Cruz Azul signed Andrés Von Hauke, a goalkeeper with German roots who stood out at the Gold Club of the Third Division for his ability to save penalties, with a high average in a shoot.
The Machine, through Emanuel González, director of basic forces, followed the 19-year-old goalkeeper, nicknamed the ‘Tiger’, until finally hiring him for the Guard1anes Clausura 2021 With the Cruz Azul Hidalgo team, however, during these two weeks he has worked with the U-20.
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The beginning of the history of the Von Hauke family in Mexico is unknown, but Federico, father of the youthful goalkeeper of the Cruz Azul, estimates that Andrés’s great-grandfather, named Juan, stepped on Mexican soil at the beginning of the 20th century, coming from Germany.
“My grandfather came to Mexico, we don’t know much, we think it was around 1905, because my father was born in 1915, so we really don’t know. When I wanted to ask, my dad told me: ‘Your family is from me down, period.’ I know my grandmother’s name was Manuela, she was ‘chilanga’, my grandfather’s name is Juan, but I don’t know the second surname of my grandfather who came from Germany ”, declared to ESPN Digital Mr. Von Hauke, who together with Guadalupe Carrasco have two sons: Germán, 23, and Andrés, 19, both goalkeepers.
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The relationship between Andrés and the goalkeeper gloves began at the age of five of the current goalkeeper of the inferiors of the celestes, who He had his first episodes at the Atlas del Sol School, because in his childhood, in which he idolized Oswaldo Sánchez, followed the rojinegros, a passion that even led to the Chivas facilities in a test he had with Guadalajara, the city in which the Von Hauke are currently based.
“They invited him to try on Chivas before Atlas and he went to Verde Valle dressed in red and black. He was wearing a red shirt, goalkeeper pants with Atlas’s shield, he said: ‘I am from Atlas, let them know that I am from Atlas’ and his teacher told him:’ Look son, I understand you, but at the end of the day the one who he gives us the job, we have to be grateful to them ‘and he replied:’ No teacher, if you want me to know that it was from Atlas’ and so he left with those pants and there he was, but it didn’t last longer than that day because he didn’t He liked it, nor did he want it ”, remembers his father.
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The youngest of the Von Hauke, who changed teams over time, belonged to the basic forces of Atlas, however, they cut him off after having little participation due to injuries, a situation that hurt the family with German roots, however, the door of the Gold Club was opened where he went down in history after becoming the second goalkeeper to score a goal from goal to goal, in addition to being noted for his ability to save penalties, recalls Ariel Villalobos, president of the Third Division team, who assures that in a round of five charges, the ‘Tigre’ stopped two or three.
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“That part of saving penalties, I said that if the team tied and had to play an extra point, there was no problem, because the ‘Tigre’ for two or three and we won. That used to happen, we are one of the teams with the highest penalties due to the large number of penalties they have saved. He has that ability, he practices it a lot, he learns to know the shooter, he ends up saving penalties and also scores them, he shoots them very well ”.
Federico Von Hauke, who was also a goalkeeper, but at an amateur level, says he is surprised by Andrés’ ability to save penaltiesEven your son has tried to explain the way he throws himself in shots from eleven steps.
“He has knowledge of what a player is. He says to me: ‘Look how he stands, how he starts to walk’, I don’t understand. He tells me: ‘This boy is standing like this’, since he sees how the collector stops, he knows which way he will shoot, “he said.
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In total, there were three seasons that the ‘Tigre’ Von Hauke was with the Guadalajara team, with whom he was initially a substitute for Gustavo Galindo, current Tigres goalkeeper, even this winter he received the invitation from Cruz Azul.
“Because the Gold broadcasts its matches through cable, from Mexico to South America, the video of the Gold Club is uploaded to YouTube, it is called” El ‘Tigre’ Von Hauke, the jewel of Gold “, reaches Cruz views Azul, Emmanuel González, from the board, invites him, they talk, the player also talks to us, Emmanuel talks to us. The goalkeeper goes, meets expectations in a couple of days and gives his pass, “said Villalobos.
The young goalkeeper kept Cruz Azul’s interest with his family secret, which he revealed when he told his parents that he had to take a blood test, electrocardiogram, as well as a PCR to be able to report with the Machine, which were successful and he began his trip to Mexico City, a journey in which He was accompanied by his father, who drove about six hours from Guadalajara to the clubhouse of the celestial in Xochimilco.
“We arrived in Mexico around 11 at night. The next day Andrés presents his medical exams, everything goes well and they send him to the field. He was training Tuesday, Wednesday and on Thursday he signed his contract for the remainder of the semester. Even on Sunday he was a basketball player in the match against Querétaro ”.
Andrés’ record against Liga MX appears with Cruz Azul Hidalgo, but during his first two weeks he has worked in the facilities of the Noria with the U-20 team.
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Nicknames in the Von Hauke family are a tradition, since since Juan, who came from Germany to Mexico, he used to give his children nicknames according to the qualities or physical resemblance to animals and that is how the ‘Tigre’ arose, as his Father Federico.
“My father used to give his children nicknames, nicknames more than anything. They called him the ‘Bull’ and he said to the oldest, whose name is Germán, ‘Toro’. Then he had one that looks like a horse, because he called it ‘Horse’, another that looked like fox, he called it ‘Fox’, he put me the ‘Bear’. Andrés has always shown a different character, so I baptized him as the ‘Tiger’, he has the agility and the theme that he does not give up ”, he concluded.
