Tomasz Wałdoch
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| Full name | Tomasz Wałdoch | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 May 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) | |||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 15 | (0) | |||||||||
| Total | 441 | (28) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1991–2002 | Poland | 74 | (2) | |||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Schalke 04 U-17 (Assistant coach) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Schalke 04 II (Assistant coach) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Schalke 04 U-17 (Assistant coach) | |||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | ||||||||||||
Tomasz Wałdoch (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈvawdɔx]) (born 10 May 1971 in Gdańsk) is a retired Polish footballer. He holds German citizenship.[citation needed]
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]
Career
Club
Waldoch has played for [Górnik Zabrze], VfL Bochum, Schalke and Jagiellonia Białystok.
International career
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.
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 23 September 1992 | Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland |  Turkey | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 15 March 1995 | Miejski Stadion Sportowy "KSZO", Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland |  Lithuania | 2–0 | 4–1 | International Friendly |
Honours
German championship
- Runner-up – 2001
- Winner – 2001, 2002
Ligapokal
- Runner-up – 2001, 2002
- Winner – 2003, 2004
2. Bundesliga
- Winner 1995/96
Coaching career
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] Since May 2011 Wałdoch has been the coach at FC Schalke 04 U-17.
Personal life
Tomasz Wałdoch is married and has four children - two sons and two daughters. His son Kamil (born July 4th 1992) currently plays at ETB Schwarz-Weiß Essen.[8]
References
- ↑ Sport: Spektakularny powrót
- ↑ "Tomasz Wałdoch Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ↑ Ex-Schalker Waldoch wird Co-Trainer in Polen
- ↑ Kmetsch coacht Schalke II
- ↑ Polen: Tomasz Waldoch "Ich habe sofort spontan zugesagt"
- ↑ Zielinski statt Waldoch Co-Trainer in Polen
- ↑ Sport: Spektakularny powrót
- ↑ Kamil Waldoch kommt von Schalke 04
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