Dennis Aogo

Aogo (2011)

Dennis Aogo ( born January 14, 1987 in Karlsruhe ) is a German footballer who is at FC Schalke 04 in the German Bundesliga under contract. It is used as a left-back or in defensive midfield.

Career

Clubs

Aogo, son of a Nigerian father and a German mother, began in 1993 when Bulacher SC. He changed with seven years for Karlsruher SC. He trained in time as U15 and U17 player in parallel to KSC training often with the FV green angle. From 2000 to 2002 he played for SV Waldhof Mannheim. In 2002 he moved to Freiburg football school. On 23 October 2004, he completed his first Bundesliga match for SC Freiburg, as he came off the bench in the match against Hamburger SV.

Hamburger SV

For the 2008/09 season, he joined the then European Cup participants Hamburger SV, with whom he signed a four year contract. 26 October 2008 Aogo got its first use at Hamburger SV against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. The next Matchday he was in the starting because both Marcell Jansen and Thimothée Atouba injury could not play. During the season, he acquired a permanent place. In the UEFA Cup, he reached the semi-finals with the HSV 2009 and 2010. His first competitive goal for Hamburg Aogo scored in second-round match of the DFB Cup against Eintracht Trier 25 October 2011, the HSV won 2-1.

After the changes of club by David Jarolím to France and Paolo Guerrero to Brazil Aogo was the longest-serving players in the senior squad of HSV. This honored coach Thorsten Fink with the appointment to the team committee. On January 27, 2013, he scored his first Bundesliga goal for HSV with the 2-1 goal against Werder Bremen. HSV won the game 3-2. In August 2013 Aogo and his teammate Tomas Rincon was suspended from HSV for a game after they had used for a 1:5 home defeat against TSG Hoffenheim workout two days off for a trip to Majorca.

FC Schalke 04

A few days later Aogo was loaned including an option to purchase up to the end of the 2013/14 season to FC Schalke 04. At Schalke he was employed as a left-back and defensive midfielder. He was one of the more consistent players of the squad, in a period in which the performance of the team fluctuated. In late November 2013, Aogo suffered a torn ACL and fell for the rest of the season. Nevertheless Aogo has been committed by Schalke 04 on February 12, 2014. He received a contract until 2017 with an option for another year.

National

On 23 March 2007 Aogo debuted in the German U-21 national team. In the game against Austria, he was in the starting lineup. His biggest international success was winning the U-21 European Championship 2009 in Sweden under national coach Horst Hrubesch. In the final against England Aogo came seven minutes from the end to a short-term use.

On 21 January 2010 Aogo was appointed by national coach Joachim Loew for the first time in the A- squad of the national team to participate in a performance test with regard to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On 6 May 2010 Löw called him into the extended squad for the 2010 World Cup. Aogo 13 May 2010 made ​​his debut in the senior team. In the game against Malta he was chosen. In the end he made ​​it to the final squad. In the 2010 World Cup Aogo came in a 3-2 victory over Uruguay in the 3rd place match at left-back for use.

Although Aogo poor performance offered at HSV in the 2011/12 season, Löw kept him firmly and summoned him to France in the squad for the first Test match in 2012. Due to the injury-related loss of captain Philipp Lahm Aogo slid into the starting lineup and was after the 1-2 defeat in the focus of criticism. For the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, he was then not considered.

In May 2013 he received after a year a nomination for the DFB team when he was nominated by Loew for the games as part of the U.S. trip to Ecuador and against the United States. On May 29, 2013 Aogo had in Boca Raton in a 4-2 victory against Ecuador for his return to the national team after a year.

Play

Aogo plays both on the position of the left full-back, as well as in defensive midfield. Are estimated to be handling the ball at his feet, his runs abilities and his good tactical training. Ex - Youth League coach Horst Hrubesch said about Aogo that he had " a good left foot, [be ] clever, tactically flexible and [ could ] play a good diagonal ball ". Previously, his game was criticized in the forward movement. Currently, he is regarded as a player who can take care on the defensive stability and on the offensive for accents at the same time. Be criticized is sometimes slower because of permitted playmaking. This leads Aogo back to his Nigerian origin, as in Nigeria football will be interpreted by a mix of technical proficiency and at the same time a certain degree of permeability. Aogo also stands out in standard situations.

Achievements

• Third in the World Cup 2010
• U- 21 European Champion 2009
• Silver Bay Leaf 2010

Others

Since February 2011, Dennis Aogo is seen as the performer of nutella commercials on TV.

Aogo is convinced that he gains strength from the Bible and Christian books. "I'm going to convert me completely ," said Aogo, " I want it from now on, pull right to live according to Christian laws. Consistently. Faith gives me a lot of strength. "

As Schalke players Aogo chose an apartment in Dusseldorf to be recognized on the street immediately and " therefore also take something private in relative peace " to be able.