Jannik Vestergaard is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 professional footballer who plays for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, as a defender

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

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Birth and Family

Jannik Vestergaard came into the world in 1992 as a son of a German mother and a Danish father in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The German mother comes from Krefeld

Krefeld

Krefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...

 (North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

). She emigrated after her Abitur

Abitur

Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...

 in the Dutch city of Maastricht

Maastricht

Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...

. From there she moved further to Copenhagen.

The German relationship of Jannik Vestergaard is also eager with football. Grandfather Hannes Schröers played in his career, among the rest, for Bayer 05 Uerdingen (today KFC Uerdingen 05

KFC Uerdingen 05

KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German association football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The one time Bundesliga side enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1980s, but most recently has been part of fifth and sixth tier competition.-History:The club was...

) and for Fortuna Düsseldorf

Fortuna Düsseldorf

' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...

. Uncle Jan Schröers played in the youth of Bayer 05 Uerdingen. Injuries stopped the jump in the professional team.

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Jannik Vestergaard began with the football in the youth of Vestia Copenhagen. After stopovers with BK Frem Copenhagen and with the Copenhagen suburban association røndby IF}} he went in 2010 to the German side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Nevertheless, already from the outset coached Vestergaard with the first team, was used at the beginning of the season only with the second team and with the youth. Only on the 16th of April, 2011 he came to his professional debut; Jannik Vestergaard was changed on the 30th of matchday, in the 1:0 victory of Hoffenheim, against Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

, in the 90th minute for Ryan Babel

Ryan Babel

Ryan Guno Babel is a Dutch football player who currently plays for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. He can play as a left winger and as a striker. Babel began his career at AFC Ajax in 1998, working his way up through the youth team and into the senior squad...

. This the only seasonal application should also have been in the season 2010/11.