Johan Vonlanthen
Johan Vonlanthen Benavídez ( born February 1, 1986 in Santa Marta, Colombia ) is a Swiss footballer of Colombian origin. He stands at the Grasshopper Club Zurich under contract since 2013, has been in January 2014, however, the FC Schaffhausen borrowed.
Life
Johan Vonlanthen was born in the Colombian port city of Santa Marta. At the age of 12 he came to the marriage of his Colombian mother with the Swiss Roger Vonlanthen in Switzerland. It is characterized Swiss- Colombian dual citizen.
Club career
Vonlanthen went through as a junior at the day school, the Young Boys Berne. In the 2001 /02 season he made his debut as a 16- year-old in the top Swiss league, the National League A ( since 2003 Super League), and came to a total of eight missions. He scored a goal. In the following season Vonlanthen scored four goals in 27 missions. In summer 2003, the striker moved to the Dutch first division club PSV Eindhoven, where he was the youngest player in the Eredivisie. The PSV Eindhoven he was Dutch runner and qualified for the Champions League.
After a year at Brescia Calcio he played in the 2005/06 season on loan at NAC Breda.
From the season 2006/ 07 Vonlanthen played as an attacking midfielder of the Austrian first division side Red Bull Salzburg. His debut season was quite successful. He came in almost all games of the season for use, scoring five goals and took with his club the Austrian Championship title. He could, however, never develop the impact on the game, the coach Giovanni Trapattoni is expected of him: Only for 13 of his 42 season matches he was allowed to stay on the court for 90 minutes. The following season began Vonlanthen problems. FC Salzburg came in the league not to speed and failed to qualify for the Champions League. The end of 2007 underwent Vonlanthen a successful groin surgery. Even after his comeback was his commitment to grow by at FC Salzburg. In the 2008 /09 season he was able to celebrate his second championship with the people of Salzburg. Again and again he received from the offensively minded coach Co Adriaanse a chance to prove himself. Vonlanthen came in the championship season of 2008/ 09 on 29 missions, but of which only five were over 90 minutes.
Johan Vonlanthen fell at the end of the 2008/09 season at Red Bull Salzburg in disgrace and was demoted to the next generation. Then he moved back to Switzerland for FC Zurich. The then 23 -year-old and FC Zurich agreed to a loan contract until 30 June 2010 with an option for a definitive takeover, which has not been redeemed. After his return to FC Red Bull Salzburg coach Huub Stevens of Vonlanthen was not initially considered and taken up again in the squad until March 2011. Under the new coach Ricardo Moniz he was allowed to give a brief comeback in the 1-0 win at SV Mattersburg on May 15, 2011, when he came off the bench in 78 minutes.
Vonlanthen contract with FC Red Bull Salzburg expired in the summer of 2011. Brought to as one of the greatest offensive talents in Europe and equipped with the most lucrative contracts in the club, Vonlanthen not come under all coaches on the role of a rotation player also.
In summer 2011, Johan Vonlanthen left Europe and moved to his native Colombia to Itagüí Ditaires. The contract includes the clause that Vonlanthen on Saturday does not have to work because of his religion. After it was not running around even in this club, the contract was terminated after half a season. 30 May 2012 Vonlanthen announced his resignation. " Who said that I 'm retired? Again such a LOOK headline. Right now I 'm hurt. But if Jesus wants me to play, I 'll play again " ( Johan Vonlanthen: blick.ch !) In April 2013 he announced his return to the football known. He trained with the Swiss club FC Wohlen, with whom he was allowed to attend only one test match against FC Baden due to the lack of player eligibility. For the 2013/14 season he wants to sign a valid contract again. He succeeded in June 2013, when he signed a one year contract with an option for a second season with the record champions Grasshoppers Zurich. In order to gain match practice, was founded in January 2014 announced that Vonlanthen is on loan at FC Schaffhausen in the Challenge League.
National
On June 6, 2004 Vonlanthen made his debut in the jersey of the Swiss national football team. In the 1-0 victory against Liechtenstein Switzerland he was substituted in the 81st minute for Alexander Frei.
In the European Football Championship 2004 in Portugal, he was the second youngest player in the tournament. The first match between Switzerland and Croatia, he saw from the bench. In the second game against England coach Kobi Kuhn joined him in the 83rd minute for Hakan Yakin. In the last game against France Vonlanthen was in the starting eleven. With its balance to 1:1 in the 26th minute, he became the youngest scorer in the history of the European Football Championship. This record had only four days before the three months older Englishman Wayne Rooney secured for itself. At the end, Switzerland lost the encounter with 1:3 and dropped out after the first round of.
Since the European Championship until 2006 Vonlanthen belonged to the national squad. In the 6-0 win in Switzerland against the Faroe Islands at the start of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup shot Vonlanthen three goals.
Vonlanthen could not attend the 2006 World Cup after he suffered a muscle injury on 22 May 2006 at a sprint test in Magglingen. The previously denounced for alleged deficits of character midfielder Hakan Yakin replaced the attacker.
In the 2008 European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland Vonlanthen was back in the squad Switzerland; as in the club now as a midfielder. At the European Championships, he was used in all three games and got into the games against the Czech Republic and Portugal one yellow card.
For the Soccer World Cup 2010 in South Africa, he was not taken into account by national coach Ottmar Hitzfeld.