Josha Vagnoman

Josha Mamadou Karaboue Vagnoman (born 11 December 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.[4] He developed through the academy of Hamburger SV and has represented Germany at youth level.

Josha Vagnoman
Personal information
Full name Josha Mamadou Karaboue Vagnoman[1]
Date of birth (2000-12-11) 11 December 2000
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Hamburger SV
Number 27
Youth career
2009 SC Poppenbüttel[3]
2009–2010 Hummelsbütteler SV
2010–2018 Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Hamburger SV 35 (1)
2018–2019 Hamburger SV II 10 (4)
National team‡
2017 Germany U17 3 (0)
2018 Germany U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Germany U19 2 (0)
2019 Germany U20 1 (0)
2019– Germany U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:38, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2020

Club career

Early career

Vagnoman joined Hamburger SV in 2010, and went through the different youth levels at the club. In February 2018, following impressive performances in the youth teams, newly appointed head coach Bernd Hollerbach promoted him to the HSV first-team squad for the forthcoming campaign.[5][6]

On 10 March 2018, Vagnoman made his first-team debut in the Bundesliga match against Bayern Munich. He came off the bench in the 70th minute, replacing Walace in a 0–6 home loss.[7] He became the youngest player to ever play in the Bundesliga for Hamburger SV when he debuted at the age of 17 years and 89 days.[8] Under new coach Christian Titz, Vagnoman did not make more first-team appearances that season. However, he made 20 appearances in the Under-19 league for HSV, scoring two goals.

2018–19 season

Prior to the 2018–19 season, Vagnoman signed a new two-year contract with Hamburger SV, making him a permanent part of the first-team squad before his eighteenth birthday.[9] Before the winter break, he made four appearances in the 2. Bundesliga for the club, making one start. Coach Titz and his successor, Hannes Wolf, preferred Gōtoku Sakai and Douglas Santos on the two back positions during this period.

In the latter part of the season Vagnoman saw slightly more playing time. He ended the season with 11 league appearances for the first team, adding to that another seven appearances and one goal for the reserves in fourth tier Regionalliga Nord.

2019–20 season

At the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Vagnoman was benched under new head coach Dieter Hecking and mostly appeared for the reserves. As part of the Hamburger SV II team, he made three appearances in the Regionalliga Nord in which he scored three goals. After regular right-back Jan Gyamerah suffered a fibular fracture in mid-September,[10] Vagnoman replaced him in the starting lineup in the following league game and made five straight appearances, in which he scored one goal. In October, he suffered a foot injury in a DFB-Pokal matchup against VfB Stuttgart which ruled him out for several months.[11] In his absence, Khaled Narey took over as the third player to appear at right-back before Jordan Beyer arrived on loan during the January transfer window.[12] In April 2020, Vagnoman recovered from his injury, and signed a four-year contract extension during the COVID-19 league suspension.[13] When the league was resumed in mid-May, Vagnoman returned to the starting lineup as a right-back in a 2. Bundesliga match against SpVgg Greuther Fürth.[14] He finished the season with 16 Bundesliga appearances in which he scored one goal.[15]

2020–21 season

On the first matchday of the 2020–21 season, Vagnoman was in the starting line-up under the new head coach Daniel Thioune for the game against Fortuna Düsseldorf (2–1 win), but in the following week of practice he suffered a tear in the outer ligament and an inner ligament strain in the left ankle.[16] This ruled him out for a few weeks and afterwards was placed on the bench behind Jan Gyamerah on his return on on the fifth matchday and in the following games. Due to an injury to Gyamerah, Vagnoman returned to the starting line-up on 5 December 2020 in a 0–1 home loss to Hannover 96, and was a regular starter until the end of the first half of the season, scoring 2 goals.[15] In the 4–2 win against Eintracht Braunschweig on 23 January 2021, Vagnoman was replaced at half-time after suffering a torn ligament in his right ankle.[17]

International career

Eligible for both Germany and Ivory Coast, Vagnoman has represented Germany at every age group from under-17 to under-20 level. In October 2017, he was included in the squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship as an alternate to the injured Kilian Ludewig.[18] He made three appearances in the tournament for the under-17s.

In March 2018, Vagnoman made one appearance for the German under-18 team, and played another two matches for the German under-19 team in November 2018. He ended as runner-up to the Fritz Walter Medal in August 2019 in the under-19 category, behind Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn.[19] Since September 2019, Vagnoman has been part of the Germany under-20 team.

Personal life

Vagnoman was born and raised in Hamburg, the son of an Ivorian father and a German mother.[20][21]

References
  1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. "Josha Vagnoman - Profile HSV". hsv.de. Hamburger SV. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. "HSV-Profi Vagnoman ehrlich: „Da war ich wirklich schlecht"". hsv24.mopo.de. Hamburger Morgenpost. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. "Josha Vagnoman". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. "Mit Einsatz und Moral Selbstvertrauen sammeln". hsv.de. Hamburger SV. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  6. "HSV: Bernd Hollerbach zieht Talente hoch - Gideon Jung trainiert individuell". 90min.de. 90min. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  7. "Lewandowski macht das halbe Dutzend voll". kicker.de. Kicker. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  8. "Neuer Fünfter: Die jüngsten Bundesliga-Debütanten". kicker.de. Kicker. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  9. "Josha Vagnoman erhält Lizenzspielervertrag". hsv.de. Hamburger SV. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  10. "Schwere Verletzung bei Jan Gyamerah". www.hsv.de. Hamburger SV. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  11. "Josha Vagnoman erleidet Bruch eines Fußwurzelknochens". www.hsv.de. Hamburger SV. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  12. Lustig, Jan; Wolff, Sebastian (14 January 2020). "Fix: Hamburg leiht Gladbach-Youngster Beyer aus". www.kicker.de. kicker. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  13. "HSV verlängert Vertrag mit Josha Vagnoman bis 2024". www.hsv.de. Hamburger SV. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  14. "Greuther Fürth vs. Hamburger SV - 17 May 2020 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  15. "J. Vagnoman - Profile". int.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  16. "Trainingsverletzung: HSV wochenlang ohne Vagnoman". kicker (in German). 25 September 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  17. "Doppelter Bänderriss: Vagnoman fehlt HSV mehrere Wochen". kicker (in German). 25 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  18. "U 17-WM: Ludewig am Knie verletzt, Vagnoman nachnominiert". dfb.de. DFB. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  19. "Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold an Kühn, Bühl und Adeyemi". dfb.de. DFB. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  20. Simon, Philipp (7 June 2018). "„Geld ist nicht alles! Der HSV ist mein Verein"". Hamburger Morgenpost. Hamburg. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  21. Schardt, Liam (19 September 2018). "HSV-Teenie Josha Vagnoman: Premiere ohne Lampenfieber". Hamburger Morgenpost. Hamburg. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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