australian football player
For the Dutch football player, see Michel Langerak
Mitchell James Langerak ( LANG-ə-rak ; [ 3 ] born 22 August 1988 ) is an australian professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for J1 League golf club Nagoya Grampus.

Club career [edit ]

Melbourne Victory [edit ]

Mitchell Langerak playing for the Melbourne Victory youth team in 2009. Langerak signed his first professional condense in February 2007, with A-League clubhouse Melbourne Victory. [ 4 ] soon after he was sent on loanword to South Melbourne for the remainder of the 2007 victorian Premier League temper, to gain plot time and know. [ 5 ] once the loan finished Langerak continued his duties as the Victory ‘s third gear choice goalkeeper before Eugene Galekovic moved to Adelaide United. He made his debut for Melbourne in the Round 21 brush of the 2007–08 season against rivals Sydney FC and despite letting in two goals, his performance in the 2–2 draw was a confident debut. [ 6 ] With Galekovic making a move to Adelaide United, Langerak became the second choice custodian. With first choice Michael Theoklitos making his move oversea, Victory signed New Zealand international Glen Moss from Wellington Phoenix. Moss started the 2009–10 as Melbourne ‘s first choice keeper before Langerak grasped his opportunity in the first team to become the side ‘s first choice custodian for the remainder of the season. On 13 April 2010, Melbourne announced that they had rejected a offer for Langerak from german giants, Borussia Dortmund, however talks continued. [ 7 ] On 4 May 2010, Langerak revealed to FourFourTwo Magazine, that Borussia Dortmund had made a second, substantially increased, command for his services on the same day as the interview, but was again rejected by Melbourne Victory .

Borussia Dortmund [edit ]

On 12 May 2010, Melbourne Victory accepted a third propose for Langerak from Borussia Dortmund sealing a four-year-deal with BVB. [ 8 ] After joining Dortmund, Langerak became the club ‘s second choice goalkeeper during the 2010–11 Bundesliga season and was a regular in matchday squads. Langerak said his goal for the temper was to learn vitamin a much as potential. With Roman Weidenfeller injured, Langerak started his foremost game for Dortmund in their 3–1 win against reigning german champions Bayern Munich, where he showed a solid performance. Langerak made a render to the first team team for the first time picked before an available Weidenfeller in Dortmunds second gear round off DFB-Pokal game with Dynamo Dresden. During the game many flares were lit in Signal Iduna Park bringing some concern ; no action was taken and Langerak showed signs of celebration with coach Jürgen Klopp after the game as he recorded his first clean sheet in front of over 80,000 in attendance. On 12 May 2012, two years to the day after sealing his go to Borussia Dortmund, Langerak came on as a 34th-minute stand-in in the DFB-Pokal concluding against Bayern Munich. He came on for the injure Roman Weidenfeller who had suspected rib damage after a challenge with Mario Gómez earlier in the game. Dortmund went on to win the game 5–2 to claim the cup and Langerak ‘s third base title in two seasons at the club. On 27 July 2013, Langerak won the 2013 DFL-Supercup with Dortmund 4–2 against rivals Bayern Munich. [ 9 ] Langerak played the BVB opener of the 2013–2014 Bundesliga against Augsburg where he kept a clean sheet in a 4–0 win. [ 10 ] This means that in the 7 league and Bundesliga games in which Langerak has played, Borussia Dortmund have won. On 18 September 2013, Langerak made his Champions League introduction against Napoli after Weidenfeller was sent off. He broke two front man teeth in collision with a goalpost in an unsuccessful attack to stop Lorenzo Insigne score. [ 11 ]

On 23 August 2014, Langerak conceded the fastest goal ( 9 seconds ), in the history of Bundesliga, on the open game of the season 2014–15, a home match against Bayer Leverkusen, which ended 0–2 personnel casualty for Dortmund. [ 12 ]

VfB Stuttgart [edit ]

For the 2015–16 temper, Langerak moved to VfB Stuttgart. [ 13 ] Mitchell Langerak made his Bundesliga debut for VfB Stuttgart on 7 May 2016 at home to FSV Mainz 05. The season ended with Stuttgart ‘s relegation to the 2. Bundesliga. After the departure of Przemysław Tytoń, Langerak was handed the starting position and immediately became a fan favorite .

Levante [edit ]

On 30 August 2017, Langerak joined Levante on a biennial deal. [ 14 ]

Nagoya Grampus [edit ]

On 14 January 2018, Langerak signed for Nagoya Grampus. [ 15 ] On 12 December 2020, he made his hundredth appearance in the J.League in a 0–0 away describe against Yokohama FC. [ 16 ] On 19 December 2020, he set new J.League record, keeping 17 cleanse sheets in the 2020 J.League campaign in 1–0 winnings against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. [ 17 ] [ 18 ]

International career [edit ]

Langerak was selected in the Young Socceroos police squad to play in the 2006 AFC Youth Championship. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Langerak received his first elder national team call-up in March 2011, named by coach Holger Osieck as a penis of the 17-man squad to play Germany in a friendly match. [ 21 ] Langerak made his debut for Australia ‘s senior team in an international friendly against France on 12 October 2013, a match in which the Socceroos were thrashed 6–0, courtesy of goals from Franck Ribéry, Olivier Giroud, Yohan Cabaye, Mathieu Debuchy and Karim Benzema. [ 22 ] This match turned out to be coach Holger Osieck ‘s final examination catch in charge of Australia, with his sacking coming soon after the conclusion of the match. [ 23 ] Langerak made his second appearance for Australia against Canada, a match which Australia won 3–0, courtesy of goals from Joshua Kennedy, Dario Vidošić and Mathew Leckie., [ 24 ] Langerak was included in the 23 man police squad going to Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ 25 ] He was besides included in Australia ‘s final list for 2015 AFC asian Cup, which was held in Australia, but he did n’t play a one match. [ 26 ] In May 2021, having represented Australia 8 times, Langerak announced his retirement from international football due to wanting to remain with his syndicate during the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 27 ]

Honours [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

Melbourne Victory
Borussia Dortmund
VfB Stuttgart
Nagoya Grampus

International [edit ]

Australia U20
Australia

individual [edit ]

Records [edit ]

  • J.League 1 most clean sheets in a season: 18

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 21 February 2020[32]

International [edit ]

As of 15 November 2017[33]
National team Year Apps Goals
Australia 2013 2 0
2014 3 0
2015 1 0
2017 2 0
Total 8 0

References [edit ]