Jordan Torunarigha
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jordan Torunarigha | ||
Date of birth | 7 August 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Chemnitz, Germany | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hertha BSC | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2006 | Chemnitzer FC | ||
2006–2016 | Hertha BSC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | Hertha BSC II | 32 | (2) |
2016– | Hertha BSC | 18 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2012–2013 | Germany U16 | 7 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Germany U18 | 2 | (0) |
2015 | Germany U19 | 6 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Germany U20 | 8 | (0) |
2018– | Germany U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2019 |
Jordan Torunarigha (born 7 August 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hertha BSC.[1] He is the son of former footballer Ojokojo Torunarigha and the brother of current footballer Junior Torunarigha.
Club career
Born in Chemnitz, Torunarigha joined Hertha BSC as a child in 2006 and signed his first professional contract on 19 December 2016. He played as a striker before Hertha's U-15 coach Ante Čović had the idea to make him switch into a defender.[2] He made his debut for the first team on 4 February 2017, coming on as a 90th-minute substitute in a 1–0 win over FC Ingolstadt. He made his first start for the Hertha on 5 April 2017 against Borussia Mönchengladbach, starting at left back following illness to Marvin Plattenhardt and suspension for Maximilian Mittelstädt.[3] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win over Darmstadt 98 on 13 May 2017, sending Hertha up to 5th in the table with one match remaining.[4]
International career
In May 2018, after representing Germany at youth international level, he turned down the opportunity to represent Nigeria.[5]
References
- ^ "Jordan Torunarigha". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Bundesliga stars of tomorrow: Jordan Torunarigha". Bundesliga.com. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin-sport/hertha-bsc/jordan-torunarigha-vor-seinem-bundesliga-startelf-debuet
- ^ http://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/darmstadt-hertha-berlin-line-ups-and-statistics-443514.jsp
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (11 May 2018). "Rohr left disappointed by snub from Germany youth star". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
External links
- Jordan Torunarigha at WorldFootball.net
- German footballers
- Germany youth international footballers
- Germany under-21 international footballers
- German people of Nigerian descent
- Association football defenders
- Hertha BSC II players
- Hertha BSC players
- Regionalliga players
- Bundesliga players
- Sportspeople from Chemnitz
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Saxony
- German football defender, 1990s birth stubs