Emanuel Pogatetz
Emanuel Pogatetz 2012
Emanuel Pogatetz (born 16 January 1983 in Graz, Styria ) is an Austrian football player at the position of central defender and player of the national team of Austria.
- 2.1 club
- 2.2 national team
Career
Association
Beginnings in Austria
Pogatetz began his career in the youth of the SK Sturm Graz, where he also signed his first professional contract in May 2000. He moved in the summer in the First Division for FC Kärnten, with which he ascended in the first season in the highest league and won the OFB Cup.
Transferred to Bayer Leverkusen and loan to Austria
2001, the left-footed from Bayer 04 Leverkusen and was obliged first awarded from there to FC Aarau and in the spring of 2003 to the Grazer AK. With the GAK he was coached by Walter Schachner Austrian champion and cup winner; Moreover, he found his former position on the left in the back four. In the spring of 2005, he was loaned out for a few games at Spartak Moscow.
Middlesbrough FC
During the summer break in 2005 Pogatetz signed for English UEFA Cup starter Middlesbrough FC a five-year contract until June 2010.
Caused a stir Pogatetz in June 2005 with a challenge in which the Russian player Jaroslaw Charitonski he inflicted a double leg fracture and was banned for 24 games. In a further hearing the sentence, however, was reduced to eight competitive games and Pogatetz was an integral part of Middlesbrough FC, where he has been increasingly used despite great competition as a left defender. Since the start of 2006 season, he played in that position.
On 31 January 2006, Emanuel Pogatetz met in the 3-0 win against Sunderland after 19 minutes to 1-0. He was the first Austrian who could score a goal in the English Premier League. For the 2007 /08 season he wore the captain's armband at Middlesbrough.
Hannover 96
For the season 2010/11 Hanover undertook 96 Pogatetz. He signed a contract until 2013. His Bundesliga debut Pogatetz on the opening day of that season in a 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. Pogatetz was from the beginning a regular player with Karim Haggui in central defense, the Hanoverian. His first Bundesliga he scored 29 October 2011 against Borussia Mönchengladbach. In February 2012, his contract was extended until 30 June 2015.
Change to VfL Wolfsburg
For the 2012/13 season Pogatetz moved to VfL Wolfsburg, after he had lost his place to Mario Eggimann in after the winter break of the 2011/12 season and with Felipe got an additional competitors. He signed a contract until 2015. Located in Wolfsburg Pogatetz could not be translated and did not come after 8 Matchday used.
To get more match practice again, Pogatetz changed on 28 January 2013 to end of the season on loan in the Premier League for the London club West Ham United; the deal also includes an option to buy.
Change to 1 FC Nuremberg
For the 2013/14 season Pogatetz moved permanently to 1 FC Nuremberg. Simultaneously, the Swiss defender Timm Klose moved in the other direction.
National
On May 18, 2002 Pogatetz debuted in the Austrian national team in the game against Germany.
On 9 September 2006, he was temporarily excluded after a defeat against Venezuela from the Austrian national team from OFB after publicly criticizing coach Josef Hickersberger. Pogatetz was convened by Hickersberger in the squad for the 2008 European Championship. Through a FIFA rule change Pogatetz could serve a two-match suspension in friendly international matches. Thus he was eligible to play for the EURO 2008. On March 26, 2009 Pogatetz was appointed team manager Dietmar Constantini as the new captain of the Austrian national team.