Piotr Trochowski

Piotr Trochowski

Trochowski at practice with Hamburg in 2009
Personal information
Full namePiotr Artur Trochowski[1]
Date of birth22 March 1984
Place of birthTczew, Poland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995SpVgg Billstedt Horn
1995–1997Concordia von 1907
1997–1999St. Pauli
1999–2002Bayern Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2002–2005Bayern Munich II38(8)
2003–2005Bayern Munich13(1)
2005–2011Hamburger SV180(20)
2011–2014Sevilla59(3)
National team
2001Germany U-185(1)
2003Germany U-2013(5)
2004–2006Germany U-2115(2)
2006–2010Germany35(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Piotr Artur Trochowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpjɔtr trɔˈxɔfskʲi]; born 22 March 1984) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

According to his FIFA World Cup 2010 profile he is a playmaker known for "his speed, agility, tricky dribbling and refined technique."[2]

Early life

Trochowski was born in Tczew in Poland. The family, with father Wiesław and mother Alicja, left for Hamburg under the right of return when Piotr was five years old.[3] All of his grandparents held German nationality for some period of time.[4]

Club career

As a nine-year-old boy, Trochowski started his career with Billstedt Horn and then played for SC Concordia and FC St. Pauli, in Hamburg. In 1999, he got transferred to FC Bayern Munich, starting with its junior side then progressing to the amateur team. He became frustrated, however, with his lack of playing time.

In January 2005, he moved back to Hamburg to play for Hamburger SV. Team manager Thomas Doll gave him a chance and Trochowski proved his worth. Within two seasons, he played himself into the starting line-up of the team, scoring five goals (including one [and an assist] against former team Bayern Munich, in a 24 September 2005 2–0 home win) in his first full season as Hamburg reached the UEFA Champions League.

Sevilla

On 5 April 2011, Trochowski's agent Roman Grill confirmed that his client would move to Sevilla when his contract expired at the end of the season. Trochowski had been an irregular player for Hamburg during the second half of the season, making just two starts out of 11 possible Bundesliga matches after the winter break.[5] In his first season with the club, Trochowski featured in 35 La Liga games, scoring one goal and providing two assists as Sevilla finished in a disappointing ninth place.[6]

On 15 September 2012, Trochowski smashed in a half-volley after only 69 seconds, to hand his side a 1–0 victory over reigning La Liga champions Real Madrid.[7]

In September 2014, Sevilla stated that the club and Trochowski terminated the contract by mutual consent.[8][9] Trochowski disagreed[8][9] and threaten a lawsuit against the club.[9] He went through with the lawsuit and is still in court.[8]

International career

Piotr Trochowski outside the HSH Nordbank Arena with fans and reporters

Since Trochowski was born in Poland, he was eligible to play for Poland. His mother sent several letters to the Polish Football Association (PZPN), informing it about her talented son and about his willingness to cap for Poland.[10] The PZPN, however, was not interested, which disappointed both Trochowski and his mother, and he chose to play for Germany. Trochowski said in response, "My heart is closer to Poland, but nobody there was interested in me, so I play for the Germans. There was no reply to my mother's letter, and the Germans were interested in me." He said this in an interview in August 2005.[3] In the German daily Die Welt, however, Trochowski said that, "Even back then, I wanted to play for Germany, because here I enjoyed my schooling and gained my footballing skills."[11]

Trochowski played for the German under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. One year after his move to Hamburg, senior national coach Joachim Löw called him for the first time, and he debuted in an 7 October 2006 friendly against Georgia. After having appeared six times during the qualification matches, Trochowski was selected for the final 23-man squad for Euro 2008. He scored his first goal for Germany on 15 October 2008 in a 2010 World Cup Qualifier against Wales.

Career statistics

Club performance

As of 18 May 2014.
Club performance League Cup Europe Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2001–02Bayern Munich IIRegionalliga Süd7000–70
2002–039110–101
FC Bayern MunichBundesliga30000030
2003–041011100112
FC Bayern Munich IIRegionalliga Süd17600–176
2004–055110–61
Hamburger SVBundesliga3000–30
2005–0632530162517
2006–072621081353
2007–0832142143506
2008–093363050395
2009–1033413132479
2010–1121210–222
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
2011–12Sevilla FCLa Liga3513020401
2012–136200–62
2013–141801050240
Career total 2903220663837346

International goals

Scores and goals list Germany's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 15 October 2008 Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany  Wales 1–0 1–0 2010 World Cup qualifier
2. 2 June 2009 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 3–0 7–2 Friendly

Personal

Piotr is part of a football family – his three brothers are all semi-professional players: Christoph (plays for SC V/W Billstedt), Slawomir (plays for Hamm United) and Arkadiusz (plays for TuS Hamburg).[11]

His cousin Krystian is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Berliner RC in the Rugby-Bundesliga.[12]

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich
Hamburger SV
Sevilla CF

Country

Germany

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Player Profile". FIFA. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Łukasz Pałucha (21 August 2005). "Piotr Trochowski – mówią o nim Zidane" [Piotr Trochowski – they call him Zidane]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Gazeta W.; SPIEGEL 22032010, p. 21
  5. ↑ "Piotr Trochowski: Neuer Anlauf in Sevilla" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "Piotr Trochowski". ESPNFC.
  7. ↑ "Real suffer Sevilla defeat". ESPNFC. 15 September 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Der tiefe Fall von Bayerns Supertalenten" (in German). Die Welt. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Streit zwischen Sevilla und Trochwoski" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Trochowski: Polski nigdy się nie wyrzekłem" [Trochowski: I have never renounced Poland] (in Polish). 25 April 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Kai Behrmann (7 June 2008). "Familie Trochowski jubelt über deutsche Tore – auf Polnisch" [Family Trochowski is celebrating German goals – in Polish] (in German). welt.de. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  12. ↑ "TotalRugby-XV der Hinrunde 2009/2010 – Props" (in German). 18 December 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2010.

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