootout. The profile below is the positional read; the legend is made in the moments that follow.

// the equation

reflexes × command × calm under fire

the six-yard boxthe anglethe one-on-one

// the x-factor

The job

The difference in the shootout.

Command the box, make the save that keeps a tie level, and own the moment when it goes to penalties. Keepers win World Cups too.

29Years old

GoalkeeperRole

// the cabinet

Honours

club

Club

DFB Pokal

×3

Super Cup

×2

Bundesliga

×2

UEFA Super Cup

×2

UEFA Champions League

×2

FIFA Intercontinental Cup

×2

// the closing word

Alexander Nübel.Germany · Goalkeeper.The full dossier — season numbers, takes and tape — lands closer to kickoff.

GERGoalkeeperVfB Stuttgart