Sébastien Pocognoli

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Sébastien Pocognoli
Personal information
Pocognoli playing for Belgium in 2008
Date of birth	(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987
Place of birth	Liège, Belgium
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Hannover 96
Number	18
Youth career
2000–2002	Standard Liège
2002–2003	Genk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2003–2007	Genk	46	(1)
2007–2010	AZ	64	(5)
2010–2013	Standard Liège	83	(2)
2013–	Hannover 96	24	(0)
National team^‡
2002–2003	Belgium U16	19	(1)
2003–2004	Belgium U17	12	(2)
2004–2006	Belgium U19	20	(2)
2006–2008	Belgium U21	12	(1)
2008–	Belgium	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:43, 14 January 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2013

Sébastien Pocognoli (born 1 August 1987) is a Belgian international footballer who plays professionally for German club Hannover 96, as a left back.^[1] Pocognoli, who is of Italian origin,^[2]

Career

Club career

Born in Liège, Pocognoli began his career with Standard Liège, but left at the age of fifteen to join Genk. In April 2004, he made his first-team debut aged just sixteen, and broke into the first-team in 2006 due to the injuries faced in Genk that season.

On 22 June 2007, he signed a five-year deal with Dutch side AZ.^[3] On 26 January 2010, the Belgian international left wingback returned to his former club, Standard Liége, for a transfer fee of undisclosed sum, signing with Les Rouches until 30 June 2014.^[4]^[5]^[6]

In January 2013, he moved to Hannover 96 and was sent off on his debut on 26 January 2013 in a home match against VfL Wolfsburg.

International career

Pocognoli was a member of the Belgium under-21 team, and was part of the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Pocognoli helped them finish 2nd in their group, ahead of Portugal after scoring a crucial equalizer against the Netherlands, to book their place in the semi-final against Serbia, which they lost 2–0. Nevertheless Belgium went through to the Olympic football in Beijing in 2008.

Honours

Club honours

AZ

Eredivisie: 2008–09
Johan Cruijff Shield: 2009

References

↑ Franz, Björn (22 January 2013). "Sébastien Pocognoli soll Abwehr von Hannover 96 verstärken" (in German). Schaumburger Nachrichten. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
↑ "Sébastien Pocognoli". UEFA. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
↑ "Pocognoli voor vijf jaar naar AZ" (in Dutch). AZ.nl.
↑ "Pocognoli : « Nous sommes vite tombés d’accord »" (in French). footgoal.net. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
↑ "Sebastien Pocognoli". standard.be.
↑ "Pocognoli goes full circle with Standard". UEFA.com. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.

External links

Voetbal International (Dutch)
Sébastien Pocognoli at National-Football-Teams.com
Belgium Stats at Belgian FA

v t e Belgium men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Fourth Place

1 Bailly 2 De Roover 3 Kompany 4 Vermaelen 5 Pocognoli 6 Fellaini 7 De Mul 8 Haroun 9 Mirallas 10 Vertonghen 11 Martens 12 Ma-Kalambay 13 Ciman 14 Mulemo 15 Simaeys 16 Vanden Borre 17 De Smet 18 Dembélé 19 Odjidja-Ofoe 22 De Winter Coach: De Sart

v t e Hannover 96 – current squad

1 Zieler 2 Andreasen 4 Sakai 5 Sané 6 Cherundolo (c) 7 Prib 8 Schmiedebach 9 Sobiech 10 Huszti 11 Ya Konan 13 Schlaudraff 14 Miller 15 Hoffmann 18 Pocognoli 19 C. Schulz 20 Felipe 21 Fuhry 23 Avevor 24 Pander 25 Marcelo 28 Stindl 32 Bittencourt 33 Schulze 38 Sulejmani 39 Diouf 40 Kasumovic Rudņevs Manager: Korkut

Persondata
Name	Pocognoli, Sébastien
Alternative names
Short description	Belgian footballer
Date of birth	1 August 1987
Place of birth	Liège, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death

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