Aaron Hunt

Aaron Hunt

Hunt with Werder in 2009.
Personal information
Full nameAaron Hunt
Date of birth4 September 1986
Place of birthGoslar, West Germany
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
VfL Wolfsburg
Number10
Youth career
1993–1997VfL Oker
1997–2001Goslarer SC 08
2001–2003Werder Bremen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2003–2007Werder Bremen II37(9)
2004–2014Werder Bremen214(46)
2014–VfL Wolfsburg14(2)
National team‡
Germany U165(1)
Germany U1710(6)
2005–2009Germany U2113(3)
2009–Germany3(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:10, 3 March 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 May 2013

Aaron Hunt (born 4 September 1986) is a German footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.

Club career

Werder Bremen

After spending his first season at Werder Bremen in the reserves, in the year the side achieved the double, Hunt made his first division debut on 18 September 2004, as a substitute against Hannover 96. On his first appearance in the starting line-up, against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 12 February 2005, he scored his first league goal, becoming Werder Bremen's youngest-ever goalscorer at the age of 18 years and 161 days.

Early in 2006, Hunt suffered a mysterious knee injury, which after some months was found to be bursitis. As a result, he missed the remainder of the season following the winter break. In November, he renewed his club link until 2010[1] and, on 3 March 2007, bagged a hat-trick in the 3–0 league win against VfL Bochum.[2] At that point, Werder moved to second in the league, but eventually finished second to VfB Stuttgart, with Hunt netting a career-best nine goals.

In March 2014 when, after receiving a penalty, he successfully asked the referee to overturn his decision and admitted to having come under no contact from the opposition player.[3]

VfL Wolfsburg

Hunt signed for VfL Wolfsburg on 26 May 2014.[4] He made his debut for the club on 17 August 2014 in a 5–4 shoot–out win against SV Darmstadt 98 in the DFB-Pokal.[5] He was substituted off in the 91st minute.[5] His first league appearance came on 22 August 2014 in a 2–1 loss to Bayern Munich.[6] His first goal for the club came on 21 September 2014 in a 4–1 win against Bayer Leverkusen.[7] He made his European debut for the club on 28 September 2014 in a 4–1 loss to Everton[8] and scored his first two goals in Europe for the club on 6 November 2014 against Krasnodar.[9]

International career

Having a German father and an English mother,[10] Hunt was eligible to play for both Germany or England. His mother's family all live in the London area and his grandfather went to the same north-east school as Sir Bobby Charlton.

However, Hunt stated that he would only play internationally for his birth nation. When asked which team he would represent at international level, Hunt said, 'I feel very honoured and extremely happy that England have expressed an interest in me and even watched me play. But I am clear in my mind that I want to play for Germany. This is where I have grown up and played all my football, and it seems a logical decision to make.'[11]

In October 2006, he appeared for Germany under-21s in a 2007 European Championship qualification playoff against England,[12] in Coventry. On 6 November 2009, Hunt was called up for Germany for the two friendly games on 14 November 2009 against Chile and on 18 November 2009 against Ivory Coast, making his debut in the latter game (the one against Chile had been cancelled).

In November 2006, Hunt was charged by UEFA for serious unsporting behaviour, after complaints of racist remarks in the second leg of the under-21 playoff against England. He was banned for two games.[13] However, he successfully appealed against the decision shortly thereafter and the ban was dropped.[14]

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Ref.
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal Europe Total
Werder Bremen II Regionalliga Nord 2003–04 7 2 — 7 2 [15]
2004–05 22 6 22 6 [16]
Werder Bremen Bundesliga 2004–05 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 14 1 [16][17]
2005–06 7 0 3 2 1 0 6 0 17 2 [18][19]
Werder Bremen II Regionalliga Nord 2005–06 6 1 — 6 1 [18]
2006–07 2 0 2 0 [20]
Werder Bremen Bundesliga 2006–07 28 9 1 0 1 0 12 0 42 9 [20][21]
2007–08 14 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 20 2 [22]
2008–09 18 2 2 0 — 8 0 28 2 [23]
2009–10 32 9 6 1 8 1 46 11 [24]
2010–11 29 3 2 0 7 0 38 3 [25]
2011–12 18 3 1 0 — 19 3 [26]
2012–13 28 11 1 0 29 11 [27]
2013–14 31 7 1 0 32 7 [28]
Werder Bremen totals 215 46 21 3 2 0 47 2 285 51 —
Werder Bremen II totals 37 9 — 37 9 —
VfL Wolfsburg Bundesliga 2014–15 14 2 2 0 — 5 2 21 4 [29]
Career totals 266 57 23 3 2 0 52 4 343 64 —
Last updated: 25 February 2015

Honours

Club

Werder Bremen[30]

References

  1. ↑ "Hunt signs Bremen extension". UEFA.com. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Hunt hat-trick boosts Bremen hopes". UEFA.com. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Werder Bremen's Aaron Hunt owns up to dive in penalty area". BBC Sport. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hunt vor Wechsel zum VfL Wolfsburg". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 26 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Benaglio-Vertreter Grün ist im Krimi zur Stelle" (in German). kicker. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Robben macht's besser als Malanda" (in German). kicker. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Rodriguez führt die Wölfe zum ersten Dreier" (in German). kicker. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Glückloser VfL erhält Lehrstunde in Sachen Effektivität" (in German). kicker. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Hunt und Bendtner schießen FK ab" (in German). kicker. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Hunt graces his fatherland". UEFA.com. 5 September 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  11. ↑ Edwards, John (3 November 2009). "Aaron Hunt turns down plea to play for England and pledges his future to Germany". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  12. ↑ "Hunt ready to put Germany first". UEFA.com. 6 October 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  13. ↑ "Germans appeal against Hunt ban". BBC Sport. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  14. ↑ "U21 star cleared of racist abuse". BBC Sport. 8 December 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  15. ↑ "Aaron Hunt" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "Aaron Hunt" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Aaron Hunt" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "Aaron Hunt" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  24. ↑ "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  25. ↑ "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  26. ↑ "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  27. ↑ "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  28. ↑ "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de. kicker. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  29. ↑ "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  30. ↑ "A. Hunt". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

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