Sébastien Haller

Sébastien Romain Teddy Haller (French pronunciation: ​[sebastjɛ̃ ʁomɛ̃ tedi alɛʁ]; born 22 June 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club Ajax. He has previously played for Auxerre, Utrecht, Eintracht Frankfurt and West Ham United. A former youth international for France, Haller represents the Ivory Coast national team.

Sébastien Haller
Haller playing for West Ham United in 2019
Personal information
Full name Sébastien Romain Teddy Haller[1]
Date of birth (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994[2]
Place of birth Ris-Orangis, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 22
Youth career
2003–2005 FCO Vigneux
2005–2007 Brétigny Foot
2007–2012 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Auxerre II 57 (29)
2012–2015 Auxerre 50 (6)
2015 → Utrecht (loan) 17 (11)
2015–2017 Utrecht 65 (30)
2017–2019 Eintracht Frankfurt 60 (24)
2019–2021 West Ham United 48 (10)
2021– Ajax 5 (2)
National team‡
2010 France U16 1 (0)
2011 France U17 12 (6)
2011–2012 France U18 4 (1)
2012–2013 France U19 7 (3)
2013–2014 France U20 7 (2)
2013–2016 France U21 20 (13)
2020– Ivory Coast 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:08, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:08, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Early life

Haller was born in Ris-Orangis, Essonne,[4] to a French father and an Ivorian mother.[5][6]

Club career

Auxerre

During the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, on 26 June 2011, Haller signed his first professional contract with Auxerre, agreeing to a three-year deal.[7]

Ahead of the 2012–13 season, Haller was promoted to the senior team by manager Jean-Guy Wallemme. His professional debut came on 27 July 2012, in the team's opening league match of the 2012–13 campaign against Nîmes.[8]

Utrecht

On 24 December 2014, it was announced that Haller was sent on loan to Dutch Eredivisie club Utrecht until the end of the season.[9] At the end of the season, it was announced that FC Utrecht had signed Haller.[10] The supporters voted for Haller as the winner of the Di Tommaso Trophy 2015, Utrecht's player of the year award.[11]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 15 May 2017, Haller signed with Eintracht Frankfurt on a four-year deal.[12] In the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal, He scored four goals for Frankfurt, as the club won the final, marking the first trophy of Haller's career. In the 2018–19 Bundesliga season, he scored 15 league goals in 29 appearances as the club finished seventh.[13] In addition to his goals scored, he also made nine assists, so was involved in 24 goals, a figure only beaten in the 2018–19 season by Robert Lewandowski with 29.[14]

West Ham United

On 17 July 2019, Haller signed with West Ham United on a five-year deal for a club record fee, that could rise to £45 million.[15][16] On 31 July, Haller scored his first goal for West Ham in a pre-season friendly against Hertha BSC, in which West Ham won 5–3.[17] He made his Premier League debut for West Ham on 10 August, in a 5–0 loss against reigning champions Manchester City.[18] On 24 August 2019, Haller scored his first and second goals in the Premier League for West Ham in a 3–1 away win against Watford in which he scored an acrobatic bicycle kick.[19]

On 1 January 2020, Haller scored his first goal of the calendar year, an acrobatic scissor kick to score the second against AFC Bournemouth in a 4–0 home win.[20] In July 2020, Frankfurt reported West Ham to FIFA after they had failed to pay an instalment in May 2020 of £5.4million as part of the £45 million transfer. West Ham claimed that they had withheld the payment, following a contractual dispute between the two clubs.[21]

Ajax

On 8 January 2021, Ajax announced the signing of Haller on a four-and-a-half-year contract. They paid a transfer fee of €22.5 million to West Ham United.[22][23] Haller made his debut two days later as a second-half substitute against De Topper rivals PSV; he provided an assist to Antony for Ajax's equalizing goal and also had a goal ruled out by VAR for offside as the match ended 2–2.[24] On 14 January, Haller scored his first goal for Ajax, and provided an assist, in a 3–1 away league win over FC Twente.[25] On 3 February, it was revealed that Haller had been mistakenly omitted from Ajax's squad list for the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa League and therefore would be unable to play for the club in the competition.[26]

International career
Haller with France U19 in 2013

Haller is a France youth international, having represented his nation at every youth level. He played with the under-17 team at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[27]

In November 2020, Haller was called up to the Ivory Coast national team.[28] He debuted for the Ivory Coast in a 2–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Madagascar on 12 November, scoring his side's game-winning goal in the 55th minute.[29]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 28 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Auxerre II 2010–11[30] CFA 21————21
2011–12[30] CFA 2212————2212
2012–13[30] CFA 194————194
2013–14[30] CFA 2 85————85
2014–15[30] CFA 2 67————67
Total 5729————5729
Auxerre 2012–13[30] Ligue 2 1720010——182
2013–14[30] Ligue 2 2541022——286
2014–15[30] Ligue 2 800030——110
Total 5061062——578
Utrecht (loan) 2014–15[30] Eredivisie 1711————1711
Utrecht 2015–16[30] Eredivisie 331755——4[lower-alpha 3]24224
2016–17[30] Eredivisie 321331——4[lower-alpha 3]23916
Total 824186——849851
Eintracht Frankfurt 2017–18[30] Bundesliga 31954———3613
2018–19[30] Bundesliga 291510—10[lower-alpha 4]51[lower-alpha 5]04120
Total 602464—105107733
West Ham United 2019–20[31] Premier League 3272010——357
2020–21[32] Premier League 163—34——197
Total 48102044——5414
Ajax 2020–21[30] Eredivisie 5210—00—62
Career total 302112181010610594349137
  1. Includes Coupe de France, KNVB Cup, DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International
As of match played 17 November 2020[33]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ivory Coast 202021
Total21
As of match played 17 November 2020. Ivory Coast score listed first, score column indicates score after each Haller goal.[33]
List of international goals scored by Sébastien Haller
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
112 November 2020Stade National de la Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Ivory Coast1 Madagascar2–02–12021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification[34]

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt

Individual

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