Career
Born in Adenau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Giefer began his football career at 1. Football Club Oberahr as his first youth club He then move to TuRa Lommersdorf before moving to Bayer Leverkusen, where he started his professional career.
He would soon promoted to Bayer Leverkusen World War II Bayer Leverkusen
After being promoted to the first team, He made his Bundesliga debut on 6 November 2009 against Eintracht Frankfurt.
On 1 December 2010, he made his international debut for the Union of European Football Associations Europa League, substituting Bayer"s #1 goalkeeper, René Adler. On 7 August 2011 against 1.
FSV Mainz 05 in the opening weekend of the 2011-2012 Bundesliga season, Giefer was concussed and stated that he doesn"t remember anything about the last month. Fortuna Düsseldorf
On 4 June 2012, it was announced that Giefer will join Fortuna Düsseldorf with a two-year contract until 30 June 2014.
Giefer revealed he turned down a move to Bayern Munich because he wanted a first team action as Giefer would be a back-up to first choice goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer, if he did joined.
Schalke 04
In June 2014, it was announced that Giefer will join Schalke 04 and he was assigned the squad number 34.
