For the footballer born in 1988, see Lars Bender (footballer, born 1988).
Lars Bender
Bender in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Lars Bender[1]
Date of birth
(1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth
Rosenheim, West Germany
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)
Right back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
1993–1999
TSV Brannenburg
1999–2002
SpVgg Unterhaching
2002–2006
1860 Munich
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2006–2009
1860 Munich
58
(4)
2009–2021
Bayer Leverkusen
256
(22)
Total
314
(26)
International career
2005–2006
Germany U17
9
(1)
2007–2008
Germany U19
9
(2)
2009
Germany U20
1
(1)
2010
Germany U21
1
(0)
2011–2014
Germany
19
(4)
2016
Germany Olympic
6
(0)
Managerial career
2022-2023
Germany U15 (assistant)
2023–
Germany U17 (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Team
UEFA European Championship
2012
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner
2008
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Lars Bender (German pronunciation:[ˈlaʁsˈbɛndɐ];[3][4] born 27 April 1989) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right back and defensive midfielder. He is the twin brother of Sven Bender.[5][6]
^"L. Bender". Int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
^"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 227, 544. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
^Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 363, 690. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
^Uersfeld, Stephan (13 July 2017). "Bender twins reunited at Leverkusen". ESPN. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
^Uersfeld, Stephan (1 February 2013). "Bender twins ready for showdown". ESPN FC. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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