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| Full name | Tomasz Wałdoch | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 10, 1971 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gdańsk, Poland | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Stoczniowiec Gdańsk | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 1988–1995 | Górnik Zabrze | 152 | (8) | |||||||||
| 1995–1999 | VfL Bochum | 133 | (8) | |||||||||
| 1999–2006 | Schalke 04 | 141 | (12) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 5 | (0) | |||||||||
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| 1991–2002 | Poland | 74 | (2) | |||||||||
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| 2006–2008 | Schalke 04 U-17 (Assistant coach) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Schalke 04 II (Assistant coach) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Schalke 04 U-17 (Assistant coach) | |||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Tomasz Wałdoch (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈvawdɔx]) (born May 10, 1971 in Gdańsk) is a retired Polish footballer. He has holds German citizenship.
He had a 10 year International career and 74 caps where he often captained the side (including at the 2002 World Cup). His club career was mostly spent in Germany with VfL Bochum and FC Schalke 04. In April 2010 he was appointed Director of Sport by his first professional club Górnik Zabrze[1] and has served as a coach for the National team since 2006.
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Waldoch has played for Górnik Zabrze, VfL Bochum, Schalke and Jagiellonia Białystok.
He played for the Polish national team, for which he earned 74 caps. Wałdoch was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal,[2] and was the captain of the Polish team for the 2002 World Cup.
On 1 July 2006 was named as the new Assistant Coach of FC Schalke 04 U-17 Youth[3] and on 15 April 2008 till 30 June 2008 he was the Assistant Coach at FC Schalke 04 II.[4] On 11 November 2009 it was announced that Waldoch would become the temporary Assistant coach of Poland national football team, assisting Franciszek Smuda.[5] He has since been replaced in the role by his former teammate Jacek Zielinski.[6] On 20 April 2010 was named as the new Director of Sport by his first professional club Górnik Zabrze.[7]
His son Kamil (*04.07.1992) plays currently in the U23 squad of his former club Schalke 04.[8]
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