 Tah with Bayer Leverkusen in 2019 | ||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Glao Tah[1] | |||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1996 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | |||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] | |||||||||
| Position(s) | 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 | 135 | (4) | |||||||
| National team? | ||||||||||
| 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 | 13 | (0) | |||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:07, 26 September 2020 (UTC) ? National team caps and goals correct as of 21:36, 17 November 2020 (UTC) | ||||||||||
Jonathan Glao Tah (German pronunciation: ['jo:natan 'ta:]; born 11 February 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bayer Leverkusen.
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]
On 4 June 2018, Tah was not included in Joachim Löw's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[14]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 26 September 2020[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 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 135 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 182 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 174 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 225 | 4 | ||
International
- As of 17 November 2020[15]
| National team | Year | App. | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | |||
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
Honours
Individual
- Fritz Walter Medal (Under-19): 2015[16]
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2019-20[17]
References
- ^ Jonathan Tah at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Jonathan Tah - Abwehr". bayer04.de.
- ^ "Jonathan Tah, Leverkusen's defensive 'battleship'". Bundesliga. Retrieved 2020.
- ^ 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 2020.
- ^ "Der HSV dank Rudnevs am Ende standesgemäß" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 2014.
- ^ Überblick, Alle Spiele im. "Fußball-Bundesliga: Nils Petersen verschärft die HSV-Krise". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2016.
- ^ "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 2014.
- ^ "Tah joins Bayer Leverkusen from Hamburg". Retrieved 2015.
- ^ "Jonathan Tah signs Bayer Leverkusen contract extension through 2022-23". 26 February 2018. Retrieved 2018.
- ^ "Kai Havertz rescues Bayer Leverkusen with late winner in Hannover". Bundesliga. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 2019.
- ^ "Löw calls up Leverkusen's Tah for England and Italy games". bundesliga.com. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2016.
- ^ "Germany squander 2-0 lead against England". dfb.de. German Football Association. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 2016.
- ^ "Löw calls up Tah to replace Rüdiger". dfb.de. German Football Association. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 2016.
- ^ "BREAKING: Leroy Sané among cuts from Die Mannschaft". Bavarian Football Works. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 2018.
- ^ a b "Jonathan Tah Socceway Profile". Retrieved 2016.
- ^ "Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold für Bremer, Tah und Passlack" (in German). German Football Association. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 2015.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 2020.
External links
- Jonathan Tah - UEFA competition record
- kicker profile (in German)
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