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Nicholas Hagen
Hagen in 2019
Personal information
Full name Nicholas George Hagen Godoy [1]
Date of birth (1996-08-02) 2 August 1996 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Guatemala City, Guatemala [2]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Columbus Crew
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2016–2020 Municipal 132 (0)
2020–2021 Sabail 26 (0)
2021–2023 HamKam 40 (0)
2023 Bnei Sakhnin 4 (0)
2024– Columbus Crew 1 (0)
2024– Columbus Crew 2 1 (0)
International career
2012–2013 Guatemala U17 5 (0)
2015 Guatemala U20 6 (0)
2018– Guatemala 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024

Nicholas George Hagen Godoy (born 2 August 1996) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew and the Guatemala national team.

Club career

Nicholas Hagen being substituted for Bush's concussion measures, first appearence for Columbus Crew FC.

He emerged in the basic forces of the C.S.D. Municipal and joined the senior team on July 1, 2016. He won 2 Liga Nacional titles and received the Josue Danny Ortiz Trophy in the Clausura Tournament 2017, an award given to the least defeated goalkeeper. He was the youngest goalkeeper to obtain this recognition. [3]

After great performances in the Liga Nacional de de Guatemala and in the national team, the goalkeeper was wanted by several teams, even undergoing trials with the C.F. Pachuca of Liga MX and by the K.V. Kortrijk of the Belgian Pro League. [4]

He was finally presented to Sabail FK of the Azerbaijan Premier League on September 4, 2020 as a free transfer and was there until the end of the 2020-21 season, ending his contract with said club at mid-July 2021. He made his debut on September 12 on matchday 2 of the league championship. [5]

On July 30, 2021, it was news that he had signed with the Norwegian club Hamarkameratene for the 2021-2022 season. [6] [7]

On July 1, 2023, he was presented as a new signing for Bnei Sakhnin F.C. of the Israel League.

After spending a month without a team after leaving Bnei Sakhnin due to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, he was presented as a new signing for the American MLS side Columbus Crew.

On 13 April 2024, Hagen made his debut with Columbus Crew by replacing injured teammate Evan Bush in a match against Real Salt Lake. The match ended 0-0 and Hagen got his first clean sheet with the crew on his debut. [8]

International career

Hagen made his debut for the Guatemala national team on 18 August 2018. [2]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 April 2024 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup [a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Municipal 2014-15 Liga Nacional de Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015-16 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2016-17 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
2017-18 46 0 0 0 0 0 46 0
2018-19 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
2019-20 36 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
Total 132 0 0 0 0 0 132 0
Sabail 2020-21 Azerbaijan Premier League 26 0 1 0 0 0 27 0
HamKam 2021 Norwegian First Division 17 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
2022 Eliteserien 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2023 Eliteserien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 40 0 1 0 0 0 41 0
Bnei Sakhnin 2023-24 Israeli Premier League 4 0 3 0 0 0 7 0
Columbus Crew 2024 MLS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Columbus Crew 2 2024 MLS Next Pro 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career Total 204 0 5 0 0 0 209 0

International

As of match played 24 March 2024 [10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Guatemala 2018 2 0
2019 8 0
2020 1 0
2021 8 0
2022 4 0
2023 13 0
2024 3 0
Total 39 0

Honours

Municipal [11]

HamKam

References

  1. ^ a b c Nicholas Hagen at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Nicholas Hagen at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Nico Hagen es el menos vencido del Clausura 2017". www.soy502.com. May 8, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Nico says goodbye to Municipal". espn.com. June 21, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Hagen is introduced in a European team". soy502.com. June 21, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "Nicholas Hagen already has a team and will continue in European football". www.soy502.com (in Spanish). Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  7. ^ "Nicholas Hagen is officially a player for Hamkam of Norway – Prensa Libre". prensalibre.com. July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "Crew split points with RSL thanks to strong goalkeeping". massive-report.com. April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  9. ^ Nicholas Hagen at Soccerway
  10. ^ Nicholas Hagen at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. ^ Nicholas Hagen at Soccerway