Linton Maina
Linton Maina | ||
Personnel | ||
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birthday | June 23, 1999 | |
place of birth | Berlin , Germany | |
size | 173 cm | |
position | midfield | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
2003-2011 | SV Pfefferwerk | |
2011-2014 | SV Empor Berlin | |
2014-2018 | Hannover 96 | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2018– | Hannover 96 | 34 (2) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
2014-2015 | Germany U16 | 3 (0) |
2015 | Germany U17 | 4 (0) |
2016-2017 | Germany U18 | 6 (1) |
2017-2018 | Germany U19 | 8 (1) |
2018– | Germany U20 | 1 (0) |
1 Only league games are given. Status: February 11, 2020 2 As of September 7, 2018 |
Linton Maina (born June 23, 1999 in Berlin ) is a German soccer player .
Career
Club career
Born in Berlin as the son of a Kenyan, Maina started playing football at SV Pfefferwerk when he was four. In 2011 he joined the youth team at SV Empor Berlin . In 2014 he moved to Hanover to join the 96 juniors . In the A-Junioren-Bundesliga he scored eleven goals in 45 appearances. From November 2017, at the age of 18, he trained with the professional team and was used in friendly matches. In February 2018 he signed a four-year professional contract with Hannover 96. On March 18, 2018, he was in the squad for the first time in the 0-1 away defeat against Borussia Dortmund and came on for Marvin Bakalorz in the 86th minute .
At the beginning of the 2018/19 season, Maina was finally promoted to the pros. After a successful preparation, he played in the first round of the DFB Cup against Karlsruher SC for the first time in the starting line-up. He scored his first Bundesliga goal on matchday 11 in a 2-1 win in the Lower Saxony enderby against VfL Wolfsburg .
National team
Maina was appointed to the German U16 national team in 2014 and made her debut on November 13, 2014 in a 4-0 away win against the Czech Republic . Since then he has gone through all ages up to U19 .
Web links
- Linton Maina in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Linton Maina in the database of the German Football Association
- Linton Maina in the weltfussball.de database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Will Linton Maina be the new shooting star at Hannover 96? at 90min.de
- ↑ Really ripped off: When does Linton Maina play for the Hannover 96 pros for the first time? at sportbuzzer.de
- ↑ Hannover 96: young talent Linton Maina signs professional contract until 2022 with sportbuzzer.de
- ↑ Linton Maina against Borussia Dortmund for the first time in the team of Hannover 96 at sportbuzzer.de
- ↑ Match report Borussia Dortmund - Hannover 96 March 18, 2018 at transfermarkt.de
- ↑ Linton Maina for Germany U-16 at transfermarkt.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Maina, Linton |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1999 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Germany |