Tah with Bayer Leverkusen in 2019
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| Full name | Jonathan Glao Tah[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2009 | Altona 93 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | SC Concordia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Hamburger SV | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Hamburger SV II | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Hamburger SV | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Bayer Leverkusen | 258 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Germany U16 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Germany U17 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Germany U19 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Germany U21 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Germany | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:19, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:36, 24 June 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Jonathan Glao Tah (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːnatan ˈtaː]; born 11 February 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Germany national team.
Tah was born in Hamburg, to an Ivorian father and a German mother.[3] He grew up in the Hamburg district of Altona.[4]
Tah started playing football at local clubs Altona 93 and SC Concordia before being snapped up by Hamburger SV. On 4 August 2013, Tah made his competitive debut for Hamburg in a DFB-Pokal match against SV Schott Jena.[5] He made his Bundesliga debut on 21 September 2013 in a 2-0 home loss against Werder Bremen.[6]
On 1 September 2014, he was loaned to Fortuna Düsseldorf for a year.[7]
On 15 July 2015 he signed a five-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen for a fee of €7.5 million.[8] On 26 February 2018, Bayer Leverkusen announced the extension of Tah's contract with the club until 2023.[9]
He made his 100th Bundesliga appearance for the club on 10 March 2019.[10]
In September 2021, Tah signed a contract extension with the club until 2025.[11]
Tah was part of the Leverkusen side that won their first Bundesliga title ever during the 2023–24 season, clinching the league with a win against Werder Bremen on 14 April 2024.[12][13] On 3 May 2024, Tah was included in the Bundesliga team of the season along with five of his Leverkusen teammates.[14]
After playing for the Germany youth sides from U16 to U21, Tah received his first call up to the senior Germany squad in March 2016 for friendlies against England and Italy.[15] He made his debut in the former, coming on at half-time for Mats Hummels in a 2–3 loss.[16] He was called up to replace Antonio RüdigeratEuro 2016, but didn't play in the tournament.[17]
Tah was not included in the Germany squads for the 2018 World Cup or the 2022 World Cup.[18]
Tah was named in Germany's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[19]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hamburger SV | 2013–14 | Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12[a] | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9[d] | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7[c] | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14[e] | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11[c] | 0 | 48 | 6 | ||
| Total | 258 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 353 | 14 | ||
| Career total | 297 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 396 | 14 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Germany | |||
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 0 | |
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