Stephan Hain
Hain playing for SpVgg Unterhaching in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-09-27) 27 September 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Zwiesel, West Germany[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1995–2000 SV 1922 Zwiesel
2000–2001 TSV Lindberg
2001–2007 SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 FC Augsburg 75 (16)
2013 FC Augsburg II 4 (1)
2013–2016 1860 Munich 25 (1)
2015–2016 1860 Munich II 4 (2)
2016–2023 SpVgg Unterhaching 158 (86)
Total 266 (106)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephan Hain (born 27 September 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, Hain became top goalscorer of the 2016–17 Regionalliga season, netting 32 goals in 28 appearances for SpVgg Unterhaching.

Career

Early years

Hain was born in Zwiesel, Bavaria, and started playing football for hometown club SV 1922 Zwiesel, before moving to TSV Lindberg where he played for a year and a half.[3] In November 2001, he moved to SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden, where he spent six years playing at youth level.[3]

FC Augsburg

In the summer of 2007, Hain moved to FC Augsburg. He made his senior debut on 21 October 2007, starting in the 2. Bundesliga match against Erzgebirge Aue before being replaced by Anton Makarenko in the 62nd minute of a 3–0 away loss.[4] He would go on to play more frequently during the 2009–10 season, scoring three goals in 16 games.[2] In the first half of the 2010–11 season, he improved his goal tally and made it into the starting lineup. During the 2010–11 winter break, Hain extended his contract until 2013.[5] He scored the winning 2–1 goal against FSV Frankfurt on 8 May 2011 which secured Augsburg's promotion to the Bundesliga.[6] On 28 January 2012, in a game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, he scored 20 seconds after coming on as a substitute. This became the fastest goal scored for a substitute in the Bundesliga, equalling the record set by Dave Mitchell in 1986.[7]

1860 Munich

On 21 May 2013, Hain joined 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich.[8] He scored his first goal for the club on 18 April 2015, the winner in added time in a home game against VfL Bochum.[9] Hain's contract expired in June 2016 and was not renewed.[10]

SpVgg Unterhaching

Hain moved to Regionalliga Bayern club SpVgg Unterhaching on 28 July 2016.[11] He ended his first season as the top goalscorer of the league, scoring 32 goals in 28 league games, which contributed to Unterhaching's return to the 3. Liga.[12] In the 3. Liga, Hain continued his goal scoring form, netting 19 goals in 37 league games in the 2017–18 season and finishing shared second in the top scorers list, three behind Manuel Schäffler.[13] In January 2019, he extended his contract with Unterhaching until 2023.[14]

He suffered successive injuries during the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons, including an anterior cruciate ligament injury, which sidelined him for an extended period.[15][16]

In July 2023, after winning the Regionalliga Bayern in the 2022–23 season, he retired from professional football and relocated to New Zealand with his family to pursue a new professional career.[17]

Honours

SpVgg Unterhaching

References

  1. ^ "Zwieseler Stephan Hain wittert auch in der ersten Liga seine Chance" (in German). heimatsport.de. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Stephan Hain | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b Langner, Wolfgang; Mehl, Tilmann; Schmoll, Herbert (6 August 2011). "Das erste Mal für den FC Augsburg". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Nemec setzt den Schlusspunkt". kicker (in German). 21 October 2007. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Hain verlängert beim FCA". tz (in German). 7 January 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  6. ^ Schmoll, Herbert (8 May 2011). "Stephan Hain: "Der Wahnsinn"". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  7. ^ "DFB-Wochenschau: Überragender Kaiser und Ukraine-Krimi". DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Stephan Hain verstärkt die Löwen". TSV 1860 Munich (in German). 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Hain verbucht den Dreier in allerletzter Sekunde". kicker (in German). 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  10. ^ Ojo, Sina; Bullinger, Jörg (22 June 2016). "Doppelpack im Test! Stürmt Stephan Hain bald für Haching?". Münchner Merkur (in German). Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Stephan Hain kommt". SpVgg Unterhaching (in German). 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  12. ^ Schützeneder, Jonas (7 June 2017). ""No Hain, no Party": Hachings Aufsteiger feiern den Bayerwald-Ballermann". Heimatsport (in German). Archived from the original on 21 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Torjäger | 3. Liga 2017/18". kicker (in German). Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  14. ^ Oer, Michael (30 January 2019). "Unterhaching bindet Top-Torjäger Hain bis 2023". Liga3-Online (in German). Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  15. ^ Koch, Julian (30 January 2021). "SpVgg Unterhaching: Stephan Hain droht das Karriereende". Liga3-Online (in German). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Haching-Stürmer wird lange ausfallen – Kreuzbandriss bei Stephan Hain". Münchner Wochenanzeiger (in German). 15 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  17. ^ Jung, Kevin (20 July 2023). "Nach Karriereende: Hain startet neues Abenteuer in Neuseeland". Liga3-Online (in German). Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  18. ^ Leischwitz, Christoph (7 May 2023). "SpVgg Unterhaching: Haching ist Meister". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

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Regionalliga top scorers
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