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Sébastien Haller Biography; Ivorian International Career Stats
Sébastien Haller Biography: Early Life
Sébastien Haller’s biography spells out everything there is to know about the star. Image Source: Sébastien Haller Facebook Sébastien Romain Teddy Haller is a professional footballer who was born on 22 June 1994 in Ris-Orangi’s, Essonne France.
His father was French, and his mother was Ivorian. He plays as a striker for the German club Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.
Although born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team. Previously, he had played for the French youth international team.
Haller stands at 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) tall and is known for his skills as a striker.
In 2022, Haller was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He overcame the disease and returned to professional football in January 2023.
Sebastien Haller began his career in France with Auxerre before moving to Utrecht on loan. He later signed with the team permanently. He then moved to Eintracht Frankfurt and won the DFB-Pokal in 2018.
He joined West Ham United in 2019 and then returned to the Netherlands in 2021 to sign with Ajax. He later transferred to Borussia Dortmund for an initial €31 million.
Haller played for France at youth level before switching to the Ivory Coast in 2020.
He scored his first international goal against Madagascar and represented the national team at the 2021 and 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
In the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final, he scored the winning goal to secure the tournament for the Ivory Coast.
Career Stats
Haller at Borussia Dortmund
On the 6th of July in the year 2022, Haller affixed his signature to a contractual agreement with Borussia Dortmund that extended until the 30th of June in the year 2026.
The transfer fee paid for this transaction amounted to €31 million. However, there were certain undisclosed bonuses attached that could potentially increase it up to as much as €34.5 million.
Regrettably, on the 18th of July, Haller withdrew from Dortmund’s pre-season training camp located in Switzerland after he was diagnosed with a malignant testicular tumor.
This condition necessitated two surgeries and four cycles of chemotherapy treatments to keep its spread under control.
After completing his cancer treatments, Haller was officially allowed to resume full-time training activities by January of the following year (2023).
Start at Dortmund
He joined Dortmund’s team at their winter camp situated in Marbella where he played his first match almost eight months prior on January 10th during a friendly game against Fortuna Düsseldorf while featuring only within its final minutes.
Three days later (on January 13), he scored an impressive hat-trick within just eight minutes during another friendly match versus Basel which ended with a scoreline favoring them by six goals against zero for their opponents.
Finally making his competitive debut for Dortmund after overcoming cancer through a grueling six-month battle on January 22nd when he came onto the field as a second-half substitute during their home win over Augsburg with an overall scoreline reading four goals against three for their opponents.
Haller demonstrated remarkable resilience and courage throughout these trying times.
He then proceeded further along this path towards redemption and glory by scoring his very first professional goal for Borussia Dortmund precisely ten days later (on February 4) during yet another decisive victory over Freiburg – ending five goals against one for them- thereby cementing himself firmly into club history forevermore
Haller at Auxerre
In 2011, Haller signed a three-year professional contract with Auxerre during the FIFA U-17 World Cup. He was promoted to the senior team by the team’s manager, Jean-Guy Wallemme, in preparation for the 2012-13 season.
Haller made his professional debut on 27 July 2012 in the team’s first league match of the season against Nîmes.
Haller at Utrecht
In 2014, Haller was loaned to the Dutch Eredivisie club Utrecht for the remainder of the season. At the end of the season, FC Utrecht signed Haller.
Haller was voted as the winner of the Di Tommaso Trophy 2015, which is awarded to Utrecht’s player of the year by the club’s supporters.
Haller at Eintracht Frankfurt
Sebastien Haller signed a four-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt for €7 million. He scored four goals in the 2017-2018 DFB-Pokal, helping Frankfurt win the final.
In the 2018-2019 Bundesliga season, he scored 15 goals in 29 appearances and made nine assists, helping the club to finish seventh.
Haller at West Ham United
Sebastien Haller signed a five-year contract with West Ham United for a club-record fee of up to £45 million. He struggled at West Ham, which he attributed to the change in manager from Manuel Pellegrini to David Moyes, as well as Moyes’s preference for Michail Antonio up front, and his wife and newborn son being ill.
Eintracht Frankfurt reported West Ham to FIFA after they failed to pay an installment of £5.4 million in May 2020 as part of the £45 million transfer fee.
On December 16, 2020, Haller scored an overhead kick in a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace, which was voted the Premier League Goal of the Month.
Haller International Call-Up
Haller is a former France youth international who represented his country at every youth level, earning a total of 51 caps and scoring 27 goals. He played with the under-17 team at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico, where he scored a goal in the opening game against Argentina.
On November 14, 2013, Haller made his debut with the under-21 team, coming on as a substitute for Anthony Martial in the 57th minute against Armenia in a European qualifier held in Toulouse. He scored his first goal for the team in the match, helping secure a 6-0 win.
He also scored a hat-trick on March 25, 2015, in a friendly match against Estonia, and repeated the feat on November 10, 2016, in a 5-1 victory over the Ivory Coast at the Stade Pierre Brisson.
In November 2020, Haller was called up to the Ivory Coast national team. He made his debut in a 2-1 win over Madagascar on November 12, 2020, during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, scoring the game-winning goal in the 55th minute.
He was also selected for the finals in Cameroon, where he scored in a 2-2 group-stage draw against Sierra Leone. In the last 16 match against Egypt, he was substituted at half time in extra time for Maxwel Cornet as the side lost on penalties.
In December 2023, Haller was named in the Ivorian squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosted in his home country. He played in the semi-final match against DR Congo and scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory, which qualified his country for the final. He later scored the winning goal in the final match against Nigeria, which ended in a 2-1 victory.
Haller Achievements
Haller has won several football championships and awards throughout his career.
He won the DFB-Pokal in 2017-18 while playing for Eintracht Frankfurt, and the Eredivisie twice, in 2020-21 and 2021-22, while playing for Ajax. He also won the KNVB Cup in 2020-21.
As a member of the Ivory Coast national team, he won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2023. On an individual level, he was awarded the David Di Tommaso Trophy in 2015, and the Bundesliga Rookie of the Month in October 2017.
He also won the Premier League Goal of the Month in December 2020 and was part of the Eredivisie Team of the Month in February and March 2022. In addition to that, he won the Eredivisie Top Scorer award in the 2021-22 season.
He was a 2023-2024 Champions League Runner Up with Borussia Dortmund.
