Bernd Leno

Club

As of match played 5 September 2026

International

As of match played 2 September 2021

VfB Stuttgart

Having progressed through the youth set up at VfB Stuttgart, in May 2011, Leno extended his contract until June 2014. By this time he was a regular goalkeeper in the VfB Stuttgart II reserve team who played in the 3. Liga.

Bayer Leverkusen

On 10 August 2011, Bernd Leno was loaned out to Bayer Leverkusen until 31 December 2011. Four days later, Leno made his Bundesliga debut against Werder Bremen. He became, after Dirk Krüssenberg and Heribert Macherey, the third goalkeeper in Bundesliga history to keep a clean sheet in his first three Bundesliga appearances. When he played on 13 September 2011, at the age of 19 years and 193 days, against Chelsea in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage he became the youngest German goalkeeper to ever to play in a Champions League match. The transfer was made permanent on 30 November 2011, when Leno received a deal that kept him with Bayer until 2017. Leno became a regular in the first team and after a string of impressive performances, on 8 November 2013, he signed an improved contract to keep him at the club until 2018. He made his 300th appearance for Leverkusen on 14 April 2018 in a 4–1 league win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

Arsenal

On 19 June 2018, Premier League club Arsenal announced that Leno had signed a five-year contract for a fee of £22.5 million, while pending 'the completion of regulatory processes'. Leno made his debut for Arsenal in the 4–2 victory over Vorskla Poltava in the…

Leno received his first call up to the German senior squad in October 2015 for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers against the Republic of Ireland and Georgia. He debuted in a friendly match against Slovakia on 29 May 2016. Leno was also included in his nation's squad for the final tournament the following summer. Leno was selected for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. He played one game of the tournament, against Australia. He was named in Germany's provisional squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but was not selected for the final 23-man squad. On 19 May 2021, he was selected to the squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.

Bernd Leno was born on 4 March 1992 in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg. His father is Russian-German. Leno married his long-time girlfriend, Sophie Christin, in 2020.