Robin Zentner
 Zentner playing for Mainz 05 in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robin Zentner | ||
| Date of birth | 28 October 1994[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mainz 05 | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2012 | Mainz 05 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Mainz 05 II | 36 | (0) |
| 2014– | Mainz 05 | 210 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | → Holstein Kiel (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Germany U17 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 September 2026 | |||
Robin Zentner (born 28 October 1994) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Mainz 05.[2]
Career
[edit]Zentner played for SpVgg Eltville until 2006, when he joined the youth team at 1. FSV Mainz 05. There, from 2012 until 2015, he was active in the Mainz team. Beginning in the 2014/15 season, he moved up to the senior squad as their third goalkeeper. In August 2015, he was loaned to then third-division Holstein Kiel, a loan deal which was extended for the subsequent 2016/17 season. He played 26 times across two seasons in Northern Germany before returning to Mainz in 2017/18.
He returned to Mainz 05 for the 2017/18 season and played his first competitive game for the first team in October 2017. In one of his appearances, on November 4, 2017, against Borussia Mönchengladbach, he went viral for an "air kick" after mistaking the penalty spot for the ball following a back-pass, which nearly resulted in a goal.[3] For each of his first two seasons back from loan, he alternated with Florian Müller as the starting goalkeeper of the until he earned the starting job towards the beginning of the first half of the 2019/20 season. He suffered a torn cruciate ligament on March 8, 2020, in a Bundesliga match and missed the remainder of the season. He was named the undisputed starting goalkeeper at Mainz beginning in the 2020/21 season with Müller moving on to SC Freiburg. After agreeing to a new contract in January 2024, he is now signed through the 2027-2028 season with the Rhein club..[4]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 12 September 2026[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mainz 05 II | 2012–13 | Regionalliga Südwest | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga Südwest | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 3. Liga | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||||
| Mainz 05 | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2026–27 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 209 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 231 | 0 | |||
| Holstein Kiel (loan) | 2015–16 | 3. Liga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 3. Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 274 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 297 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2024–25[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Robin Zentner | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Player Profile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ↑ "Robin Zentner". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ↑ "Air-kick goalie mistook penalty spot for ball". ESPN.com. 5 November 2017.
- ↑ "Robin Zentner signs new contract until 2028". mainz05.de.
- ↑ "Robin Zentner". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ↑ "The EA FC 25 Bundesliga Team of the Season 2024/25". Bundesliga. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
External links
[edit]
- Profile at the 1. FSV Mainz 05 website (in German)
- Robin Zentner at WorldFootball.net
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