Jonathan Tah

Jonathan Glao Tah (born 11 February 1996 in Hamburg ) is a German football player of Ivorian descent who currently has a contract with Hamburger SV.

Career

Clubs

Tah began his career in the youth teams of the Hamburg neighborhood clubs SC Concordia and Altona 93, before he moved to the youth of the Hamburger SV in 2009. It developed in all teams for regular players. In January 2013 he extended his contract expires in the summer of 2014 ahead of schedule by two years to 30 June 2016. Too clubs from the English Premier League were interested in signing Tahs.

Since February 2013, he trained once a week with the pros before he laid aufrückte for 2013/14 season in the professional squad, perspective planning in the coach Thorsten Fink with him as a central defender number four behind Heiko Westermann, Johan Djourou and Lasse Sobiech. In addition to the training and game operation he makes his diploma at the high school Heidberg. His competitive debut Tah graduated on August 4, 2013 the first round of the DFB Cup when he appeared as a substitute in a 4-0 victory over SV Schott Jena in 83 minutes for Heiko Westermann. At 17 years, five months and 23 days he solved Mustafa Kucukovic (2004 at 17 years, ten months and six days ) than recent HSV- players from that has ever been used in a competitive match. To his Bundesliga debut came Tah on August 24, 2013, when he appeared as a substitute in the 0-1 defeat at Hertha BSC shortly before the end of the game for Zhi Gin Lam. A week later he was in the northern derby against Werder Bremen, which was lost 0-2, the first time in the starting lineup. As a result, Tah developed under new coach Bert van Marwijk for regular players. End of November 2013 he extended his contract by two years until 30 June 2018.

National

Tah currently plays for the German U- 17 team, which he cites as captain. With it he won the Algarve Cup in February 2013. He also played five times for the U-16 selection.

Achievements

National team:

• Algarve Cup: 2013