Daniel Didavi

Daniel Didavi in the jersey of VfB Stuttgart

Daniel Didavi (born 21 February 1990 in Nürtingen ) is a German football player.

Youth

His father Ignace comes from Benin and mother Sylwia is German. They live in the district Nürtinger Roßdorf. Didavi began playing football at the domestic SPV 05 Nürtingen. At seven, he was driven by his father to the younger days of VfB Stuttgart, because each participant as a thank you for coming, received two free tickets to a football game. Didavi could VfB convince and was accepted. Due to poor school performance, his father brought him back to the home club to Nürtingen. When Didavis improved academic performance, his father agreed with the leaders of VfB that you would try it in a three quarter again. First, the VfB had no place for him, but in 2003 they brought him back to the VfB.

Club career

Although he was still eligible to play for the U -19 VfB, Didavi was 30 August 2008 on Matchday fifth of the season 2008/ 09 for the second team of VfB in the 3rd professional league in a 4-0 home win against Eintracht Braunschweig his pro debut and scored two goals in this game and put another goal before.

January 21, 2009 Didavi extended his contract at VfB prematurely until June 2012. For 2010/11 season Didavi was promoted to the senior squad. He was on 29 July 2010 his competitive debut for the first team of VfB Stuttgart in the third qualifying round of the Europa League against the Norwegian representative Molde FK and 29 August 2010 his Bundesliga debut against Borussia Dortmund when he substituted in the second half for Georg Niedermeier Meier been.

For the 2011/12 season he was loaned to 1.FC Nürnberg. After a long injury Didavi was used at the end of the first round regularly and scored in a 3-0 away win at Bayer 04 Leverkusen 17 December 2011 his first Bundesliga goal.

In May 2012, Didavi pulled shortly before his return to Stuttgart a cartilage injury in his left knee. He underwent a knee operation.

On July 2, 2012 Daniel Didavi extended his contract at VfB Stuttgart until the end of June 2016.

National

In preparation for the qualification for the U-21 European Championship in 2013 Didavi was first used on the German U-21 national team. On August 9, 2011 Didavi succeeded for the first time for the U -21 one international goal, as he 's 4-1 victory over the selection of Cyprus scored the goal for interim 3:1 in Karlsruhe.

Private

Daniel Didavi is in a relationship with girlfriend Samantha.

Social commitment

Since May 2012, Daniel Didavi is committed to the children's charity ChildFund Germany. He supports the campaign Learn and Play, which promotes the building of schools and football fields in Angola.