Thomas Sobotzik

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Thomas Sobotzik
Full name	Thomas Sobotzik
Date of birth	October 16, 1974 (1974-10-16) (age 33)
Place of birth	Gliwice, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FSV Frankfurt
Number	27
Youth clubs
1980–1983 1983–1987 1988 1989–1990 1990–1994	Piast Gliwice Górnik Zabrze Eintracht Frankfurt VfB Stuttgart Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–1999 1999 1999–2001 2001–2003 2003–2004 2004–2007 2007 2008–	Eintracht Frankfurt FC St. Pauli Eintracht Frankfurt 1. FC Kaiserslautern Eintracht Frankfurt SK Rapid Wien Union Berlin SpVgg Unterhaching Sandefjord Fotball FSV Frankfurt	02 0(0) 65 0(7) 62 (17) 03 0(0) 34 0(5) 29 0(7) 70 0(0) 12 0(1)^[1] 09 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Sobotzik (born October 16, 1974 in Gliwice) is an German footballer of Polish origin who is currently playing for FSV Frankfurt.

[edit] Career

Thomas Sobotzik started his footballing career at local club Piast Gliwice. When he was nine years old, he moved to Górnik Zabrze. In 1987 the Sobotzik family moved to Frankfurt and soon joined Eintracht Frankfurt. During his stint at VfB Stuttgart he became twice German junior champion and returned to Frankfurt in 1990. At the age of 17 he signed at professional contract. Due to a heavy knee injury he had to pause a long time in 1991.

With 20 years he finally debuted in the Bundesliga. After two seasons at FC St. Pauli a short stint at Kaiserslautern he returned both times to Eintracht. In 2001 Lothar Matthäus signed him for Rapid Wien. Via Union Berlin he came to SpVgg Unterhaching in 2004 where he captained the side in his last season at the Bavarian club.

Thomas Sobotzik appeared in 134 Bundesliga matches (19 goals) und in 110 2nd Bundesliga fixtures (17 goals).

In 2007 he moved to Norwegian side Sandefjord Fotball. Sobotzik signed a one-year contract and moved to German Regionalliga team FSV Frankfurt in January 2008.