Sven Bender

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Sven Bender
File:Sven-Bender-2018-08-19.jpg
Bender with Bayer Leverkusen in 2018
Personal information
Full name Sven Bender[1]
Date of birth (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 37)
Place of birth Rosenheim, West Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 SpVgg Unterhaching (interim manager)
Youth career
1993–1999 TSV Brannenburg
1999–2002 SpVgg Unterhaching
2002–2006 1860 Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 1860 Munich II 16 (2)
2006–2009 1860 Munich 65 (1)
2009–2012 Borussia Dortmund II 4 (0)
2009–2017 Borussia Dortmund 158 (4)
2017–2021 Bayer Leverkusen 107 (4)
Total 350 (11)
International career
2005–2006 Germany U17 10 (0)
2007–2008 Germany U19 11 (1)
2009 Germany U20 3 (2)
2010–2013 Germany 7 (0)
2016 Germany Olympic 6 (0)
Managerial career
2023–2024 Borussia Dortmund (assistant)
2024– SpVgg Unterhaching
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sven Bender (German pronunciation: [ˈsvɛn ˈbɛndɐ];[3][4] born 27 April 1989) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. He is currently the manager of Regionalliga club SpVgg Unterhaching. He is the twin brother of fellow coach and former player Lars Bender.[5][6]

Club career

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Early career

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Having been a product of their academy since the age of 4, Bender played from 1993 to 1999 in the youth of TSV Brannenburg. From 1999 to 2002, he was part of SpVgg Unterhaching youth teams. In summer 2002, Bender moved to the 1860 München youth team.[7]

1860 Munich

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He started his football career on the U-14 team and played for all of 1860 München's youth teams in three years. In November 2007, Bender extended his contract with the club until 2011. In 2009, Munich had to sell both Lars and Sven Bender, due to club's financial problem. Sven moved to Borussia Dortmund and Lars moved to Bayer Leverkusen. Sven played 65 games and scored 1 goal for 1860 Munich.[7]

Borussia Dortmund

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On 1 July 2009, Bender joined Borussia Dortmund, where he signed a four-year contract that tied him to the club until 2013.[8] Bender made his Bundesliga debut on 19 September 2009 in a game against Hannover 96. His biggest rival for the spot in the defensive midfield suffered several injuries and Bender established himself in the starting eleven very quickly. He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 12 February 2011 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern and extended his contract until 2017. The years 2011 and 2012 were very successful for Bender, as he was an important player in Dortmund's midfield and helped the team win the national championship in both years as well as the DFB-Pokal in 2012.[8] On 6 January 2013, Bender extended his contract with Dortmund, keeping him at the club until 2017.[9] During the 2012–13 season, he was struggling with several injuries which made Dortmund sign Nuri Şahin in January 2013. After treatment of his injury, Bender got another opponent for his position. He was on his way to becoming the number one player on his position and shared a place with team's captain Sebastian Kehl and helped the team to reach 2013 UEFA Champions League Final, although they were defeated by their domestic rivals Bayern Munich. On 27 July 2013, Bender won the 2013 DFL-Supercup with Dortmund 4–2 against Bayern Munich.[10] In February 2014, he suffered injury after a loss against Hamburger SV,[11] which eventually ruled him out for the rest season. On 21 February 2016, Bender signed a five-year contract extension to keep him at the club until 2021.[12]

Bayer Leverkusen

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On 13 July 2017, Bender ended his eight-year stay at Borussia Dortmund,[13] signing a four-year contract with fellow Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen until July 2021, and re-uniting with his brother Lars.[14] Nearing the conclusion of the 2020–21 season, Leverkusen announced that both Sven and Lars would depart Leverkusen and retire from professional football after the end of the season.[15] On May 2021, Sven Bender started the last match of his career against former club Borussia Dortmund, where he played until coming off for his brother Lars, who later scored a penalty in an eventual 1–3 loss.

International career

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File:Seleção brasileira de futebol enfrenta a Alemanha 1039215-20.08.2016 frz-01-5.jpg
Bender playing for Germany against Brazil in 2016

At under-19 level, Bender was a part of the team that won the 2008 European Under-19 Championship. He and his twin brother Lars were named jointly as players of the tournament.[16] Bender made his debut for the senior team in a friendly match against Australia in March 2011.[17] He appeared in several more friendly games and nominated for the Euro 2012 but did not make the squad's final. In February 2014, Bender suffered an Osteitis pubis injury that ruled him out for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. His last internationals therefore were two friendlies in late 2013.[18] In mid-July on 2016, despite not being called up for the senior team since 2013, he made the spot for Germany Olympic football team for the 2016 Summer Olympics as one of three over 23 years old players along with his brother and Nils Petersen,[19] where Germany won the silver medal.[20]

Coaching career

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In June 2022, the German Football Association appointed him as the new assistant coach of the Germany U-16 national team.[21] During the summer of 2023, he became assistant coach of the German U-17s.[22]

On 29 December 2023, Bender left his job at the German Football Association[23] and, along with his past teammate Nuri Şahin, was appointed as assistant manager to Edin Terzić at their former club Borussia Dortmund, signing a contract until the end of the season.[24]

He became the interim head coach of SpVgg Unterhaching in December 2024 for the remainder of the year.[25][26] He took over the same role in March 2025.[27]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[28]
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1860 Munich II 2006–07 Regionalliga Süd 15 2 — — — 15 2
2007–08 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
1860 Munich 2006–07 2. Bundesliga 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
2007–08 27 1 3 0 — — 30 1
2008–09 25 0 1 0 — — 26 0
Total 65 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 69 1
Borussia Dortmund II 2009–10 3. Liga 3 0 — — — 3 0
2012–13 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Borussia Dortmund 2009–10 Bundesliga 19 0 0 0 — — 19 0
2010–11 31 1 1 0 7[a] 0 — 39 1
2011–12 24 1 3 0 4[b] 0 1[c] 0 32 1
2012–13 20 1 1 0 11[b] 0 0 0 32 1
2013–14 19 1 2 0 5[b] 0 1[c] 0 27 1
2014–15 20 0 5 0 6[b] 0 1[c] 0 32 0
2015–16 19 0 5 0 11[a] 0 — 35 0
2016–17 6 0 1 0 1[b] 0 0 0 8 0
Total 158 4 18 0 45 0 3 0 224 4
Bayer Leverkusen 2017–18 Bundesliga 29 2 5 0 — — 34 2
2018–19 27 0 2 0 3[a] 0 — 32 0
2019–20 33 2 5 1 9[a] 1 — 47 4
2020–21 18 0 1 0 1[a] 0 — 20 0
Total 107 4 13 1 13 1 0 0 133 6
Career total 350 11 35 1 58 1 3 0 446 13
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ a b c Appearance in DFL-Supercup

Personal life

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On 20 June 2015, Bender married Simone Dettendorfer, his long time girlfriend since 2008.[29]

Honours

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Borussia Dortmund
Germany

Individual

References

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  • Kicker profile (in German)
  • Bundesliga profile
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