Andy Nägelein

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Andy Nägelein
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Personal information
Full name German: Andreas Hannes Ling Fung Nägelein
Chinese: 聶凌峰
Date of birth (1981-10-05) 5 October 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Hong Kong
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Position(s) Defensive midfielder / Defender
Team information
Current team
 Eastern
Number 88
Youth career
1987–1996 1. FC Nuremberg
1996–1999 1. FC Schwand
1999–2000 SG Quelle Fürth
2000–2001 1. SC Feucht
2002 ASV Neumarkt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 SC 04 Schwabach 0 (0)
2003–2004 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 26 (1)
2005 1. SC Feucht 12 (0)
2005–2006 Kickers Emden 33 (0)
2006–2007 SV Wacker Burghausen 2 (0)
2006–2007 SV Wacker Burghausen II 4 (0)
2007–2009 Kickers Emden 77 (1)
2009 APEP Pitsilia 10 (1)
2010–2011 Shenzhen Ruby 40 (0)
2012–2013 Rangers (HKG) 2 (0)
2013 Guizhou Zhicheng 11 (4)
2014 Hunan Billows 19 (1)
2015– Eastern 0 (0)
International career‡
2013– Hong Kong 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2015

Andreas Hannes Ling Fung Nägelein (traditional Chinese: 聶凌峰; simplified Chinese: 聂凌峰/安迪·内格雷恩[1]; Jyutping: nip⁴ ling⁶ fung¹; born 5 October 1981), commonly known as Andy Nägelein, is a Hong Kong footballer of partial German descent. Nägelein began his career in Germany and he left to Cyprus and China in short term. He is currently playing for Eastern in Cristiano Cordeiro. His usual position is as a defensive midfielder primarily, but he can also be utilized as a centre back or a full back.

Early life

Nägelein was born on 5 October 1981 in Hong Kong, his father, a German working in Hong Kong, and his mother, a Hong Kong Chinese.[citation needed] He has a sister, who was also born in Hong Kong. When he was a year old, his family went back to Nuremberg, Germany.[2][3]

At the age of five, Nägelein started playing football for a local club and he scored 170 goals in the league, so Nägelein switched to 1. FC Nuremberg and stayed for nine years. He played as a striker as a young player, but he currently plays as a midfielder. This is because his coach told him that "offense can win a game, but defense wins championship". After the Nuremberg era, he switched to different German clubs and he started his professional career in age 19.[2]

Club career

Europe era

Nägelein started his senior career with SC 04 Schwabach in the Oberliga Bayern. He moved to 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 in 2003. After Schweinfurt 05 released him in 2004, Nägelein joined 1. SC Feucht. However, Feucht was relegated at the end of the 2004–05 season, so he joined a new Regionalliga Nord club Kickers Emden. After good performances at Kickers Emden, he moved to SV Wacker Burghausen in the 2. Bundesliga. After half a year, he returned to Kickers Emden.[4] He was one of main players at the club in following two and half seasons.[3][5][6] After the 2008–09 season Emden voluntary withdrew from the league because of license restrictions, and Nägelein left the club.

In 2009, Nägelein signed for the Cypriot club APEP Pitsilia, it was his first time to play in a top division league.[3][7][8] Nägelein attracted the interest of Asian clubs because he was born in Hong Kong. This is the reason to explain why Nägelein left for China before 2010 Chinese Super League started.[7]

Asia era

He was reportedly in talks with a number of Chinese clubs, including Shandong Luneng.[9] On 12 February 2010, Shenzhen Ruby announced they had reached an agreement signing Nägelein.[10] Nägelein chose this club since Shenzhen is situated just north of Hong Kong.[7] Nägelein was in the regular lineup of Shenzhen and created the best opening season since the club was founded. In a league match against Changchun Yatai on 18 April 2010, over one-third of fouls by Yatai players attacked him due to his enormous playing area.[11]

Nägelein's injury in May 2010 made Shenzhen in low tide.[12] He came back to the field after the 2010 FIFA World Cup but Shenzhen Ruby lost to Tianjin Teda 2–1.[13] Nägelein had a rest after this match due to his injury. He introduced his friend to South China and chairman of South China Steven Lo said he will contract two drained Hong Kong footballers simultaneously, so Hong Kong media thought one of two is Nägelein.[14] Nevertheless, Lo said he never talked about this with Nägelein.[15]

During the training in Shandong Sports Center on 17 September 2010, Nägelein quarreled with Vyacheslav Hleb by English profanity. After that, the oldest foreign player Aleksandar Živković came out to mediate.[16] Shenzhen Ruby lost 3–2 to Shandong Luneng on 18 September 2010, and this was the fourth straight loss games of Shenzhen Ruby.[17]

He finished his first season in China with Shenzhen Ruby as 13th place in the league.[18] After the season, Nägelein was handed shirt number 7, and was chosen as the regular start-up player of the team by new coach Philippe Troussier.[19]

Troussier tried to let him play as centre back in the new season. Lamentably, Shenzhen would not have a good start in the 2011 Chinese Super League, suffering five straight losses, and the worst start ever since the club was founded.[20] On 8 May 2011, Nägelein failed passing the ball in the 68th minute of the match against Guangzhou Evergrande, and caused Shenzhen to lose by a goal.[20] After that, Nägelein's teammate Huang Fengtao criticised him for his mistakes on the Sina Blog.[21] After that, Troussier replaced Nägelein in midfield and Shenzhen got their first point after the match against Dalian Shide on 15 May 2011.[22]

Nägelein assisted Chris Killen to score in the 57th minute of the league match against Changchun Yatai, which impressed others[23] but he became mainly used as a substitute later in the season, because Nägelein has been injured and Shenzhen had contracted Ronald Rivero in the summer.[24][25] Nägelein went back to the field on 2 November 2011, but Shenzhen had regulated the previous week.[26] He was released by Shenzhen at the end of 2011 league season.

Nägelein was signed by Hong Kong First Division League side Hong Kong Rangers in August 2012.[27] However, Nägelein tragically broke his leg after a terrible tackle by Chan Pak Hang in a league match against Sun Pegasus on 8 September 2012.[28][29] He had three-month leave for treatments and recovering training in Nuremberg, Germany.[29][30] The contract with Rangers ended in the end of January and Nägelein has become free agent player again.[30]

On 6 July 2013, Nägelein signed a contract with China League One side Guizhou Zhicheng.[31]

0n 27 February 2014, Nägelein transferred to China League One side Hunan Billows.[32]

International career

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Andy made his international debut for Hong Kong against United Arab Emirates on 15 October 2013.

In principle, Nägelein can represent either the German or Hong Kong national teams because he has both German citizenship and right of abode in Hong Kong.[2][33] However, Nägelein controversially failed in his application for a Hong Kong passport due to his German citizenship, even he has the right by Hong Kong Basic Law since he was born in Hong Kong to a Hong Kong Chinese mother.[34]

After Nägelein returned to the far east, Hong Kong coach Tsang Wai Chung told media he will call Nägelein for the team[33] but Tsang did not select Nägelein for the training session before the 2010–11 season in Hong Kong.[35] Tsang explained that some players would be called up during the season,[35] but Nägelein was not chosen by Tsang for any training session in the season.

Under FIFA eligibility rules, Nägelein could also play for the Chinese national team after a two-year Chinese Super League career for his Hong Kong passport. Nägelein recommended himself via his agent to Chinese Football Association in 2010, but the association told him that China team would not select him for any match.[36]

On 2 August 2013, the Hong Kong national team included Nägelein in the 29-man training squad for two international friendlies against Myanmar and Singapore in September 2013.[37] On 3 October 2013, Nägelein did break into the 23-man final squad for 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against United Arab Emirates.[38] He made his international debut for Hong Kong against United Arab Emirates on 15 October 2013.[39]

Statistics

Club statistics

As of 11 November 2014
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Other Europe Total
2002–03 SC 04 Schwabach Bayernliga 0 0 - - - 0 0
2003–04 FC Schweinfurt 05 Regionalliga Süd 26 1 - - - 26 1
2004–05 1. SC Feucht Regionalliga Süd 12 0 - - - 12 0
2005–06 Kickers Emden Regionalliga Nord 33 0 - - - 33 0
2006–07 SV Wacker Burghausen 2. Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 - - 2 0
SV Wacker Burghausen II Bayernliga 4 0 - - - 4 0
Kickers Emden Regionalliga Nord 16 0 - - - 16 0
2007–08 31 0 - - - 31 0
2008–09 3. Liga 30 1 - - - 30 1
Cyprus League Cypriot Cup League Cup Europe Total
2009–10[8] APEP Pitsilia First Division 10 1 4 0 - - 14 1
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Total
2010 Shenzhen Ruby Super League 25 0 - - - 25 0
2011 15 0 1 0 - - 16 0
Hong Kong League FA Cup & Shield League Cup Asia Total
2012–13 Rangers (HKG) First Division 2 0 0 0 - - 2 0
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Total
2013 Guizhou Zhicheng League One 11 4 0 0 - - 11 4
2014 Hunan Billows 19 1 0 0 - - 19 1
Total Germany 154 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 2
Cyprus 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
China PR 70 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 71 5
Hong Kong 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 213 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 212 7

International

As of 5 March 2014
# Date Venue Opponent Result Scored Competition
1 15 October 2013 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong  United Arab Emirates 0–4 0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2 15 November 2013 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 0–4 0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3 19 November 2013 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong  Uzbekistan 0–2 0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4 5 March 2014 My Dinh National Stadium, Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, Vietnam  Vietnam 1–3 0 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Personal life

The surname of Nägelein's mother is Chan (Chinese: 陳), but his Cantonese surname is Nip (Chinese: 聶), which is based on the pronunciation of his father's surname Nägelein.[3][40] And his Chinese given name Ling Fung (Chinese: 凌峰) is the same with his grandfather's name.[7] Nägelein met his girlfriend in Nuremberg since he studied at business college for a short time when he was 18 years old. He now lives in Hong Kong.[3]

Nägelein speaks both German and English. Although his mother is Hong Kong Chinese,[citation needed] prior to playing for Shenzhen Ruby, he did not speak Cantonese and Mandarin. While living in Shenzhen, his aunt taught him Cantonese, and his former teammate Tiago Jorge Honório taught him Mandarin.[13]

References

  1. ↑ 安迪·内格雷恩 is the name was transcription by Andy Nägelein in Mandarin
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  32. ↑ 湖南湘涛最新引援消息 at hnxiangtao.com 2014-02-27 Retrieved 2014-02-27(Chinese)
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