Jonathan Tah

Tah with Bayer Leverkusen in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Glao Tah[1]
Date of birth	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Hamburg, Germany
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Bayer Leverkusen
Number	4
Youth career
2000–2008	Altona 93
2008–2009	SC Concordia
2009–2014	Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Hamburger SV II	8	(0)
2013–2015	Hamburger SV	16	(0)
2014–2015	→ Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan)	23	(0)
2015–	Bayer Leverkusen	277	(14)
International career‡
2011–2012	Germany U16	5	(1)
2012–2013	Germany U17	13	(0)
2014–2015	Germany U19	6	(1)
2015–2019	Germany U21	14	(0)
2016–	Germany	33	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Germany UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2019 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:48, 2 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:52, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Jonathan Glao Tah (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːnatan ˈtaː]; born 11 February 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Germany national team.

Tah was born in Hamburg, to an Ivorian father and a German mother.^[3] He grew up in the Hamburg district of Altona.^[4]

Tah started playing football at local clubs Altona 93 and SC Concordia before being snapped up by Hamburger SV. On 4 August 2013, Tah made his competitive debut for Hamburg in a DFB-Pokal match against SV Schott Jena.^[5] He made his Bundesliga debut on 21 September 2013 in a 2-0 home loss against Werder Bremen.^[6]

On 1 September 2014, he was loaned to Fortuna Düsseldorf for a year.^[7]

On 15 July 2015 he signed a five-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen for a fee of €7.5 million.^[8] On 26 February 2018, Bayer Leverkusen announced the extension of Tah's contract with the club until 2023.^[9]

He made his 100th Bundesliga appearance for the club on 10 March 2019.^[10]

In September 2021, Tah signed a contract extension with the club until 2025.^[11]

Tah was part of the Leverkusen side that won their first Bundesliga title ever during the 2023–24 season, clinching the league with a win against Werder Bremen on 14 April 2024.^[12][13] On 3 May 2024, Tah was included in the Bundesliga team of the season along with five of his Leverkusen teammates.^[14]

After playing for the Germany youth sides from U16 to U21, Tah received his first call up to the senior Germany squad in March 2016 for friendlies against England and Italy.^[15] He made his debut in the former, coming on at half-time for Mats Hummels in a 2–3 loss.^[16] He was called up to replace Antonio Rüdiger at Euro 2016, but didn't play in the tournament.^[17]

Tah was not included in the Germany squads for the 2018 World Cup or the 2022 World Cup.^[18]

Tah was named in Germany's squad for UEFA Euro 2024.^[19]

As of match played 5 February 2025^[20]

As of match played 16 November 2024^[20]

Bayer Leverkusen

• Bundesliga: 2023–24^[21]
• DFB-Pokal: 2023–24
• DFL-Supercup: 2024^[22]

Germany U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2019^[23]

Individual

• Fritz Walter Medal U19 Gold: 2015^[24]
• UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 2019–20,^[25] 2022–23,^[26] 2023–24^[27]
• Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2023–24^[14]
• VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2023–24^[28]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jonathan Tah.

• Profile at the Bayer 04 Leverkusen website
• Jonathan Tah at DFB (also available in German)
• Jonathan Tah – UEFA competition record (archive)