Andreas Thom

Andreas Thom

Thom receiving the East German Footballer of the Year award in 1988
Personal information
Date of birth 7 September 1965 (1965-09-07) (age 46)
Place of birth Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, East Germany
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Holstein Kiel
(Assistant Manager)
Youth career
1971–1974 TSG Herzfelde
1974–1983 BFC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1983–1990 BFC Dynamo 158 (77)
1990–1995 Bayer Leverkusen 161 (36)
1995–1998 Celtic 71 (14)
1998–2001 Hertha BSC 51 (5)
Total 441 (132)
National team
East Germany U21 3 (0)
1984–1990 East Germany 51 (16)
1990–1994 Germany 10 (2)
Teams managed
2003 Hertha BSC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Andreas Thom (born 7 September 1965 in Rüdersdorf, Germany) is a former German football player who was capped by East Germany, and later Germany. He is a youth coach at Hertha BSC.

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Club career

Thom played for BFC Dynamo, winning the DDR-Oberliga in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988, and the GDR cup in 1988 and 1989. In 1988 he was the top scorer and also the East German Footballer of the Year. In 1990, for a transfer fee of 2.5 million Deutsche Mark, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen. Until 2000, he played for Leverkusen (161 Bundesliga matches, 37 goals), Hertha BSC (51 Bundesliga matches, 5 goals), and from 1995 to 1997, Celtic in Glasgow, Scotland, for a then club record fee of £2.2million.

International career

Thom played for the East Germany national football team between 1984 and 1990, making 51 appearances and scoring 16 goals. After the reunification of Germany, he played for the unified team in 10 matches and scoring 2 goals.

Honours

External links

Hertha BSC – managers
Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1992 Runners-up