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With Manuel Neuer between the sticks, FC Bayern came within a goal of equalling the Bundesliga's best defensive record in 2011/12 - and smashed it in the subsequent season
With Manuel Neuer between the sticks, FC Bayern came within a goal of equalling the Bundesliga's best defensive record in 2011/12 - and smashed it in the subsequent season

10 Things about: Manuel Neuer

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Munich - He is the last line of defence for the team who swept all before them in 2012/13 and he is widely acknowledged as one of the best goalkeepers in the world: FC Bayern München's Manuel Neuer.

Germany's first ever treble winners conceded a grand total of 40 Bundesliga goals in the first two seasons the 27-year-old Gelsenkirchen native spent on the books with them, as a virtual ever-present.

As familiar now to fans of the game around the world as he is to those in Germany, Neuer is a professional footballer whose vision of life, based on his own upbringing, certainly extends beyond the football pitch. Here are just a few things you may not have known about the Germany No1...