Tim Borowski
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Borowski with Werder Bremen in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tim Borowski | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Werder Bremen II (sports director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1996 | Neubrandenburg 04 | ||
| 1996–1999 | Werder Bremen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2001 | Werder Bremen II | 58 | (12) |
| 2000–2008 | Werder Bremen | 169 | (23) |
| 2008–2009 | Bayern Munich | 26 | (5) |
| 2009–2012 | Werder Bremen | 41 | (4) |
| Total | 282 | (43) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2001 | Germany U21 | 15 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Germany B | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2008 | Germany | 33 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Tim Borowski (born 2 May 1980) is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently works as sports director for the U23/reserve team of Werder Bremen.
He spent 11 years of his 12-year professional career with Werder Bremen, amassing Bundesliga totals of 236 games and 32 goals and winning three major titles, including the 2004 national championship.
Borowski played 33 times for the German national team, and represented the country at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008.
Club career
Werder Bremen
Born in Neubrandenburg, East Germany, Borowski started his career at hometown club 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04, where he was spotted by SV Werder Bremen and signed at the age of 16 for its junior teams. He spent two full seasons with the reserves, competing mainly in Regionalliga Nord.[1]
Borowski made his official debut for Werder on 26 August 2000, starting in a 0–1 home loss against VfL Wolfsburg for the campaign's DFB-Pokal. He was definitely promoted to the main squad early into the following season.
Borowski contributed with 25 games and one goal (against FC Schalke 04 in a 4–1 home win) in 2003–04 as the Hanseatic won their fourth national championship, the first in 11 years. He added career highs of ten goals and 11 assists in the 2005–06 season, helping his team to a final second position; in the latter campaign's UEFA Champions League he also scored against Juventus F.C. for a 3–2 round-of-16 first leg home win, in an eventual away goals rule exit.[2]
Bayern Munich
Borowski joined FC Bayern Munich in the 2008 summer after the move was made effective in January, in a free transfer.[3] He finished his first and only season with 35 appearances all competitions comprised, but never managed to establish himself in the starting eleven.[4]
Return to Werder
Borowski returned to Werder Bremen on 22 July 2009, signing a three-year contract. After featuring in only 13 league matches in his last two years combined he was released by his main club,[5] and retired from football shortly after due to injury, aged 32.[6]
International career
Borowski gained his first cap for Germany on 21 August 2002, appearing as a late substitute in a 2–2 friendly draw with Bulgaria in Sofia.[7] He was selected by manager Jürgen Klinsmann for the 2006 FIFA World Cup on home soil, filling in for captain Michael Ballack in the opener against Costa Rica (4–2 triumph).
Borowski then proceeded to collect a further four substitute appearances: in the quarter-final against Argentina he made a superb assistance for Bremen teammate Miroslav Klose to score the equalizing goal for Germany, and also converted his penalty shootout attempt as it ended 4–2 for the hosts.[8] He started in the following match against Italy, leaving injured in an eventual 0–2 loss.[9]
Borowski also participated at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup (three minutes against Brazil in the semifinals) and UEFA Euro 2008 (two substitute appearances for the runners-up).
After retiring
In summer 2014, Borowski completed his 18-month traineeship in the marketing department, that he had been going through since January 2013 at Werder Bremen.[10]
At the age of 34, Borowski signed a contract in April 2015 until July 2018 with Werder Breme, as sports director for the U23 team (the reserve team).[11][12]
Honours
Club
- Werder Bremen[13]
- Bundesliga: 2003–04
- DFB-Pokal: 2003–04; Runner-up 2009–10
- DFB-Ligapokal: 2006; Runner-up 2004
Country
- Germany
- UEFA European Championship: Runner-up 2008[13]
- FIFA World Cup: Third-place 2006
- FIFA Confederations Cup: Third-place 2005
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Ligapokal | Europe | Total | |||||||
| Werder Bremen II | Regionalliga Nord | 2000–01 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 5 | ||
| Werder Bremen | Bundesliga | 2001–02 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| Werder Bremen II | Regionalliga North | 2001–02 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | ||
| Werder Bremen | Bundesliga | 2002–03 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| 2003–04 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | |||
| 2004–05 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 10 | ||
| 2005–06 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 13 | ||
| 2006–07 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 3 | ||
| 2007–08 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 2008–09 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 1 | 34 | 7 | ||
| Werder Bremen | 2009–10 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 45 | 6 | |||
| 2010–11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Club totals | Werder Bremen II | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 31 | 7 | |||
| Werder Bremen | 210 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 7 | 294 | 43 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 1 | 34 | 7 | |||
| Career statistics | 262 | 34 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 8 | 359 | 57 | ||
Personal life
Borowski has a higher commercial school qualification. He married Lena Mühlbacher on 15 July 2006 at the manor-house in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, and the couple had one child, Emilia (born 22 July 2007).
References
- ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (16 April 2015). "Tim Borowski - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ↑ "Micoud header ends Juve comeback". UEFA.com. 23 February 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "Bayern seal Borowski deal". Sky Sports. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Tim Borowski of Bayern Munich: Forgotten or ignored?". Bleacher Report. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Kein neuer Vertrag für Tim Borowski" [No new contract for Tim Borowski] (in German). SV Werder Bremen. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "Borowski: "Das nehme ich für immer mit"" [Borowski: "This will always be with me"] (in German). kicker. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ Matthias Arnhold (13 December 2012). "Tim Borowski – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ↑ "Germany 1–1 Argentina". BBC Sport. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "Germany 0–2 Italy (aet)". BBC Sport. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "Borowski successfully ends trainee program". werder.de. 30 June 2014.
- ↑ "Tim Borowski wird Sportlicher Leiter U23". werder.de. 9 April 2015.
- ↑ "Borowski kehrt nach Bremen zurück". sport1.de. 9 April 2015.
- 1 2 "T. Borowski". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ Tim Borowski at ESPN FC
External links
- Tim Borowski at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Tim Borowski at National-Football-Teams.com
- Official website (German)
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