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Jonathan Tah
Tah with Bayer Leverkusen in 2019
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Glao Tah[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
Team 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 209 (8)
International career‡
2011–2012 Germany U16 5 (1)
2012–2013 Germany U17 13 (0)
2014–2015 Germany U19 6 (1)
2015–2019 Germany U21 14 (0)
2016– Germany 16 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:34, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:42, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Jonathan Glao Tah (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːnatan ˈtaː]; born 11 February 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bayer Leverkusen and the Germany national team.

Early life

Tah was born in Hamburg, to an Ivorian father and a German mother.[3] He grew up in the Hamburg-quarter of Altona.[4]

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.[5] He made his Bundesliga debut on 21 September 2013 in a 2-0 home loss against Werder Bremen.[6]

On 1 September 2014, he was loaned to Fortuna Düsseldorf for one year.[7]

On 15 July 2015 he signed a five-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen.[8] On 26 February 2018, Bayer Leverkusen announced the extension of Tah's contract with the club until 2023.[9] He made his 100th Bundesliga appearance for the club on 10 March 2019.[10]

International career

Tah received his first call up to the senior Germany squad in March 2016 for friendlies against England and Italy.[11] He made his debut in the former, coming on at half time for Mats Hummels in a 2–3 loss.[12] He was called up to replace Antonio Rüdiger at Euro 2016.[13]

Tah was not included in Joachim Löw's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2022[15]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hamburger SV 2013–14 Bundesliga 16 0 4 0 — 20 0
Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 23 0 0 0 — 23 0
Bayer Leverkusen 2015–16 Bundesliga 29 0 4 0 12 0 45 0
2016–17 19 1 2 0 5 0 26 1
2017–18 28 0 5 0 — 33 0
2018–19 33 3 2 0 3 0 38 3
2019–20 25 0 5 0 9 0 39 0
2020–21 27 1 1 0 7 0 35 1
2021–22 33 2 1 0 8 0 42 2
2022–23 15 1 0 0 6 0 21 1
Total 209 8 20 0 50 0 279 8
Career total 248 8 24 0 50 0 322 8

International

As of match played 14 June 2022[15]
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany
2016 4 0
2019 5 0
2020 4 0
2021 1 0
2022 2 0
Total 16 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ Jonathan Tah at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Jonathan Tah - Abwehr". bayer04.de.
  3. ^ "Jonathan Tah, Leverkusen's defensive 'battleship'". Bundesliga. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ Schiller, Kai; Weßling, Sebastian (6 September 2019). "Nationalspieler Jonathan Tah: "Bin zum Mann geworden"". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). Berliner Morgenpost GmbH (Funke Mediengruppe NRW GmbH & Co. KGaA). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Der HSV dank Rudnevs am Ende standesgemäß" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  6. ^ Überblick, Alle Spiele im. "Fußball-Bundesliga: Nils Petersen verschärft die HSV-Krise". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  7. ^ "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. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Tah joins Bayer Leverkusen from Hamburg". Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Jonathan Tah signs Bayer Leverkusen contract extension through 2022-23". 26 February 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Kai Havertz rescues Bayer Leverkusen with late winner in Hannover". Bundesliga. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Löw calls up Leverkusen's Tah for England and Italy games". bundesliga.com. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Germany squander 2-0 lead against England". dfb.de. German Football Association. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Löw calls up Tah to replace Rüdiger". dfb.de. German Football Association. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  14. ^ "BREAKING: Leroy Sané among cuts from Die Mannschaft". Bavarian Football Works. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Jonathan Tah Socceway Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  16. ^ "Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold für Bremer, Tah und Passlack" (in German). German Football Association. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  17. ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

External links

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