Dariusz Wosz

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Dariusz Wosz (born June 8, 1969 in Piekary Śląskie, Poland) is a Polish-born former German professional footballer.

[edit] Career

Dariusz Wosz family migrated to Halle from Poland. Wosz has German and Polish citizenship. Wosz started to play football at BSG Motor Halle in 1980. After a year there he moved to BSG Empor Halle before joining Halleschen FC Chemie in 1984.

Two years after joining the club he made it into the first team earned promotion from the Second Division to the DDR-Oberliga, Wosz only played once in 1986/87. During the following four seasons Wosz played 93 games (15 goals) until the DDR-Oberliga merged into the West German league system due to the German reunification.

Wosz stayed at the Hallescher FC for the Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1990/91 season lining up in 22 games (5 goals). Because the club finished 4th in the final DDR-Oberliga season Wosz was able to play twice in the 1991/92 UEFA Cup.

Wosz was transferred to VfL Bochum in toward the end of the 1991/1992 season. As captain Wosz lead Bochum to its biggest success yet: the third round of the 1996/97 UEFA Cup which was lost 4:6 to Ajax Amsterdam.

Im the summer of 1998 Wosz was transferred to Hertha BSC Berlin. After two successful years, including paticipation in the UEFA Champions League, Wosz requested to be transferred back to Bochum. With Wosz as its captain VfL Bochum qualified for the 2004/05 UEFA Cup. During his final season (2006/07) Wosz only played once against Borussia Mönchengladbach as substitute for Zvjezdan Misimović in the 70th minute. Twelve minutes later he scored this final Bundesliga goal.

Currently Wosz is coach of the VfL Bochum U19.

[edit] International career

Wosz earned his first international cap for East Germany when he made his debut against Finland on March 22, 1989 in Dresden (1:1). His seventh cap was the final game East Germany played against Belgium on September 12, 1990 in Brussels. East Germany won the match 2:1.

On February 26, 1997 Wosz debuted for the reunified Germany against Israel in Tel Aviv. Germany won the match 1:0, with Wosz scoring Germany's goal. Wosz was part of the German squad for the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship but Erich Ribbeck did not use him during the tournament. Wosz made his final appearance for Germany against Denmark on November 15, 2000 in Copenhagen. Germany lost 1:2.

[edit] External links

• Dariusz Wosz's official website (in German)

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