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Name: Dennis Mengoy Cagara
Date of birth: February 19, 1985
Club: AGF Aarhus (Denmark 1st Division)
Playing position: Left back
Bio
Dennis Mengoy Cagara (born February 19, 1985) is a Filipino-Danish professional football player, who currently plays as a left back, at AGF Aarhus. Cagara has played a total 43 games and scored five goals for various Danish youth national teams, including six games for the Denmark national under-21 football team.
Dennis has an older brother, Sunny Cagara, who is an entertainer who participated in Talent 2009 (the Danish version of America's Got Talent).
Born in Glostrup to a Filipino father and a Danish mother, Cagara started playing youth football at Brøndby IF. While at Brøndby, he made his international debut for the Danish under-16 national team in November 2000. Cagara turned professional in March 2001, as he signed a 2½ year contract with Brøndby. In April 2002, Cagara was reportedly scouted by Ajax Amsterdam scout Leo Beenhakker, but was found playing too nervously. Cagara represented Denmark at the 2002 European Under-17 Championship. He played full time in all Denmark's four games, though he missed one of the penalty kicks as Denmark were eliminated by penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals.
Cagara made his senior debut for Brøndby at age 17 years and 220 days on October 10, 2002, making him the youngest debutant of the Danish Superliga championship, and the fourth youngest debutant in Brøndby club history, Cagara played seven league games for the club in the 2002–03 Superliga season, and was a part of the Brøndby team which won the 2003 Danish Cup trophy. At the age of 18, Cagara made his debut for the Denmark national under-21 football team on June 6, 2003.[6] In July 2003, Cagara signed a pre-contract with German club Hertha BSC, starting on January 1, 2004. In the fall of 2003, Cagara suffered from hepatitis, and he only played one game for Brøndby in the 2003–04 season, against Dinamo Minsk in the UEFA Cup 2003-04.
At 18 years of age, Cagara moved abroad to play for Hertha in the winter transfer window of January 2004. He played the last eight games of the 2003–04 Bundesliga season for Hertha, and helped the club avoid relegation. In the 2004–05 season, Cagara played for Hertha's reserve team. In the summer 2005, Cagara was loaned out to Dynamo Dresden in the lower 2nd Bundesliga division. He spent the entire 2005–06 season at Dresden, playing 28 games and scoring two goals. He suffered an injured Achilles tendon in May 2006, and could not represent Denmark at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship.
He re-entered the Hertha first team squad for the 2006–07 Bundesliga season. His injury recovered slowly, and he did not play any games for Hertha during that season, as Malik Fathi became Hertha's starting left defender. Cagara expressed desire to rejoin Brøndby in November 2006, which Hertha denied in the short term.
A week before the transfer dealine passed, on August 22, 2007, Dennis Cagara agreed a loan to the Copenhagen based club FC Nordsjælland. His explosive and offensive playing style made him a fan favourite and he quickly became a regular starter at the club. Having started the last 6 matches, he scored a brilliant long range half-volley goal against Superliga Champions FC Copenhagen in the 87th minute which gave his side points. The goal was the first FCK had conceded at home in months. On May 22, 2008 he signed a 2-year contract with FC Nordsjælland, "moving" to club on a Bosman transfer.
On January 23, 2010 he was granted a free transfer by FC Nordsjælland and signed a contract for the rest of the 2009–10 season with AGF Aarhus.
Date of birth: February 19, 1985
Club: AGF Aarhus (Denmark 1st Division)
Playing position: Left back
Bio
Dennis Mengoy Cagara (born February 19, 1985) is a Filipino-Danish professional football player, who currently plays as a left back, at AGF Aarhus. Cagara has played a total 43 games and scored five goals for various Danish youth national teams, including six games for the Denmark national under-21 football team.
Dennis has an older brother, Sunny Cagara, who is an entertainer who participated in Talent 2009 (the Danish version of America's Got Talent).
Born in Glostrup to a Filipino father and a Danish mother, Cagara started playing youth football at Brøndby IF. While at Brøndby, he made his international debut for the Danish under-16 national team in November 2000. Cagara turned professional in March 2001, as he signed a 2½ year contract with Brøndby. In April 2002, Cagara was reportedly scouted by Ajax Amsterdam scout Leo Beenhakker, but was found playing too nervously. Cagara represented Denmark at the 2002 European Under-17 Championship. He played full time in all Denmark's four games, though he missed one of the penalty kicks as Denmark were eliminated by penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals.
Cagara made his senior debut for Brøndby at age 17 years and 220 days on October 10, 2002, making him the youngest debutant of the Danish Superliga championship, and the fourth youngest debutant in Brøndby club history, Cagara played seven league games for the club in the 2002–03 Superliga season, and was a part of the Brøndby team which won the 2003 Danish Cup trophy. At the age of 18, Cagara made his debut for the Denmark national under-21 football team on June 6, 2003.[6] In July 2003, Cagara signed a pre-contract with German club Hertha BSC, starting on January 1, 2004. In the fall of 2003, Cagara suffered from hepatitis, and he only played one game for Brøndby in the 2003–04 season, against Dinamo Minsk in the UEFA Cup 2003-04.
At 18 years of age, Cagara moved abroad to play for Hertha in the winter transfer window of January 2004. He played the last eight games of the 2003–04 Bundesliga season for Hertha, and helped the club avoid relegation. In the 2004–05 season, Cagara played for Hertha's reserve team. In the summer 2005, Cagara was loaned out to Dynamo Dresden in the lower 2nd Bundesliga division. He spent the entire 2005–06 season at Dresden, playing 28 games and scoring two goals. He suffered an injured Achilles tendon in May 2006, and could not represent Denmark at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship.
He re-entered the Hertha first team squad for the 2006–07 Bundesliga season. His injury recovered slowly, and he did not play any games for Hertha during that season, as Malik Fathi became Hertha's starting left defender. Cagara expressed desire to rejoin Brøndby in November 2006, which Hertha denied in the short term.
A week before the transfer dealine passed, on August 22, 2007, Dennis Cagara agreed a loan to the Copenhagen based club FC Nordsjælland. His explosive and offensive playing style made him a fan favourite and he quickly became a regular starter at the club. Having started the last 6 matches, he scored a brilliant long range half-volley goal against Superliga Champions FC Copenhagen in the 87th minute which gave his side points. The goal was the first FCK had conceded at home in months. On May 22, 2008 he signed a 2-year contract with FC Nordsjælland, "moving" to club on a Bosman transfer.
On January 23, 2010 he was granted a free transfer by FC Nordsjælland and signed a contract for the rest of the 2009–10 season with AGF Aarhus.