David Alaba

David Alaba, 2013

David Alaba Olatukunbo (* June 24, 1992 in Vienna) is an Austrian football player who is under contract with FC Bayern Munich since 2010.

The playing on the left and central midfield Alaba did his football education at FK Austria Wien, in which he was already sitting on the Exchange Bank the age of 15 and was used in the second team. Since summer 2008 he has been at Bayern Munich under the contract. After he was there for the time being come only the second team to use, he succeeded in winter 2009/10, the jump in the cadre of professional department.

David Alaba set several records: he was 17 years old the youngest ever national team of Austria as well as the youngest player of Bayern Munich, who came to the Champions League and the Bundesliga for use in the DFB Cup. The Bundesliga record was broken on April 13, 2013 Pierre Emile Højbjerg. In December 2011, he was elected by the coaches of the Austrian Bundesliga so far as the youngest player to Austrian Footballer of the Year. In the years 2012 and 2013 he was able to win this award again. In 2013 he was elected to Austria's sportsman of the year.

David Alaba won with Bayern in the 2012/13 season's Champions League, became German champion, Cup Winners Cup, European Supercup winner and Club World Cup.

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Life

David alabaster mother is from the Philippines, his father from Nigeria. His father George was formerly a rapper and celebrated the end of the 1990s as the male part of the pop-dance duo Two in One some success. Your Indian song made ​​it in 1999 even No. 2 in the Austrian charts. Today he works as a DJ in various Viennese clubs. David Alaba is like his sister Rose, who made ​​it in 2011 in the pop star girl group BFF, born in Vienna and grew up.

Career

Clubs

Youth

By the age of ten, David Alaba played at the club in his home district Aspern in the 22nd district of Vienna, Danube city, the SV Aspern, and then moved - to his father, who had recognized his talent desire - in the 10th district, Vienna favorites, in cooperation School of FK Austria Wien and thus in their youth department.

Under coach George Zellhofer Alaba came the age of 15 on 18 January 2008 in preparation for the game against the FAC Team für Wien for the first use in the professional team of Vienna Austria when he came off the bench in 81 minutes for Rubin Okotie. The following training camp of the professional team in Spain followed by three more appearances in pre-season games. Under the new coach Dietmar Constantini Alaba was first summoned on 13 April 2008 for the away game at SCR Altach as a substitute in the Premier League without him was used. That same week, he then completed his first game for the second team in the First League, the second division of Austria.

Bayern Munich (2008-2010)

In summer 2008, he moved to the youth department of FC Bayern Munich. There initially intended for the U- 17 in the B- youth - Bundesliga, but he played regularly from the beginning of October for the U- 19 in the A- Youth League, in which he in his second on 25 October 2008 on 90 played minutes and the last goal of contributing to the 8-0 victory over the SSV Jahn Regensburg.

The announcement by Hermann Gerland intention to integrate Alaba for 2009/ 10 in the second team, was, completed by his successor, Mehmet Scholl. After getting over lighter injuries early in the season Alaba debuted on August 16, 2009 (4th Round ), a 0-0 draw at home against Dynamo Dresden in the 3rd league. On 29 August, he scored with the intermediate 2-0 in a 3-1 home win over the Wuppertal SV Borussia his first goal. The rapidly developing team regular Alaba trained sporadically even with the first team of Louis van Gaal and came in friendlies for use. The Substitutes in the 59th minute in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup against SpVgg Greuther Fürth on 10 February 2010, he received - as far the youngest player at 17 years and 232 days - his first appearance in a competitive match of the professional team of FC Bayern Munich.

Two other debuts followed shortly: First, his first top-flight game on March 6, 2010 at the Bundesliga match FC Bayern Munich vs 1 FC Cologne when he replaced the injured Diego Contento minutes from the 73rd. Three days later he was in the Champions League first knockout round against Fiorentina in the starting lineup. He is the youngest player used the Bayern in the Champions League. Bayern chairman Karl -Heinz Rummenigge praised Alaba, who had the most touches of the ball: "He has played very well. You have not viewed him that it was his first game for Bayern Munich from the beginning. "

Alaba was not used in the games with the professionals of coach Louis van Gaal at its ancestral position in the midfield, but as a left defender. "He's a left-back, even if he does not think ," said van Gaal. With Bayern, he was able in 2010 to celebrate the double of German championship and DFB Cup as well as reaching the final of the Champions League. However, the latter was lost to Inter Milan 0-2.

Shortly after his 18th birthday Alaba signed on 30 June 2010 at Bayern a professional contract over three years.

TSG Hoffenheim (2010 /11)

During the winter break 2010/11 Luiz Gustavo of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim moved to FC Bayern Munich. In return Alaba joined on loan for the second half to Hoffenheim. On January 23, 2011 ( 19th Round ) succeeded with his goal for a 2-2 draw at home against FC St. Pauli his first Bundesliga goal. In total, he completed 17 games for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga 1, scoring two goals.

Bayern Munich (since 2011)

During the summer break in 2011 Alaba extended his contract with Bayern Munich until 2015. For 2011/12 season he returned to Bayern and played in the first round in all competitions, where he often appeared as a substitute. That changed in the second half, in which he repressed Rafinha from the starting eleven. 23 October 2011 Alaba scored 96 his first Bundesliga goal for Bayern in the 1-2 defeat against Hannover. He was elected by the coaches of the Austrian Bundesliga player of the year end of 2011. He was the youngest player and only the third overseas gambling, which was bestowed this honor. At 19 years, nine months and 21 days is the youngest of the Vienna Bayern player in club history, which has reached the 50 - game mark; he took over from George Black Beck, who had achieved this at the age of 20 years and 17 days in 1968. Alabama came in the German Bundesliga in the 2011/12 season on 30 missions, where he scored two goals.

End of April 2012 reached with Bayern Munich Alaba the final of the Champions League. He played in two semi-finals against Real Madrid by, scored the first goal in a penalty shootout, but was ( Bayern lost on penalties 3:4 ) for the final against Chelsea closed because of three yellow cards in the competition. He came in this Champions League season on eleven missions.

In July 2012, he retired in the match against Napoli a stress fracture in his left foot. On October 11, 2012, he was in a test match during an international break against SpVgg Unterhaching his comeback. And on October 20, 2012 followed on 8 Gameday the comeback in the Bundesliga against Fortuna Dusseldorf when he came off the bench late in the game. After that Alaba could immediately fight again in the starting lineup and was used in all the remaining games of the first round over the full season.

On December 5, 2012 Alaba scored in the match against BATE Borisov in the 83rd minute when the score was 3-0 his first Champions League goal. In the Bundesliga game on February 9, 2013 against FC Schalke 04 he scored his first brace in the Bundesliga. On 28 Matchday he secured early with Bayern, the German championship. He was the DFB Cup winner and won with Bayern Munich and the Champions League. As the first Austrians he took part in a final of this competition.

On 2 December 2013, Bayern announced the contract extension with David Alaba until 30 June 2018.

National

After Alaba already in the Austrian U- 17 national team had been able to stand out, he was appointed on August 12, 2009 by Andreas Herzog for the first time in the U-21 national team, in which he made ​​his debut on 5 September 2009 against Scotland and contributed to the 1-0 victory with the template to this gate. There followed three inserts for 90 minutes, twice against Albania ( 9 September and 13 November 2009) and once against Azerbaijan (10 October 2009). Duke showed the skill of the young bung enthusiastic: " The boy is already very far. A wonderful left-footed with great movements and 17 years old very mature. He is a gem, a blessing for the Austrian football. "

His first try at the senior team played David Alaba on 14 October 2009, team boss Dietmar Constantini in the World Cup qualifying match in Austria against France in the 1-3 defeat at the Stade de France. On in the 80 minutes for Christian Fuchs, he solved - at the age of 17 years and 112 days - the previous record holder and recent international Hans Buzek from. Background for the early use was the fact that he theoretically for the Philippines or Nigeria could accumulate and therefore should detect early play for Austria. Team boss Constantini justified his use, among other things, that he wanted Germany to come before, although a solicitation by the DFB in accordance with the then applicable FIFA Statutes would have been possible at the earliest to alabaster 23rd birthday. On 26 October 2009, Alaba said in an interview with the German sports magazine Kicker itself on the rumors: " There was a request from the Philippines in the summer, but Nigeria has never been reported. And Germany would anyway never been an issue. Since I have no connection to it. "

End of May 2010 played Alaba helping out for the U-19 national team in the European Championship qualifiers against Switzerland, Serbia and Denmark, and thus helped the Austrian team to qualify for the U-19 European Championship 2010 in France, for which he at 5. July, 2010 by coach Andreas Heraf was appointed to the 18 -man squad. In the scarce 2:3 defeat against England Alaba scored the interim score back to 1:2. Even with the 0:5 defeat to France, he was used. However, the third group game he no longer attended, because he had to play for FC Bayern II in the 3rd Liga. As of August 2010 he first played again for the U- 21 team.

On October 16, 2012 Alaba scored in the qualifying for the 2014 World Cup against the selection Kazakhstan reduce the deficit to 3-0 in the 71st minute, his first international goal for the senior team. Even in the qualifying matches against the Faroe Islands, Ireland and Sweden and in the return match against Ireland he was among the scorers.

Achievements

Association

  • FIFA Club World Cup 2013
  • UEFA Champions League winner: 2013
  • UEFA Super Cup winner 2013
  • German champion: 2010, 2013, 2014
  • DFB Cup winners: 2010, 2013

Awards

  • Austrian Sportsman of the Year: 2013
  • Austrian Footballer of the Year ( APA ): 2011, 2012, 2013
  • UEFA Team of the Year: 2013
  • Kicker- choice Newcomer of the Year: 2012
  • VdF footballer choice (Bruno ) to the Ambassador of the Year: 2012

Others

Alaba heard how his family of origin to the Protestant Free Church of Seventh- day Adventists. He made numerous occasions highlighted the public on the importance of faith for his life. As a motto, it outputs: " My strength is in Jesus! "

Together with coach Andreas Wölkhammer coached Alabama in the 2008 /09 season, the U -11 team of FC Bayern Munich.

Alaba is an avowed supporter of Turkey's record champions Galatasaray. So he wants this club regularly before important games over his Twitter account and sent a video message every success. In addition, he sees some Champions League games of the Istanbul in Munich along with Galatasaray fans.

Records

  • Youngest player the second fight team of FK Austria Wien ( second highest Austrian league ) on 18 April 2008 at the age of 15 years and 299 days
  • The Austrian U-21 national football team on September 5, 2009 at the age of 17 years and 74 days
  • The Austrian national football team on 14 October 2009 at the age of 17 years and 112 days
  • Entitled Austrian Footballer of the Year
  • FC Bayern Munich in the DFB Cup on 10 February 2010 at the age of 17 years and 232 days
  • In the UEFA Champions League on March 9, 2010 at the age of 17 years and 259 days
  • With most Champions League inserts ( 25 ) Date: October 3, 2013
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