Tim Borowski

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Tim Borowski
Tim Borowski
Personal information
Full name Tim Borowski
Date of birth 5.02.1980
Place of birth    Neubrandenburg, Germany
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Werder Bremen
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000- Werder Bremen 147 (21)   
National team2
2002- Germany 28 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 9 March 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2 September 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)


Tim Borowski (born May 2, 1980 in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany), is a German football midfielder with SV Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga and Germany.

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[edit] Personal life

He has a higher commercial school qualification. He married Lena Mühlbacher on July 15, 2006 at the manor-house in Osterholz-Scharmbeck.

[edit] Career

[edit] Capabilities

Tim Borowski is a versatile midfielder figure at 1.94m, with good all-round skills and known for his hard shot and passing abilities. He is equally competent with either foot and comfortable in attack and defense. He is often targeted as a national team successor of Michael Ballack.

[edit] Early career

He started his career at his hometown-club Post Neubrandenburg. There he was scouted by SV Werder Bremen and became a part of the clubs youth academy that in recent history has also brought up players such as Nelson Valdez (now with Borussia Dortmund), Christian Schulz and Simon Rolfes (now with Bayer 04 Leverkusen).

[edit] Werder Bremen

After playing for Werder Bremen II in the Regionalliga Nord, he finally became part of the Werder Bremen Bundesliga squad in 2002. He has been a regular since joining the main squad. As Werder Bremen usually deploy a 4-4-2 diamond formation, he usually plays as a left midfielder.

[edit] International career

His first international match for the German national soccer team finished in Sofia on 21 August 2002 with 2:2 against Bulgaria.

Tim Borowski was selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In the first match against Costa Rica, he played the role of attacking midfielder instead of Michael Ballack who was not available for the first match. After the game, he became an ever present substitution for the team and usually substituted for Torsten Frings or Bastian Schweinsteiger.

In the quarter-final against Argentina, he made a superb assistance for his Bremen teammate Miroslav Klose to score the equalizing goal for Germany. Borowski scored with the decisive fourth penalty in Germany's 4-2 win in the shootout after extra time.

After the strong appearance in the previous match, he played from the beginning in the semi-finals against Italy. Later in that match, Bastian Schweinsteiger replaced him. Borowski was found injured after the game and he was not able to play for the third place against Portugal.

[edit] Career stats

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Domestic League Domestic Cup European Competition Total
App Goals App Goals App  Goals App Goals
Werder Bremen 06-07 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
05-06 31 10 9 3
04-05 29 7 6 0
03-04 25 1
02-03 18 0
01-02 26 1
Total 133 19 16 3
Career Totals 133 19 15 3

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Honours

In the season 2005/2006, Tim Borowski was selected to the player of the month of November. Thus he won this choice already for the second time, in May 2004 he won the honour for its strong appearance with the DFB-Pokal had received.

[edit] External links

Flag of Germany Germany squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place Flag of Germany

1 Lehmann | 2 Jansen | 3 Friedrich | 4 Huth | 5 Kehl | 6 Nowotny | 7 Schweinsteiger | 8 Frings | 9 Hanke | 10 Neuville | 11 Klose | 12 Kahn | 13 Ballack | 14 Asamoah | 15 Hitzlsperger | 16 Lahm | 17 Mertesacker | 18 Borowski | 19 Schneider | 20 Podolski | 21 Metzelder | 22 Odonkor | 23 Hildebrand | Coach: Klinsmann
SV Werder Bremen - Current Squad

1 Reinke | 3 Pasanen | 4 Naldo | 5 Wome | 6 Baumann | 7 Vranješ | 8 Fritz | 9 Rosenberg | 10 Diego | 11 Klose | 14 Hunt | 15 Owomoyela | 16 Andreasen | 17 Klasnić | 18 Wiese | 19 Polenz | 20 D. Jensen | 22 Frings | 23 Almeida | 24 Borowski | 26 Mohr | 27 Schulz | 29 Mertesacker | 30 K. Jensen | 32 Schachten | 33 Vander | 34 Harnik | 37 Rockenbach | 38 Bischoff
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