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Feb 25, 2024 · Top 5 Interesting Facts About Kai Havertz: 1. Very early beginnings. At just four years old, Kai Havertz began his football journey playing for amateur club Alemannia Mariadorf, where his grandfather, Richard, served as the chairman. This early experience provided the foundation for his future career as a footballer.
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The team Kai supported as a boy was his local side Alemannia Aachen, who competed in the Bundesliga in 2006/07 and are known as the "potato beatles" due to their yellow and black kit. Despite them only staying in the top-flight for a single season, Kai and his family continued to support the team whose academy he would join in 2009. “We watched eve...
Growing up, some of Kai’s favourite players to watch were Ronaldinho, Andreas Iniesta, Zinedine Zidane and Kaka, as well as a former Liverpool striker - albeit not Michael Owen or Fernando Torres. Instead, Erik Meijer shone brightest for Kai, who made 27 appearances for the Reds between 1999 and 2000 and scored just twice. The one-time capped Dutch...
On the day he became Leverkusen’s youngest-ever player, Kai had been eating breakfast at his family home in Mariadorf when a phonecall from manager Roger Schmidt urged him to quickly head to Bremen as midfielder Lars Bender was injured. Kai’s mum whisked him to Leverkusen where he was picked up by a chauffeur to take him to the game against Werder ...
Havertz’s rapid ascension to the Bayer Leverkusen first team saw him break numerous records. Some have since been superseded, with Florian Wirtz later becoming Leverkusen’s youngest player and goalscorer, and reaching 50 Bundesliga games at a younger age. However, Kai remains the youngest player to reach a century of appearances in the division, an...
Due to his rapid rise, Havertz ended up missing matches for Leverkusen during his debut campaign in 2016/17 as he had to study for and complete his school exams, where he took sport, German, geography and maths. This included Leverkusen's Champions League round of 16 tie at Atletico Madrid, as well as a league match against Schalke. Kai admits jugg...
Except that game against Atletico, Kai has impeccable timing when it comes to the Champions League. His debut in the competition came at Wembley Stadium no less when he came on as a substitute in Leverkusen’s 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in November 2016 aged just 17. It would take him just under four years to score his first goal in Europe’s pre...
During his Bundesliga days, Havertz was given the nickname "Alleskonner", by the German media meaning someone who can do anything. This was due to his ability to do multiple things with the ball, as well as his tactical flexibility. This is a translation of the British phrase “a Jack of all trades”, which helps to highlight his ability to play in m...
Speaking of doing everything, Kai has many passions away from football. He started to learn how to play the piano as he wanted to play an instrument, and it has become one of his favourite hobbies. “I think it's important to have something calming away from football that allows you to switch off a bit, so I decided to learn an instrument,” he said....
Another passion of Kai’s is animals. After having a German shepherd, a cat, rabbits, guinea pigs and a horse while he was growing up, he now owns three dogs in London. However, his favourite animals are donkeys - which all started when his parents gifted him a stuffed version as a child. When he was 17, his mum and dad also sponsored three rescue d...
Another of Kai’s passions is video gaming, and it is from this that his favourite shirt number developed. This is because he and his brother Jan used to create their own characters in the game, and Jan would be number 29. “When I came to the professional game and Leverkusen asked me what number I wanted to have, I asked them which numbers were free...
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Kai Lukas Havertz (born 11 June 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Premier League club Arsenal and the Germany national team. Having graduated from Bayer Leverkusen 's youth academy in 2016, Havertz made his senior debut with the club in the same year.
Jun 11, 2017 · Kai Havertz, 24, from Germany Arsenal FC, since 2023 Attacking Midfield Market value: €70.00m * Jun 11, 1999 in Aachen, Germany.
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Nov 19, 2023 · Since joining Arsenal, Kai Havertz has started eight matches with four additional appearances off the bench in the Premier League. He has been used as a jack-of-all-trades by Arteta. Havertz sometimes comes off the bench to change the game in the attacking midfield or at striker. He has played in wide positions in the midfield, in the midfield ...
View the player profile of Arsenal Midfielder Kai Havertz, including statistics and photos, on the official website of the Premier League.
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Sep 4, 2020 · Kai Havertz did not fly to Madrid for the game against Atletico that ended Leverkusen's European adventure. The 17-year-old midfielder had an exam. Those same school commitments saw him skip the ...
