Jonathan Tah
 Tah with Bayer Leverkusen in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Glao Tah | ||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2009 | Altona 93 | ||
| 2009 | SC Concordia | ||
| 2009–2014 | Hamburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Hamburger SV II | 8 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Hamburger SV | 16 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2015– | Bayer Leverkusen | 39 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Germany U16 | 5 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Germany U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Germany U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2015– | Germany U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016– | Germany | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2016. | |||
Jonathan Glao Tah (born 11 February 1996 in Hamburg) is a German footballer who plays as a centre back for Bayer Leverkusen. His mother is German and his father is from Ivory Coast.[1]
Club career
Tah started playing football in Altona 93. Then he joined SC Concordia before being snapped up by Hamburger SV. On 4 August 2013, Tah made his competitive debut for Hamburger SV in DFB Cup match against SV Schott Jena.[2] He made his Bundesliga debut on September 21, 2013 in a 2-0 home loss against Werder Bremen.[3]
On 1 September 2014, he was loaned to Fortuna Düsseldorf for one year.[4]
On 15 July 2015 he signed a five-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 22 November 2016.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hamburger SV | 2013–14 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 2014–15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2015–16 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 62 | 0 | |
| Career total | 78 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 105 | 0 | |
International career
Tah received his first call up to the senior Germany squad in March 2016 for friendlies against England and Italy.[7] He made his debut in the former, coming on at half time for Mats Hummels in a 2–3 loss.[8] He was called up to replace Antonio Rüdiger at Euro 2016.[9]
References
- ↑ "HSV-Juwel Tah: "Wir müssen konstanter werden"" [HSV jewel Tah: "We must be consistent"]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ↑ "Der HSV dank Rudnevs am Ende standesgemäß" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ Überblick, Alle Spiele im. "Fußball-Bundesliga: Nils Petersen verschärft die HSV-Krise". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ↑ "Jonathan Tah und Kerem Demirbay werden für ein Jahr verliehen" [Jonathan Tah and Kerem Demirbay will be loaned for one year] (in German). Hamburger SV. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Tah joins Bayer Leverkusen from Hamburg". Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ "Jonathan Tah Socceway Profile". Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ "Löw calls up Leverkusen's Tah for England and Italy games". bundesliga.com. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ "Germany squander 2-0 lead against England". dfb.de. German Football Association. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ↑ "Löw calls up Tah to replace Rüdiger". dfb.de. German Football Association. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
External links
- Jonathan Tah – UEFA competition record
- kicker profile (German)
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