sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

Jordan Torunarigha (born 7 August 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for First Division A club Gent.[2] He is the son of former footballer Ojokojo Torunarigha and the brother of current footballer Junior Torunarigha.

This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (June 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 9,700 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Jordan Torunarigha]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|de|Jordan Torunarigha}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Jordan Torunarigha

Torunarigha in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jordan Torunarigha[1]
Date of birth	(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth	Chemnitz, Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Gent
Number	23
Youth career
0000–2006	Chemnitzer FC
2006–2016	Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2020	Hertha BSC II	45	(3)
2016–2022	Hertha BSC	73	(5)
2022	→ Gent (loan)	8	(0)
2022–	Gent	4	(0)
National team‡
2012–2013	Germany U16	7	(0)
2014–2015	Germany U18	2	(0)
2015	Germany U19	6	(0)
2016–2017	Germany U20	8	(0)
2018–2019	Germany U21	4	(0)
2021	Germany Olympic	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:12, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Chemnitz, Torunarigha joined Hertha BSC as a child in 2006 and signed his first professional contract on 19 December 2016. He played as a striker before Hertha's U-15 coach Ante Čović had the idea to make him switch into a defender.[3]

Hertha Berlin

He made his debut for the first team on 4 February 2017, coming on as a 90th-minute substitute in a 1–0 win over FC Ingolstadt. He made his first start for the Hertha on 5 April 2017 against Borussia Mönchengladbach, starting at left back following illness to Marvin Plattenhardt and suspension for Maximilian Mittelstädt.[4] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win over Darmstadt 98 on 13 May 2017, sending Hertha up to 5th in the table with one match remaining.[5]

Loan to Gent

On 28 January 2022, Torunarigha joined Gent in the Belgian First Division A on loan.[6]

Gent

On 19 July 2022, Torunarigha joined Gent on a permanent basis, signing a three year deal.[7]

International career

In May 2018, after representing Germany at youth international level, he turned down the opportunity to represent Nigeria.[8]

Personal life

In 2021, Torunarigha featured in Schwarze Adler [de], a documentary detailing the experiences of Black players in German professional football.[9] Jordan is of Nigerian descent.

References

External links

• Jordan Torunarigha at WorldFootball.net

На других языках

---

[de] Jordan Torunarigha

Jordan Torunarigha (* 7. August 1997 in Chemnitz) ist ein deutscher Fußballspieler, der auf der Position des Abwehrspielers eingesetzt wird.

---

- [en] Jordan Torunarigha

---

[es] Jordan Torunarigha

Jordan Torunarigha (Chemnitz, 7 de agosto de 1997) es un futbolista alemán de ascendencia nigeriana.[1] Juega de defensor y su equipo es el K. A. A. Gante de Bélgica.[3] Es el hijo del futbolista retirado Ojokojo Torunarigha[1] y hermano del futbolista activo Junior Torunarigha.[1]

---

[it] Jordan Torunarigha

Jordan Torunarigha (Chemnitz, 7 agosto 1997) è un calciatore tedesco, difensore del Gent in prestito dall'Hertha Berlino.

---

[ru] Торунарига, Джордан

Джордан Торунарига (нем. Jordan Torunarigha; род. 7 августа 1997[1][2][3][…], Хемниц, Саксония[1]) — немецкий футболист, защитник клуба «Герта», выступающий на правах аренды в бельгийском клубе «Гент». Участник летних Олимпийских игр 2020 в Токио.

---

---