{{Short description|German footballer (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Sven Bender | image = Sven-Bender-2018-08-19.jpg | caption = Bender with Bayer Leverkusen in 2018 | image_size = 225 | fullname = Sven Bender<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Germany |url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/10/28/62/fwyc_2009_squadlists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=8 |date=6 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013164551/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/10/28/62/fwyc_2009_squadlists.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2009 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Rosenheim, West Germany | height = 1.86 m<ref name="S. Bender">{{cite web|title=S. Bender|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sven-bender/16890/|work=Soccerway|publisher=Global Sports Media|access-date=2 October 2011}}</ref> | position = Centre-back, defensive midfielder | currentclub = SpVgg Unterhaching (interim manager) | youthyears1 = 1993–1999 | youthclubs1 = TSV Brannenburg | youthyears2 = 1999–2002 | youthclubs2 = SpVgg Unterhaching | youthyears3 = 2002–2006 | youthclubs3 = 1860 Munich <!-- This is for LEAGUE GOALS ONLY. Do NOT include other goals. -->| years1 = 2006–2007 | clubs1 = 1860 Munich II | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2006–2009 | clubs2 = 1860 Munich | caps2 = 65 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2009–2012 | clubs3 = Borussia Dortmund II | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2009–2017 | clubs4 = Borussia Dortmund | caps4 = 158 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2017–2021 | clubs5 = Bayer Leverkusen | caps5 = 107 | goals5 = 4 | totalcaps = 350 | totalgoals = 11 <!--LEAGUE APPS & GOALS ONLY -->| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006 | nationalteam1 = Germany U17 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam2 = Germany U19 | nationalcaps2 = 11 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2009 | nationalteam3 = Germany U20 | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 2 | nationalyears4 = 2010–2013 | nationalteam4 = Germany | nationalcaps4 = 7 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2016 | nationalteam5 = Germany Olympic | nationalcaps5 = 6 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} | manageryears1 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs1 = Borussia Dortmund (assistant) | manageryears2 = 2024– | managerclubs2 = SpVgg Unterhaching }} '''Sven Bender''' ({{IPA|de|ˈsvɛn ˈbɛndɐ|-|}};<ref>{{cite book|last1=Krech|first1=Eva-Maria|last2=Stock|first2=Eberhard|last3=Hirschfeld|first3=Ursula|last4=Anders|first4=Lutz Christian|title=Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=German Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-1tr_oVkW4C&q=deutsches+ausspracheworterbuch|language=de|year=2009|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|location=Berlin|isbn=978-3-11-018202-6|pages=363, 967}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Dudenredaktion|last2=Kleiner|first2=Stefan|last3=Knöbl|first3=Ralf|year=2015|orig-year=First published 1962|title=Das Aussprachewörterbuch|trans-title=The Pronunciation Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6vWCgAAQBAJ|language=de|edition=7th|location=Berlin|publisher=Dudenverlag|isbn=978-3-411-04067-4|page=227}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bender twins reunited at Leverkusen |first=Stephan |last=Uersfeld |url=http://www.espn.in/football/soccer-transfers/story/3157148/bayer-leverkusen-sign-sven-bender-from-borussia-dortmund |access-date=31 July 2020 |work=ESPN |date=13 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espnfc.co.uk/story/1323021/lars-bender-and-sven-bender-ready-for-bundesliga-showdown |title=Bender twins ready for showdown |first=Stephan |last=Uersfeld |website=ESPN FC |date=1 February 2013 |access-date=31 July 2020 }}</ref>
==Club career== ===Early career=== 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.<ref name="Sven Bender">{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2008-09/39194/vereinsspieler_sven-bender.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806084528/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/2008-09/39194/vereinsspieler_sven-bender.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2009|access-date=13 August 2016|publisher=Kicker|title=Sven Bender}}</ref>
===1860 Munich=== 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.<ref name="Sven Bender"/>
===Borussia Dortmund=== On 1 July 2009, Bender joined Borussia Dortmund, where he signed a four-year contract that tied him to the club until 2013.<ref name="Sven Bender Biography">{{cite news |title=Sven Bender Biography/ |url=http://www.history-of-soccer.org/sven-bender.html |access-date=13 August 2016 |publisher=history of soccer}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Sven Bender Biography"/> On 6 January 2013, Bender extended his contract with Dortmund, keeping him at the club until 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bvb.de/?k%EF%86%ECY%1B%E7%F4%9C%5Do%E5%86%98|title=Borussia Dortmund extend contracts of Neven Subotic, Sven Bender|access-date=13 February 2013|publisher=bvb.de/}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bundesliga.com/en/tournaments/news/2013/0000262446.php|title=Dortmund prevail over Bayern in Supercup thriller|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106163106/http://www.bundesliga.com/en/tournaments/news/2013/0000262446.php|archive-date=6 November 2013}}</ref> In February 2014, he suffered injury after a loss against Hamburger SV,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/dortmund-midfielder-sven-bender-sidelined-for-10-weeks|title=Dortmund midfielder Sven Bender sidelined for 10 weeks|date=24 February 2014|access-date=13 August 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport1.de/fussball/bundesliga/2016/02/sven-bender-verlaengert-bei-borussia-dortmund-bis-2021|date=23 February 2016|access-date=13 August 2016|title=Sven Bender verlängert bei Borussia Dortmund bis 2021}}</ref>
===Bayer Leverkusen=== On 13 July 2017, Bender ended his eight-year stay at Borussia Dortmund,<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/dui-sbenderdata.html | title = Sven Bender - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 June 2021 | accessdate = 25 June 2021 | publisher = RSSSF.com}}</ref> signing a four-year contract with fellow Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen until July 2021, and re-uniting with his brother Lars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/sven-bender-swaps-borussia-dortmund-for-bayer-leverkusen-445039.jsp|title=Sven Bender swaps Borussia Dortmund for Bayer Leverkusen|website=Bundesliga|date=13 July 2017|access-date=13 July 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bulinews.com/news/6951/bender-twins-retire-the-end-the-season&ved=0ahUKEwiltfqkut_tAhXCyzgGHXU0AjAQxfQBCC4wAA&usg=AOvVaw1EzxqWL9sBzpFZ1IJB_bvH|title=Sven and Lars Bender retire from football|date=21 December 2020}}</ref> In 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== [[file:Seleção brasileira de futebol enfrenta a Alemanha 1039215-20.08.2016 frz-01-5.jpg|thumb|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/under19/history/season=2008/goldenplayer/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514150047/http://www1.uefa.com/under19/history/season=2008/goldenplayer/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2010|title=2008: Lars & Sven Bender|access-date=13 August 2016|date=1 January 2009|publisher=UEFA}}</ref> Bender made his debut for the senior team in a friendly match against Australia in March 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/match/germany-vs-australia/1063914/report|date=29 March 2011|title=Germany 1-2 Australia Socceroos come from behind to defeat experimental German side|publisher=goal.com|access-date=13 August 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/dui-sbender-intl.html | title = Sven Bender - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 June 2021 | accessdate = 25 June 2021 | publisher = RSSSF.com}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/olympia-kader-stehen-fest-150085/|title=Die Olympia-Kader stehen fest|date=15 July 2016|work=dfb.de}}</ref> where Germany won the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2016/m=8/news=neymar-s-golden-penalty-sees-brazil-to-victory-2823069.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821102147/http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2016/m=8/news=neymar-s-golden-penalty-sees-brazil-to-victory-2823069.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 August 2016|title=Neymar's golden penalty sees Brazil to victory|date=20 August 2016|work=fifa.com}}</ref>
==Coaching career== In June 2022, the German Football Association appointed him as the new assistant coach of the Germany U-16 national team.<ref>{{cite news |title=U 16-JUNIOREN |url=https://www.dfb.de/u-16-junioren/news-detail-u-16/lars-und-sven-bender-neue-co-trainer-in-u-teams-241252/ |website=dfb.de |language=German |access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> During the summer of 2023, he became assistant coach of the German U-17s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 August 2023 |title="Der beste Tag": Ahrtal-Jugendmannschaft zu Gast am Campus |trans-title=“The best day”: Ahrtal youth team visiting Vampus |url=http://www.dfb.de/news/detail/der-beste-tag-ahrtal-jugendmannschaft-zu-gast-am-campus-253996/?no_cache=1&cHash=d7de196feb87f2f047d5a9c2cc4456c3 |access-date=3 January 2024 |website= |publisher=DFB |language=de}}</ref>
On 29 December 2023, Bender left his job at the German Football Association<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 December 2023 |title=Sven Bender wechselt zum BVB |trans-title=Sven Bender is moving to BVB |url=http://www.dfb.de/news/detail/sven-bender-wechselt-zum-bvb-258035/?no_cache=1&cHash=64a96340554ea1b4ecfdf93ac6618ee1 |access-date=3 January 2024 |website= |publisher=DFB |language=de}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=29 December 2023 |title=Sahin and Bender join BVB coaching staff |url=http://www.bvb.de/eng/News/Overview/Sahin-and-Bender-join-BVB-coaching-staff/ |access-date=3 January 2024 |publisher=Borussia Dortmund |language=en-GB}}</ref>
He became the interim head coach of SpVgg Unterhaching in December 2024 for the remainder of the year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.spvggunterhaching.de/2024/12/01/spvgg-unterhaching-stellt-cheftrainer-marc-unterberger-mit-sofortiger-wirkung-frei/|title=SpVgg Unterhaching stellt Cheftrainer Marc Unterberger mit sofortiger Wirkung frei|language=de |work=spvggunterhaching.de|date=1 December 2024 |accessdate=1 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.spvggunterhaching.de/2025/01/03/heiko-herrlich-wird-neuer-cheftrainer-der-spielvereinigung-unterhaching-sven-bender-bleibt-als-co-trainer/|title=Heiko Herrlich wird neuer Cheftrainer der Spielvereinigung Unterhaching – Sven Bender bleibt als Co-Trainer|language=de |work=spvggunterhaching.de|date=3 January 2025|accessdate=3 January 2025}}</ref> He took over the same role in March 2025.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.merkur.de/sport/amateur-fussball/landkreis-muenchen/bender-ist-wunschkandidat-abstieg-wuerde-viele-haching-probleme-loesen-93653150.html|title=Sven Bender ist "Wunschkandidat" – Abstieg würde viele Hachinger Probleme lösen|language=de |work=merkur.de|date=28 March 2025|accessdate=28 March 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="Sven Bender » Club matches">{{cite web|title=Sven Bender » Club matches|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe26795/sven-bender/club-matches/|website=WorldFootball.net|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|DFB-Pokal !colspan=2|Europe !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|1860 Munich II |2006–07 |rowspan="2"|Regionalliga Süd |15||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||2 |- |2007–08 |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !16!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!16!!2 |- |rowspan="4"|1860 Munich |2006–07 |rowspan="3"|2. Bundesliga |13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||0 |- |2007–08 |27||1||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||1 |- |2008–09 |25||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !65!!1!!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!69!!1 |- |rowspan="3"|Borussia Dortmund II |2009–10 |rowspan="2"|3. Liga |3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- |2012–13 |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0 |- |rowspan="9"|Borussia Dortmund |2009–10 |rowspan="8"|Bundesliga |19||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||0 |- |2010–11 |31||1||1||0||7{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||39||1 |- |2011–12 |24||1||3||0||4{{efn|name=UCL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League}}||0||1{{efn|name=DFL|Appearance in DFL-Supercup}}||0||32||1 |- |2012–13 |20||1||1||0||11{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||0||0||32||1 |- |2013–14 |19||1||2||0||5{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=DFL}}||0||27||1 |- |2014–15 |20||0||5||0||6{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=DFL}}||0||32||0 |- |2015–16 |19||0||5||0||11{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||35||0 |- |2016–17 |6||0||1||0||1{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||0||0||8||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !158!!4!!18!!0!!45!!0!!3!!0!!224!!4 |- |rowspan="5"|Bayer Leverkusen |2017–18 |rowspan="4"|Bundesliga |29||2||5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||2 |- |2018–19 |27||0||2||0||3{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||32||0 |- |2019–20 |33||2||5||1||9{{efn|name=UEL}}||1||colspan="2"|—||47||4 |- |2020–21 |18||0||1||0||1{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||20||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !107!!4!!13!!1!!13!!1!!0!!0!!133!!6 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !350!!11!!35!!1!!58!!1!!3!!0!!446!!13 |}
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==Personal life== On 20 June 2015, Bender married Simone Dettendorfer, his long time girlfriend since 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starflash.de/artikel/fussballer-sven-bender-frau-1052238.html|title=Olympiafußballer Sven Bender: Das ist seine Frau|access-date=13 August 2016}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Borussia Dortmund *Bundesliga: 2010–11, 2011–12 *DFB-Pokal: 2011–12, 2016–17 *DFL-Supercup: 2013, 2014 * UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2012–13 ;Germany *UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2008 *Olympic Silver Medal: 2016 '''Individual''' *Fritz Walter Medal U17 Bronze Medal 2006 *UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Golden Player: 2008
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20210515053226/http://sven-bender.com/ Official Website of Sven Bender]}} *{{Fussballdaten}} *{{FIFA player}} *{{UEFA player}} *{{NFT player}} *{{ESPN Soccernet}} *[https://www.kicker.de/sven-bender/spieler/bundesliga/2013-14/borussia-dortmund Kicker profile] {{in lang|de}} *[http://www.bundesliga.com/en/clubs/borussia-dortmund/kader/ Bundesliga profile]
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