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Alexander Walke
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Walke with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-06-06) 6 June 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Oranienburg, East Germany
Height 1.89 m
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Red Bull Salzburg
Number 33
Youth career
0000–1997 Eintracht Oranienburg
1997–1999 Energie Cottbus
1999–2003 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Werder Bremen 0 (0)
2005–2008 SC Freiburg 74 (0)
2008–2009 Wehen Wiesbaden 34 (0)
2009–2010 Hansa Rostock 34 (0)
2010–2023 Red Bull Salzburg 158 (0)
2011 Greuther Fürth (loan) 16 (0)
Total 242 (0)
National team
2002 Germany U-20 3 (0)
2003 Germany U-21 2 (0)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Alexander Walke (born 6 June 1983) is a German former professional football goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Walke began his career at Energie Cottbus as a 14-year-old. In 1999, he transferred to Werder Bremen, and was called up to the professional team in 2003. After six years, Walke moved to Baden-Württemberg in 2005 from Werder Bremen to join SC Freiburg. In 2008, he transferred to SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Walke left SV Wehen Wiesbaden to the end of the 2008–09 season. On 28 May 2009, he signed a two-year contract with FC Hansa Rostock where he played in all 36 games.

In 2010, Walke left Germany to sign for Austrian Bundesliga champion FC Red Bull Salzburg. He was the third German-born goalkeeper for the 2010–2011 season behind Niclas Heimann and Gerhard Tremmel. After one year on loan at Greuther Fürth in the 2. Bundesliga he returned to Salzburg for the 2011–12 season taking over the number 1 position from Eddie Gustafsson.

During the 2017-18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final. On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.

He retired in 2023 as a legend of Red Bull Salzburg, and will stay on as a youth goalkeeping coach.

Career statistics

Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Werder Bremen II 2001–02 Regionalliga Nord 5 0 5 0
2002–03 20 0 20 0
2003–04 12 0 12 0
2004–05 17 0 1 0 18 0
Total 54 0 1 0 55 0
Freiburg 2005–06 2. Bundesliga 29 0 3 0 32 0
2006–07 33 0 2 0 35 0
2007–08 12 0 1 0 13 0
Total 74 0 6 0 80 0
Freiburg II 2007–08 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 15 0 15 0
Wehen Wiesbaden 2008–09 2. Bundesliga 34 0 4 0 38 0
Hansa Rostock 2009–10 2. Bundesliga 34 0 1 0 2 0 37 0
Red Bull Salzburg 2010–11 Austrian Bundesliga 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0
2012–13 21 0 5 0 5 0 31 0
2012–13 30 0 1 0 2 0 33 0
2013–14 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
2014–15 3 0 2 0 1 0 6 0
2015–16 31 0 4 0 2 0 37 0
2016–17 34 0 4 0 11 0 49 0
2017–18 25 0 0 0 17 0 42 0
2018–19 4 0 5 0 10 0 19 0
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 155 0 24 0 50 0 229 0
Greuther Fürth (loan) 2010–11 2. Bundesliga 16 0 0 0 16 0
Career total 382 0 36 0 50 0 2 0 470 0

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

  • Austrian Bundesliga: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022-2023
  • Austrian Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22

See also

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