Stephan Hain
{{short description|German footballer (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Stephan Hain
| image = StephanHain.jpg
| caption = Hain playing for SpVgg Unterhaching in 2018
| upright = 0.8
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|9|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Zwiesel, West Germany{{cite web | url = http://www.heimatsport.de/artikel.php?cid=33082200&title=Zwieseler%20Stephan%20Hain%20wittert%20auch%20in%20der%20ersten%20Liga%20seine%20Chance | title = Zwieseler Stephan Hain wittert auch in der ersten Liga seine Chance | language = German | publisher = heimatsport.de | accessdate = 10 February 2012 | date = 6 August 2011}}
| position = Striker
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1995–2000
| youthclubs1 = SV 1922 Zwiesel
| youthyears2 = 2000–2001
| youthclubs2 = TSV Lindberg
| youthyears3 = 2001–2007
| youthclubs3 = SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden
| years1 = 2007–2013
| clubs1 = FC Augsburg
| caps1 = 75
| goals1 = 16
| years2 = 2013
| clubs2 = FC Augsburg II
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2013–2016
| clubs3 = 1860 Munich
| caps3 = 25
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2015–2016
| clubs4 = 1860 Munich II
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2016–2023
| clubs5 = SpVgg Unterhaching
| caps5 = 158
| goals5 = 86
| years6 = 2023
| clubs6 = Manukau United
| caps6 = 1
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = 267
| totalgoals = 106
}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Langner |first1=Wolfgang |last2=Mehl |first2=Tilmann |last3=Schmoll |first3=Herbert |title=Das erste Mal für den FC Augsburg |url=https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fc-augsburg/Start-in-die-Bundesliga-Das-erste-Mal-fuer-den-FC-Augsburg-id16230071.html |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=Augsburger Allgemeine |date=6 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421194704/https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fc-augsburg/Start-in-die-Bundesliga-Das-erste-Mal-fuer-den-FC-Augsburg-id16230071.html |archive-date=21 April 2022 |language=de}} In November 2001, he moved to SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden, where he spent six years playing at youth level.
=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.{{cite news |title=Nemec setzt den Schlusspunkt |url=https://www.kicker.de/aue-gegen-augsburg-2007-bundesliga-807951/analyse |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=kicker |date=21 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128215627/https://www.kicker.de/aue-gegen-augsburg-2007-bundesliga-807951/analyse |archive-date=28 January 2021 |language=de-DE}} He would go on to play more frequently during the 2009–10 season, scoring three goals in 16 games. 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.{{cite news |title=Hain verlängert beim FCA |url=https://www.tz.de/sport/fussball/hain-verlaengert-beim-fca-tz-1072349.html |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=tz |date=7 January 2011 |language=de}} He scored the winning 2–1 goal against FSV Frankfurt on 8 May 2011 which secured Augsburg's promotion to the Bundesliga.{{cite news |last1=Schmoll |first1=Herbert |title=Stephan Hain: "Der Wahnsinn" |url=https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fc-augsburg/Aufstiegsheld-Stephan-Hain-Der-Wahnsinn-id15008036.html |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=Augsburger Allgemeine |date=8 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421194704/https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fc-augsburg/Aufstiegsheld-Stephan-Hain-Der-Wahnsinn-id15008036.html |archive-date=21 April 2022 |language=de}} 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.{{cite web |title=DFB-Wochenschau: Überragender Kaiser und Ukraine-Krimi |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/dfb-wochenschau-ueberragender-kaiser-und-ukraine-krimi-29942/ |website=DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. |access-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010182418/https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/dfb-wochenschau-ueberragender-kaiser-und-ukraine-krimi-29942/ |archive-date=10 October 2022 |language=de |date=9 November 2011 |url-status=live}}
=1860 Munich=
On 21 May 2013, Hain joined 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich.{{cite web |title=Stephan Hain verstärkt die Löwen |url=http://www.tsv1860.de/aktuell/news/stephan-hain-verstaerkt-die-loewen |website=TSV 1860 Munich |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607181345/http://www.tsv1860.de/aktuell/news/stephan-hain-verstaerkt-die-loewen |archive-date=7 June 2013 |language=de |date=21 May 2013 |url-status=dead}} He scored his first goal for the club on 18 April 2015, the winner in added time in a home game against VfL Bochum.{{cite news |title=Hain verbucht den Dreier in allerletzter Sekunde |url=https://www.kicker.de/muenchen-gegen-bochum-2015-bundesliga-2407787/analyse |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=kicker |date=18 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007060808/https://www.kicker.de/tsv-gegen-bochum-2015-bundesliga-2407787/analyse |archive-date=7 October 2022 |url-status=live |language=de-DE}} Hain's contract expired in June 2016 and was not renewed.{{cite news |last1=Ojo |first1=Sina |last2=Bullinger |first2=Jörg |title=Doppelpack im Test! Stürmt Stephan Hain bald für Haching? |url=https://www.merkur.de/sport/amateur-fussball/landkreis-muenchen/doppelpack-test-stuermt-stephan-hain-bald-haching-6509357.html |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=Münchner Merkur |date=22 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421194701/https://www.merkur.de/sport/amateur-fussball/landkreis-muenchen/doppelpack-test-stuermt-stephan-hain-bald-haching-6509357.html |archive-date=21 April 2022 |language=de}}
=SpVgg Unterhaching=
Hain moved to Regionalliga Bayern club SpVgg Unterhaching on 28 July 2016.{{cite web |title=Stephan Hain kommt |url=http://www.spvggunterhaching.de/aktuell/news/stephan-hain-kommt/ |website=SpVgg Unterhaching |access-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421223912/https://www.spvggunterhaching.de/aktuell/news-archiv/archiv-2016/april-juli/stephan-hain-kommt/ |archive-date=21 April 2022 |language=de-DE |date=27 July 2016 |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Schützeneder |first1=Jonas |title="No Hain, no Party": Hachings Aufsteiger feiern den Bayerwald-Ballermann |url=https://www.heimatsport.de/fussball/ueberregional/regionalliga_bayern/2537535_No-Hain-no-Party-Hachings-Aufsteiger-feiern-den-Bayerwald-Ballermann.html |work=Heimatsport |date=7 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421194700/https://www.heimatsport.de/fussball/ueberregional/regionalliga_bayern/2537535_No-Hain-no-Party-Hachings-Aufsteiger-feiern-den-Bayerwald-Ballermann.html |archive-date=21 April 2022 |language=de}} 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.{{cite web |title=Torjäger {{!}} 3. Liga 2017/18 |url=https://www.kicker.de/3-liga/torjaeger/2017-18/38 |website=kicker |access-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028184523/https://www.kicker.de/3-liga/torjaeger/2017-18/38 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |language=de-DE |url-status=live}} In January 2019, he extended his contract with Unterhaching until 2023.{{cite news |last1=Oer |first1=Michael |title=Unterhaching bindet Top-Torjäger Hain bis 2023 |url=https://www.liga3-online.de/haching-bindet-top-torjaeger-hain-bis-2023/ |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=Liga3-Online |date=30 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421194701/https://www.liga3-online.de/haching-bindet-top-torjaeger-hain-bis-2023/ |archive-date=21 April 2022 |language=de-DE}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Koch |first1=Julian |title=SpVgg Unterhaching: Stephan Hain droht das Karriereende |url=https://www.liga3-online.de/spvgg-unterhaching-stephan-hain-droht-das-karriereende/ |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=Liga3-Online |date=30 January 2021 |language=de-DE}}{{cite news |title=Haching-Stürmer wird lange ausfallen – Kreuzbandriss bei Stephan Hain |url=https://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/243443.html |access-date=10 October 2022 |work=Münchner Wochenanzeiger |date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319210239/https://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/243443.html |archive-date=19 March 2022 |language=de}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Jung |first1=Kevin |title=Nach Karriereende: Hain startet neues Abenteuer in Neuseeland |url=https://www.liga3-online.de/nach-karriereende-hain-startet-neues-abenteuer-in-neuseeland/ |access-date=9 October 2023 |work=Liga3-Online |date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009173857/https://www.liga3-online.de/nach-karriereende-hain-startet-neues-abenteuer-in-neuseeland/ |archive-date=9 October 2023 |language=de-DE}}
Honours
SpVgg Unterhaching
- Regionalliga Bayern: 2022–23{{cite news |last1=Leischwitz |first1=Christoph |title=SpVgg Unterhaching: Haching ist Meister |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/spvgg-unterhaching-sandro-wagner-manfred-schwabl-regionalliga-bayern-1.5844764 |access-date=9 October 2023 |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509222653/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/spvgg-unterhaching-sandro-wagner-manfred-schwabl-regionalliga-bayern-1.5844764 |archive-date=9 May 2023 |language=de}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Worldfootball.net|stephan-hain}}
- {{Fussballdaten|hainstephan|Stephan Hain}}
{{Regionalliga top scorers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hain, Stephan}}
Category:German men's footballers
Category:People from Regen (district)
Category:Footballers from Lower Bavaria
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:TSV 1860 Munich players
Category:SpVgg Unterhaching players