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Aaron Hunt

Hunt with Werder Bremen in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Aaron Hunt
Date of birth	(1986-09-04) 4 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Goslar, West Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hamburger SV
Number	14
Youth career
1993–1997	VfL Oker
1997–2001	Goslarer SC
2001–2003	Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Werder Bremen II	37	(9)
2004–2014	Werder Bremen	215	(46)
2014–2015	VfL Wolfsburg	17	(2)
2015–	Hamburger SV	45	(5)
International career
	Germany U16	5	(1)
	Germany U17	10	(6)
2005–2009	Germany U21	13	(3)
2009–	Germany	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 May 2013

Aaron Hunt (born 4 September 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hamburger SV.

He spent most of his career at Werder Bremen, making his first-team debut at the age of 18.

Club career

Werder Bremen

Hunt was born in Goslar, Lower Saxony. After spending his first season at SV Werder Bremen in the reserves, in the year the former achieved the double, Hunt made his Bundesliga debut on 18 September 2004, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 home win against Hannover 96. On his first appearance in the starting line-up, against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 12 February 2005, he scored his first goal, becoming the club'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 contract until 2010 and, on 3 March 2007, netted a hat-trick in the 3–0 league win over VfL Bochum; he finished that campaign with nine goals, but his team eventually ranked third behind VfB Stuttgart and FC Schalke 04.

Hunt scored a career-best 11 goals in the 2012–13, but the could only rank in 14th place. In March 2014, after receiving a penalty during a match against 1. FC Nuremberg, he successfully asked the referee to overturn his decision and admitted to having come under no contact from the opposition player.

Wolfsburg

On 26 May 2014, Hunt signed for VfL Wolfsburg on 26 May 2014. He made his debut for his new club on 17 August in a 5–4 penalty shoot–out win against SV Darmstadt 98 in the DFB-Pokal, being replaced at the start of extra time. His first league appearance came five days later, in a 1–2 loss at FC Bayern Munich.

Hunt scored his first goal for the Wolves on 21 September 2014 in a 4–1 win defeat of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He made his European debut the following week, in a 1–4 loss to Everton and netted for the first time in the UEFA Europa League on 6 November of that year, his brace helping the hosts to a 5–1 success against FC Krasnodar.

Hamburger SV

On 31 August 2015, Hunt joined Hamburger SV.

International career

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

However, Hunt stated that he would only play for his birth nation. When asked which team he would represent at international level, he said he was '...very honoured and extremely happy that England have expressed an interest in me...', adding that he was steadfast on his decision.

In October 2006, Hunt appeared for the German under-21s in a 0–1 loss against against England in Coventry for the 2007 UEFA European Championship 2007 European Championship qualification playoff (eventually 3–0 on aggregate). On 6 November 2009, he was called up for the full side for two friendlies with Chile and Ivory Coast to be held during that month, making his debut in the latter after coming on late in the game for Bastian Schweinsteiger (the one against Chile had been cancelled following Robert Enke's suicide).

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; after an appeal, the decision was reversed.

Career statistics

As of 23 January 2016.

• 1. Includes DFB-Pokal.
• 2. Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup/Europa League.
• 3. Includes German League Cup.

Honours

Club

Werder Bremen

• DFB-Pokal: 2008–09
• DFB-Ligapokal: 2006
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 2008–09

Wolfsburg

• DFB-Pokal: 2014–15

References

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2. "Werder mit glanzlosem Pflichtsieg" (in German). kicker. 18 September 2004. Retrieved 25 June 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
3. "Die ersten Tore von Hunt und Zidan". Die Welt (in German). 13 February 2005. Retrieved 25 June 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
4. "Hunt drauf!" (in German). 11 Freunde. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
5. "Hunt signs Bremen extension". UEFA.com. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
6. "Hunt hat-trick boosts Bremen hopes". UEFA.com. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
7. "Werder Bremen's Aaron Hunt owns up to dive in penalty area". BBC Sport. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
8. "Hunt vor Wechsel zum VfL Wolfsburg". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 26 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
9. "Benaglio-Vertreter Grün ist im Krimi zur Stelle" (in German). kicker. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
10. "Robben macht's besser als Malanda" (in German). kicker. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
11. "Rodriguez führt die Wölfe zum ersten Dreier" (in German). kicker. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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13. "Hunt und Bendtner schießen FK ab" (in German). kicker. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
14. "Zum HSV: Aaron Hunt wechselt nach Hamburg" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
15. "Hunt graces his fatherland". UEFA.com. 5 September 2005. Archived from the original on 27 May 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
16. Edwards, John (3 November 2009). "Aaron Hunt turns down plea to play for England and pledges his future to Germany". Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
17. "Hunt ready to put Germany first". UEFA.com. 6 October 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
18. "Wie gut können sie heute spielen?". Bild (in German). 18 November 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
19. "Ein kleines Stück Normalität – 2:2 gegen die Elfenbeinküste". Münchner Merkur (in German). 19 November 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
20. "Germans appeal against Hunt ban". BBC Sport. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
21. "U21 star cleared of racist abuse". Eurosport. 8 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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External links

• Aaron Hunt at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• National team data Template:De icon
• Aaron Hunt at National-Football-Teams.com

• Use dmy dates from June 2013
• 1986 births
• Living people
• People from Goslar
• German people of English descent
• Sportspeople from Lower Saxony
• German footballers
• Association football midfielders
• Bundesliga players
• SV Werder Bremen II players
• SV Werder Bremen players
• VfL Wolfsburg players
• Hamburger SV players
• Germany youth international footballers
• Germany under-21 international footballers
• Germany international footballers