Full name Dennis Aogo
Date of birth 14 January 1987 (age 24)
Place of birth Karlsruhe, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position: Defender / Midfielder
Club career
Aogo played with the Karlsruher SC academy and has played at several youth levels including the U-15s and U-16s. Since 2004, he was a part of the SC Freiburg academy, and celebrated his debut in the Bundesliga at seventeen years of age. He immediately won himself a place in the centre of midfield.
Since 2008, Aogo is signed at Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and part of the regular starting lineup.
International
Aogo was a member of the German U-21 squad. Due to FIFA regulations at the time he was prevented from representing the Nigeria national team having earlier represented Germany at youth and at age group levels. But in a recent development football's world governing body FIFA have removed the age limit for switching of nationalities, meaning that Aogo could have represented Nigeria. However, after turning down several invitations by the Nigerian Football Association he declared his desire to continue representing Germany as he sees a good chance to earn a place in the German senior squad in the future. However, the homeland of his father Nigeria wanted to call him up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as Shaibu Amodu watched him for a considerable time but on 5 January 2010 Aogo announced that he will only play for the Germany national football team. He made his national team debut for Germany in their first preparation game against Malta in a 3–0 victory on 13 May 2010, playing 79 minutes, before being replaced by fellow full-back Jérôme Boateng.
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