Tobias Rau

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Tobias Rau
Personal information
Full name Tobias Rau
Date of birth December 31, 1981 (1981-12-31) (age 26)
Place of birth    Braunschweig, West Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Arminia Bielefeld
Number 8
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000-1001
2001-2003
2003-2005
2005-
Eintracht Braunschweig
VfL Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich
Arminia Bielefeld
34 (0)
48 (1)
20 (0)
19 (0)   
National team2
2004-Present Germany 7 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 27 June 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 27 June 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Tobias Rau (born December 31, 1981 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German footballer who currently plays as a defender for Arminia Bielefeld. He played seven times for Germany, all in 2003, which included a goal in a 4-1 routing of Canada.

He was highly rated as a long-term prospect at left-back for Bayern Munich and the German national team, but a succession of injuries and illness ended those hopes. He was to be a member of the country's Euro 2004 squad but once again, his bad luck hit and he wasn't available for the tournament.