Thomas Eisfeld

Thomas Eisfeld
in the jersey of Arsenal FC (2013)
Personnel
birthday	January 18, 1993
place of birth	Finsterwalde ,  Germany
size	177 cm
position	Attacking midfield
Juniors
Years	station
	SV Quitt Ankum
0000–2005	VfL Osnabrück
2005–2012	Borussia Dortmund
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2012-2014	Arsenal FC Reserve / U21	33 (13)
2012-2014	Arsenal FC	0 0(0)
2014-2015	Fulham FC	7 0(0)
2015	→  VfL Bochum  (loan)	12 0(1)
2015–	VfL Bochum	74 0(7)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2014	Germany U20	1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given. As of September 16, 2019

Thomas Eisfeld (born January 18, 1993 in Finsterwalde ) is a German football player . The offensive midfielder is under contract with the second division VfL Bochum .

Thomas Eisfeld at VfL Bochum 2019

Career

societies

Beginnings

Thomas Eisfeld began his career at SV Quitt Ankum . He later played for VfL Osnabrück before joining Borussia Dortmund 's youth teams . On October 3, 2009, the right-footer made his debut under coach Peter Hyballa against SG Wattenscheid 09 in the A-Junioren-Bundesliga (Season West). At the end of 2009 he tore his cruciate ligament in a tournament match against a youth team from FC Schalke 04 . After recovering from injury, he scored eight goals in 19 games in the 2010/11 season and six goals in twelve games in the first half of the 2011/12 season for Borussia 's youth club .

Arsenal FC

At the end of the transition period in the 2011/12 winter break, the ice rink, supervised by player agent Reza Fazeli, moved from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal . According to media reports, the transfer fee was in the range of around 500,000 euros ( £ 420,000) to 800,000 euros. His contract with Borussia Dortmund would have expired in the summer of 2012 anyway.

Arsenal's head coach Arsène Wenger then commented on Eisfeld as follows:

"Thomas is a player we have liked for some time. We've watched him closely this season, where he has excelled for Dortmund's youth team. "

“ Thomas is a player that we've enjoyed for a while. We watched him very closely this season, in which he played outstandingly for Dortmund's youth. "

- Arsène Wenger : Arsenal FC website, January 31, 2012

On February 1, 2012 Eisfeld played his first appearance for the Arsenal reserve team in the Premier Reserve League (Southern Division). He succeeded in making a first assist.

Eisfeld made his competitive debut for the first team on October 30, 2012 in the cup match against Reading FC . He came on for Serge Gnabry in the 62nd minute . However, he did not manage to become an integral part of the professionals and played for the U21s.

Fulham FC

On July 23, 2014 Eisfeld's move for the 2014/15 season to the London second division club Fulham , coached by Felix Magath , was announced. There he signed a two-year contract with an option for another season. He made his debut in the Football League Championship on August 9, 2014 when he came on for Chris David in the 2-1 loss to Ipswich Town on Matchday 1 for the second half . By the beginning of February 2015, he played 13 competitive games and scored two goals.

VfL Bochum

On February 2, 2015, the second division club VfL Bochum announced that they had signed Eisfeld as part of a loan deal that was limited to June 30, 2015. After twelve appearances in the second division and one goal in the second half of the season, he initially returned to Fulham for the 2015/16 season, but was then permanently signed by Bochum in mid-August 2015.

National team

Eisfeld was a member of the German U-15 national team in 2008 , but did not play an international match that year. On March 5, 2014, he played for the German U-20 national team in a 3-2 win in a friendly against Switzerland .

Web links

• Thomas Eisfeld in the database of weltfussball.de
• Thomas Eisfeld in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arsenal closing in on Dortmund star Eisfeld as playmaker jets in for medical (English) in Daily Mail from January 31, 2012, accessed on January 31, 2012
2. ↑ Dailymail of January 31, 2012: Arsenal closing in on Dortmund star Eisfeld as playmaker jets in for medical accessed on February 1, 2012
3. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel from January 31, 2012: Winter sales in the Bundesliga accessed on February 1, 2012
4. ↑ Goal on January 31, 2012: Thomas Eisfeld: Not necessarily Borussia Dortmund's top talent, but with potential, accessed on January 31, 2012
5. ↑ arsenal.com, January 31, 2012: Thomas Eisfeld completes move to Arsenal ( memento of the original from February 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed February 2, 2012 
6. ↑ Academy Team Statistics 2012/13 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.arsenal.com 
7. ↑ Academy Team Statistics 2013/14 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.arsenal.com 
8. ↑ Without Poldi and Mertesacker it rattelt in the box ( Memento of the original from November 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 31, 2012 
9. ↑ Thomas Eisfeld joins Fulham from Arsenal on permanent deal (English) at www.theguardian.com from July 23, 2014, accessed on July 26, 2014
10. ↑ Eisfeld Arrives (English) at www.fulhamfc.com from July 23, 2014, accessed on July 26, 2014
11. ↑ VfL borrows Thomas Eisfeld ( memento of the original dated February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on vfl-bochum.de from February 2, 2015, accessed on February 2, 2015 
12. ↑ Profile on kicker.de , accessed on July 27, 2015
13. ↑ VfL Bochum signs Thomas Eisfeld from FC Fulham on sport1.de on August 21, 2015, accessed on August 21, 2015
14. ↑ Match report on transfermarkt.de, accessed on December 14, 2014