Date of birth 14 January 1987 (1987-01-14) (age 23)
Place of birth Karlsruhe, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Current club Hamburger SV
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Dennis Aogo (born 14 January 1987 in Karlsruhe) is a German footballer of partly Nigerian descent[1] who plays for Hamburger SV.
Career
Club career
Aogo 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.
Before he played with Freiburg, he played with the Karlsruher SC academy and has played at several youth levels including the U-15s and U-16s.
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 represent 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 Amodou watched him for a considerable time but on 5 January 2010 Aogo announced that he will only play for the Germany national football team.
Honour
Germany U-21
UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2009
Personal life
Aogo is engaged in a relationship to the German Bassist Alessia Walch of the Country-Pop band Mayor's Destiny.
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