Dennis Aogo

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Dennis Aogo
Dennis Aogo 2019.jpg
Dennis Aogo (2019)
Personnel
birthday January 14, 1987
place of birth Karlsruhe ,  Germany
size 184 cm
position Defense , midfield
Juniors
Years station
1993-1994 Bulacher SC
1994-2000 Karlsruher SC
2000-2002 SV Waldhof Mannheim
2002-2004 Sc freiburg
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2004-2007 SC Freiburg Amateurs / II 15 0(3)
2004-2008 Sc freiburg 94 (11)
2008-2013 Hamburger SV 131 0(2)
2013-2017 FC Schalke 04 65 0(0)
2017-2019 VfB Stuttgart 44 0(0)
2019-2020 Hannover 96 4 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2002-2003 Germany U16 14 0(2)
2003-2004 Germany U17 7 0(0)
2005-2006 Germany U19 5 0(2)
2006-2007 Germany U20 2 0(1)
2007-2009 Germany U21 25 0(4)
2010-2013 Germany 12 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of career

Dennis Aogo [ ˈdɛnɪs aˈʔoːɡo ] (born January 14, 1987 in Karlsruhe ) is a former German football player . He was used as a left-back and in the defensive midfield and was a German national football player .

Club career

Beginnings

Aogo, the son of a Nigerian father and a German mother, grew up in Karlsruhe- Oberreut and began playing football at Bulacher SC in 1993 . At the age of seven he moved to Karlsruher SC . During his time as a U15 and U17 player, he often trained with FV Grünwinkel in parallel to KSC training . From 2000 to 2002 he played for SV Waldhof Mannheim . In 2002 he switched to the Freiburg football school . On October 27, 2004 he played his first Bundesliga game for SC Freiburg when he was substituted on for the game against Hamburger SV . He also scored his first Bundesliga goal for Freiburg when he scored 2-1 in the 1: 3 away defeat against VfL Bochum on February 19, 2005.

Hamburger SV

Dennis Aogo at HSV (2009)

For the 2008/09 season he moved to the then European Cup participant Hamburger SV, with whom he signed a four-year contract. On October 26, 2008, Aogo received his first appearance against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim at Hamburger SV. The following day he was in the starting line-up because both Marcell Jansen and Thimothée Atouba could not play due to injury. In the course of the season he earned a regular place. In the UEFA Cup he reached the semifinals with HSV in 2009 and 2010 . Aogo scored his first competitive goal for Hamburg in the second round match of the DFB Cup against Eintracht Trier on October 25, 2011, which HSV won 2-1.

After David Jarolím moved to France and Paolo Guerrero to Brazil, Aogo was the longest-serving player in HSV's professional squad. Coach Thorsten Fink honored this with his appointment to the team council.

In August 2013, Aogo and his teammate Tomás Rincón were suspended from HSV for a game after they had used two days off for a trip to Mallorca after a 5-1 home defeat against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim .

FC Schalke 04

Dennis Aogo at FC Schalke 04 (2016)

A few days later Aogo has included a purchase option until the end of the 2013/14 season at FC Schalke 04 on loan. At Schalke, he was used as a left full-back and in the defensive midfield. He was one of the more consistent players in the squad at a time when the team's performance fluctuated a lot. On November 29, 2013, Aogo tore a cruciate ligament in his left knee in training in a collision with Ralf Fährmann and was out for the rest of the season. Nevertheless, he was firmly signed by Schalke 04 on February 12, 2014. He received a contract valid until 2017 with an option for a further year. After around eight months of rehabilitation, Aogo returned to a charity match on July 19, 2014.

For the 2014/15 season , Aogo was in the first half of the season both in defensive midfield and as a left full-back. In the first half of the season he only missed two games. In the Champions League , he played all six group games. At the training camp in Doha during the winter break, he suffered a muscle injury and missed the start of the second half of the season. After his recovery and three league games, he missed all competitive games in March 2015 due to back problems. On April 5, 2015, the 27th matchday, he made his comeback again and played all league games until the end of the season. At the end of the season he had played 25 games in the Bundesliga, in which he gave one assist.

Under coach André Breitenreiter , Aogo secured his regular position as a left full-back in the first half of the 2015/16 season . His contract, which expired at the end of the 2016/17 season, was not extended.

VfB Stuttgart

Dennis Aogo in the VfB Stuttgart jersey (2017)

Aogo moved to VfB Stuttgart on August 9, 2017 . In the 2017/18 season he made 29 Bundesliga appearances under head coaches Hannes Wolf and Tayfun Korkut . At the end of the season, VfB finished in 7th place. In the 2018/19 season , Aogo appeared in the Bundesliga 15 times under Korkut and his successors Markus Weinzierl and Nico Willig . VfB occupied the relegation place and relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga after losing relegation against 1. FC Union Berlin . Then Aogo left the club when his contract ended.

Hannover 96

At the beginning of September 2019, Aogo joined the relegated Hannover 96 . He signed a contract until the end of the 2019/20 season . Under Mirko Slomka , Aogo made four appearances in the 2nd Bundesliga until the beginning of November . Due to an irritation of the Achilles tendon, he was no longer used under the new head coach Kenan Kocak . At the end of January 2020, Aogo and the club agreed to terminate the contract.

End of career

At the end of August 2020, Aogo, who had not found a new club after his engagement in Hanover, decided to end his active career.

National team

Aogo in the national team jersey

On March 23, 2007, Aogo made his debut in the German U21 national team . He was on the starting line-up for the game against Austria. His greatest international success was winning the 2009 European Championship in Sweden under national coach Horst Hrubesch . In the final against England , Aogo made a brief appearance seven minutes before the end.

On January 21, 2010, Aogo was appointed to the national team 's senior squad for the first time by national coach Joachim Loew to take part in a performance test with a view to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa . On May 6, 2010 Loew appointed him to the expanded squad for the 2010 World Cup. On May 13, 2010 Aogo made his debut in the senior national team. In the game against Malta he was in the starting line-up. In the end, he made it to the final roster . At the 2010 World Cup, Aogo played a left defender in the 3-2 win against Uruguay in the game for third place .

Although Aogo offered poor performance at HSV in the 2011/12 season , Loew held on to him and appointed him to the squad against France for the first test match in 2012. Due to the injury-related loss of captain Philipp Lahm , Aogo slipped into the starting line-up and stood after the 1: 2 defeat in the focus of criticism. As a result , it was not taken into account for the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine .

In May 2013 he received a nomination for the DFB selection again after a year when he was nominated by Löw for the games during the USA trip against Ecuador and against the United States. On May 29, 2013 Aogo had his return to the national team after a year in the 4-2 win against Ecuador in Boca Raton . On June 2, 2013, Aogo played his last of a total of twelve international matches for Germany against the USA.

Style of play

Aogo played in the left full-back position as well as in the defensive midfield. His handling of the ball at the foot, his running skills and his good tactical training were appreciated. Ex-national youth coach Horst Hrubesch said of Aogo that he had "a good left foot, [was] clever, tactically flexible and [could] play a good diagonal ball". In the past, his game was criticized in the forward movement. Later he was considered a player who could provide stability on the defensive and accents on the offensive at the same time. Sometimes it was criticized that it was slower because the game structure was too casual. Aogo put this back to his Nigerian origins, since in Nigeria football is interpreted through a mix of technical adeptness and a certain casualness at the same time.

successes

National team

Awards

Others

During his time at SC Freiburg, Aogo did a voluntary social year in a retirement home. Since February 2011, Dennis Aogo appeared on television as a performer in the Nutella commercials .

Aogo, whose father was very religious and whose grandfather was a pastor in Nigeria, is convinced that he draws strength from the Bible and Christian books. “I am in the process of being completely converted,” explained Aogo, “from now on I would like to really live according to Christian laws. Consequent. Faith gives me a lot of strength. "

As a Schalke player, Aogo opted for an apartment in Düsseldorf so that he would not be recognized immediately on the street and "therefore, relatively quietly, to be able to do something private". He has been the father of a daughter since the end of 2016.

Aogo supports the Common Goal initiative .

Since 2020 he has with his wife Ina Aogo to OMR - Podcast love has (k) a price .

Web links

Commons : Dennis Aogo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Jump up ↑ Aogo: That's how I really am , www.bild.de from January 16, 2010
  2. ↑ National players visiting FV Grünwinkel 1910 e. V. ( Memento from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), http://fv-gruenwinkel.de/ from July 28, 2010
  3. ↑ Match report on transfermarkt.de, accessed on December 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Aogo and Rincón not in the roster for Hertha game ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) hsv.de, accessed on August 23, 2013
  5. ↑ Perfect: HSV loaned Dennis Aogo to Schalke 04 ( Memento from August 29, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Official website of the HSV; Retrieved August 29, 2013
  6. ↑ Frank Leszinski: Rehabilitation ended: Aogo is looking forward to a comeback . Article from July 17, 2014 in the portal recklinghaeuser-zeitung.de , accessed on July 19, 2014
  7. ↑ Contract until 2017: Dennis Aogo remains a Schalke Official website of the S04; accessed on February 12, 2014
  8. ↑ Aogo is about to make a comeback ( Memento from July 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Article from July 19, 2014 in the portal sport1.de , accessed on July 19, 2014
  9. ↑ VfB signs Dennis Aogo VfB Stuttgart August 9, 2017
  10. ↑ No contract extension , vfb.de, June 11, 2019, accessed on June 11, 2019.
  11. ↑ Newcomers with a lot of experience: Aogo and Stendera reinforce 96 , hannover96.de, accessed on September 3, 2019
  12. ↑ "The best way for everyone": 96 and Aogo cancel contract , hannover96.de, January 29, 2020, accessed on January 29, 2020.
  13. ↑ Ex-national player Aogo ends his career - way “goes on” , transfermarkt.de, accessed on 23 August 2020
  14. ↑ What does Jogi want with Cacau and Aogo?
  15. ↑ Aogo is in focus
  16. ^ Aogo poor Lahm representative ( memento from March 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) in: sportschau .de from March 3, 2012
  17. ↑ Löw appoints Max Kruse. In: Stern from May 16, 2013
  18. ↑ Germany - Ecuador 4: 2 game report; Retrieved July 15, 2013
  19. ^ Dennis Aogo , Goal.com.
  20. ↑ 11 Freunde .de: The casting winner: Chance for Dennis Aogo , accessed on June 2, 2010.
  21. ↑ One to one: Dennis Aogo - "In my private life I don't feel like talking about football". In Schalker Kreisel issue # 15: S04 - Mainz pp. 20–28.
  22. ↑ SWR Sport, SWR Sport: The left Dennis Aogo. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Advertise & Sell: Nutella: The new campaign from Aimaq & Stolle | W&V. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Oliver Arnhold, Constantin Klein: Between offside and hereafter - football and religion. Materials for grades 8–12 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-525-77685-8 , p. 27 ( online )
  25. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt- Hamburg: Dennis Aogo: "I am converted and live according to God's law". October 13, 2009, accessed on January 22, 2019 (German).
  26. ↑ Aogo: “I'm not one who runs away” ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Interview from September 5, 2013 in the portal reviersport.de , accessed on October 25, 2013
  27. ↑ Schalke: Teammates give him the pacifier jubilation: Aogo: "An unbelievable moment for me" . kicker.de from November 25, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  28. ↑ BVB star Kagawa is the first district professional to donate one percent of his salary. In: nrz.de. Funke Mediengruppe, October 27, 2017, accessed on October 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Aogo, Dennis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe