 Vagnoman withVfB Stuttgart in 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Josha Mamadou Karaboue Vagnoman[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2000-12-11)11 December 2000 (age 24) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | |||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart | |||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | SC Poppenbüttel[3] | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Hummelsbütteler SV | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2018 | Hamburger SV | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Hamburger SV | 64 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Hamburger SV II | 10 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | VfB Stuttgart | 65 | (6) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Germany U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Germany U18 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Germany U21 | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Germany | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 16 March 2025 (BST) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:13, 28 June 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Josha Mamadou Karaboue Vagnoman (born 11 December 2000) is a German professionalfootballer who plays as adefender forBundesliga clubVfB Stuttgart and theGermany national team. He developed through the academy of Hamburger SV and has represented Germany at youth level.
Vagnoman joinedHamburger SV in 2010, and went through the different youth levels at the club. In February 2018, following impressive performances in the youth teams, newly appointed head coachBernd Hollerbach promoted him to the HSV first-team squad for the forthcoming campaign.[4][5]
On 10 March 2018, Vagnoman made his first-team debut in theBundesliga match againstBayern Munich. He came off the bench in the 70th minute, replacingWalace in a 6–0 home loss.[6] He became the youngest player to ever play in the Bundesliga for Hamburger SV when he debuted at the age of 17 years and 89 days.[7] Under new coachChristian Titz, Vagnoman did not make more first-team appearances that season. However, he made 20 appearances in theUnder-19 league for HSV, scoring two goals.
Prior to the2018–19 season, Vagnoman signed a new two-year contract with Hamburger SV, making him a permanent part of the first-team squad before his eighteenth birthday.[8] Before the winter break, he made four appearances in the 2. Bundesliga for the club, making one start. Coach Titz and his successor,Hannes Wolf, preferredGōtoku Sakai andDouglas Santos on the twoback positions during this period.
In the latter part of the season Vagnoman saw slightly more playing time. He ended the season with 11 league appearances for the first team, adding to that another seven appearances and one goal for thereserves in fourth tierRegionalliga Nord.
At the beginning of the2019–20 season, Vagnoman was benched under new head coachDieter Hecking and mostly appeared for the reserves. As part of the Hamburger SV II team, he made three appearances in theRegionalliga Nord in which he scored three goals. After regularright-backJan Gyamerah suffered afibular fracture in mid-September,[9] Vagnoman replaced him in the starting lineup in the following league game and made five straight appearances, in which he scored one goal. In October, he suffered a foot injury in aDFB-Pokal matchup againstVfB Stuttgart which ruled him out for several months.[10] In his absence,Khaled Narey took over as the third player to appear at right-back beforeJordan Beyer arrived on loan during the January transfer window.[11] In April 2020, Vagnoman recovered from his injury, and signed a four-year contract extension during theCOVID-19 league suspension.[12] When the league was resumed in mid-May, Vagnoman returned to the starting lineup as a right-back in a 2. Bundesliga match againstSpVgg Greuther Fürth.[13] He finished the season with 16 Bundesliga appearances in which he scored one goal.[14]
On the first matchday of the 2020–21 season, Vagnoman was in the starting line-up under the new head coachDaniel Thioune for the game againstFortuna Düsseldorf (2–1 win), but in the following week of practice he suffered a tear in the outer ligament and an inner ligament strain in the left ankle.[15] This ruled him out for a few weeks and afterwards was placed on the bench behind Jan Gyamerah on his return on the fifth matchday and in the following games. Due to an injury to Gyamerah, Vagnoman returned to the starting line-up on 5 December 2020 in a 1–0 home loss toHannover 96, and was a regular starter until the end of the first half of the season, scoring 2 goals.[14] In the 4–2 win againstEintracht Braunschweig on 23 January 2021, Vagnoman was replaced at half-time after suffering a torn ligament in his right ankle.[16] He made his comeback a month later. Due to a thigh strain, however, he missed the last two matches of the season.[17] Vagnoman ended the season with 24 domestic league appearances, in which he scored 2 goals.[14] HSV finished fourth for the third time in a row and once again missed promotion.[18]
In the 2021–22 pre-season, Vagnoman tore a muscle fiber, which meant that he missed the first two games of the season.[19] On the third matchday of the season, Vagnoman came on as a substitute for Jan Gyamerah, but again fell out with torn muscle tendon.[20] He was expected to be sidelined for two months.[21] He returned to first-team practice in late January 2022 – around 5 months after suffering the injury.[22] On 27 February, he made his competitive return in a 3–2 home loss in theNordderby toWerder Bremen, coming off the bench in the 82nd minute forMoritz Heyer.[23]
On 9 July 2022,VfB Stuttgart announced the signing of Vagnoman on a four-year contract.[24] He made his competitive debut for the club on 29 July, starting in a 1–0 away win overDynamo Dresden in the DFB-Pokal.[25] On 7 August, he made his Bundesliga debut for Stuttgart, starting on the opening matchday in a 1–1 home draw againstRB Leipzig.[26][27] He sustained an ankle injury during practice on 27 September, again sidelining him for an extended period.[28] He returned to training one month later,[29] but ankle issues kept him from returning to full strength as new head coachBruno Labbadia took over the reins in December 2022.[30]
Eligible for bothGermany andIvory Coast, Vagnoman has represented Germany at every age group from under-17 to under-20 level. In October 2017, he was included in the squad for the2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship as an alternate to the injuredKilian Ludewig.[31] He made three appearances in the tournament for theunder-17s.[citation needed]
In March 2018, Vagnoman made one appearance for theGerman under-18 team, and played another two matches for theGerman under-19 team in November 2018. He ended as runner-up to theFritz Walter Medal in August 2019 in the under-19 category, behindNicolas-Gerrit Kühn.[32] Since September 2019, Vagnoman has been part of theGermany under-20 team.[citation needed]
On 17 March 2023, he received his first official call-up to theGerman senior national team for thefriendlies againstPeru andBelgium.[33]
Vagnoman was born and raised inHamburg, the son of anIvorian father and aGerman mother.[34]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hamburger SV | 2017–18[35] | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[36] | 2. Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20[37] | 2. Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21[38] | 2. Bundesliga | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22[39] | 2. Bundesliga | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Total | 64 | 5 | 7 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 73 | 0 | |||
| Hamburger SV II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Regionalliga | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | 10 | 4 | |||||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| Total | 65 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 79 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 139 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 16 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Germany U21
Individual
