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At 38, Jens Lehmann will be one of the tournament's senior statesmen. The veteran goalkeeper has been Germany's No1 since taking over from Oliver Kahn two years ago.

Long understudy to Kahn until promoted to first choice by coach Jürgen Klinsmann at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Quarter-final penalty shoot-out hero against Argentina.

Kept clean sheets in the seven UEFA EURO 2008 qualifiers, including 50th appearance (4-0 v Cyprus), conceding just three goals.

UEFA Cup winner in first season of European club competition, with FC Schalke 04 in 1997.

Joined rivals BV Borussia Dortmund (after brief spell at AC Milan) in 1999 and never missed a European match for the club (41 in total), reaching a second UEFA Cup final in 2002.Remarkable debut season at Arsenal FC (2003/04), in which he started all 38 matches as the Gunners won Premiership title unbeaten.

Conceded no goals in eight matches as Arsenal reached 2006 UEFA Champions League final but sent off early in Paris decider.

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Lehmann scored a last-minute header for Schalke to earn a point in the Ruhr derby against Dortmund in 1997/98.