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 | 142 | (13) | |||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 5 | (0) | |||||||||
| Total | 432 | (29) | ||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Górnik Zabrze (Director of Sport) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Schalke 04 U-17 | |||||||||||
| 2012- | Schalke 04 Jugend | |||||||||||
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.
He had a 10 year international career, where he often captained the side, including at the 2002 World Cup. His club career was mostly spent in Germany with VfL Bochum and Schalke 04.
Club career
Waldoch has played for Górnik Zabrze, VfL Bochum, Schalke 04 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,[1] 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
Club
- VfL Bochum
2. Bundesliga
- Winner: 1995/96
- Schalke 04
Bundesliga
- Runner-up: 2001
Coaching career
On 1 July 2006 was named as the new Assistant Coach of FC Schalke 04 U-17 Youth and on 15 April 2008 till 30 June 2008 he was the Assistant Coach at Schalke 04 II. On 11 November 2009 it was announced that Waldoch would become the temporary Assistant coach of Poland national football team, assisting Franciszek Smuda.[2] He has since been replaced in the role by his former teammate Jacek Zielinski. On 20 April 2010 was named as the new Director of Sport of his first professional club Górnik Zabrze.[3] He left later that year, in November. He was then coach of the Schalke 04 U-17's from July 2011 to June 2012. He has been the coach of the Schalke 04 Jugend team since July 2012.
Personal life
Tomasz Wałdoch is married and has four children - two sons and two daughters. His son Kamil (born 4 July 1992) currently plays for fourth tier club FC Kray in Essen.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Tomasz Wałdoch Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ↑ Polen: Tomasz Waldoch "Ich habe sofort spontan zugesagt"
- ↑ Sport: Spektakularny powrót
- ↑ "1. Mannschft: Kamil Waldoch" (in German). FC Kray. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ Kamil Waldoch kommt von Schalke 04
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tomasz Wałdoch. |
- Tomasz Wałdoch at 90minut.pl (Polish)
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| Preceded by Olaf Thon |
Schalke 04 captain 2000-2004 |
Succeeded by Frank Rost |
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