Thomas Sobotzik
| Thomas Sobotzik | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | October 16, 1974 | |
| place of birth | Gliwice , Poland | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1980-1983 | Piast Gliwice | |
| 1983-1987 | Górnik Zabrze | |
| 1988 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| 1989-1990 | VfB Stuttgart | |
| 1990-1993 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| -1995 | Eintracht Frankfurt amateurs | |
| 1994-1995 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 (0) |
| 1995-1997 | FC St. Pauli | 65 (7) |
| 1997-1999 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 62 (17) |
| 1999 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3 (0) |
| 1999-2001 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 (5) |
| 2001-2003 | SK Rapid Vienna | 49 (8) |
| 2003-2004 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 29 (7) |
| 2004-2007 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 70 (0) |
| 2007 | Sandefjord Fotball | 12 (1) |
| 2008 | FSV Frankfurt | 15 (1) |
| 2008-2009 | FSV Frankfurt II | |
| 2009-2011 | 1. FC 09 Oberstedten | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1989-1990 | Germany U-15 | 6 (3) |
| 1990-1991 | Germany U-16 | 9 (2) |
| 1992-1993 | Germany U-18 | 5 (2) |
| 1993 | Germany U-21 | 1 (0) |
| 1999 | Germany A2 | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Thomas Sobotzik (* 16th October 1974 in Gliwice as Tomasz Sobocki ) is a former German footballer of Polish origin.
Since November 2019 he has been the managing director of Offenbacher Fußball Club Kickers 1901 GmbH .
Childhood and youth
Tomasz Sobocki was born in Gliwice . For years, his parents tried to get to Germany , where the rest of the family lived. In 1987 or 1988 the family emigrated, lived in an emergency shelter in Frankfurt am Main , received German citizenship and the surname “Sobotzik”. Thomas did not speak German and took an intensive language course. After six months he started school at the Helmholtz School . The club managers of VfB Stuttgart got his family a three-room apartment in Sindelfingen and his father got a job at Daimler-Benz AG .
Career
Sobotzik joined Piast Gliwice as a child and joined Górnik Zabrze at the age of nine . In Germany he went to the youth department of Eintracht Frankfurt and played for their U-15. At a youth tournament in Aalen , he received an offer from VfB Stuttgart . With VfB he was twice German youth champion. In 1990 he returned to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Sobotzik received his first professional contract with Eintracht at the age of 17. He was sidelined until 1991 because of a knee injury. At the age of 20 he finally made his first Bundesliga game . After two years at FC St. Pauli and a short time at 1. FC Kaiserslautern , he returned to Eintracht. In 2001 Lothar Matthäus brought him to Rapid Vienna . He finally came to SpVgg Unterhaching through 1. FC Union Berlin in 2004 , where he was temporarily team captain .
In 2007 Sobotzik moved to Sandefjord Fotball in Norway and received a one-year contract. In January 2008 he went to the German regional division FSV Frankfurt , with whom he was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga at the end of the season . In 2008/09 he played for the second team of the FSV in the association league. In Oberstedten , Hesse , he then ended his active career with 1. FC 09 in the local league until the summer of 2011, and has since played football in the old men's team of 1. FC-TSG Königstein.
Sobotzik scored 19 goals in 134 Bundesliga games and 17 goals in 110 second division games.
After the active career
Sobotzik built up a personnel services company after his career and was involved in changing players in Poland and Scandinavia. In 2015 he sold his shares in the company.
He has the A-trainer license.
On May 3, 2018, he became a board member of Chemnitzer FC , responsible for sports and finances. On September 4, 2019, Sobotzik announced his resignation from his offices at Chemnitzer FC. In the weeks before, Sobotzik was massively attacked by the Chemnitz fan scene.
On November 13, 2019, Thomas Sobotzik was introduced as managing director of Kickers Offenbach .
Web links
- Thomas Sobotzik in the database of weltfussball.de
- Thomas Sobotzik in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Thomas Sobotzik in the database of kicker.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics on fotball.adressa.no
- ↑ a b Paweł Stolarczyk: Thomas Sobotzik - Never mam poczucia przynależności narodowej. In: lovefootball.pl. June 3, 2012, accessed January 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Great future spiegel.de
- ↑ Były reprezentant Niemiec w Ekstraklasie (Polish)
- ↑ a b c d Hauke Karliczek: "I don't know any national feeling". In: 11 friends. 11 FREUNDE GMBH & CO. KG, June 3, 2012, accessed on June 6, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Great future . In: Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG (ed.): Der Spiegel . 25th edition. No. 25 . Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG, June 19, 1989, p. 147 and 150 ( spiegel.de [accessed on June 3, 2015] Article also available as a PDF file).
- ↑ Michael Ebert: Frankfurt decides between Sobotzik and Bobic. In: Kicker-Sportmagazin (kicker online). Olympia Verlag GmbH, May 6, 2016, accessed on May 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Peppi Schmidt: Eintracht is looking for sports director: is Sobotzik coming? In: op-online.de. Metac Medien Verlags GmbH, May 6, 2016, accessed on May 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Transfermarkt.de GmbH & Co. KG (ed.): Thomas Sobotzik, Transfermarkt. In: transfermarkt. Retrieved September 11, 2015 .
- ^ Website of the Chemnitzer FC eV May 3, 2018, accessed on May 3, 2018 .
- ↑ tagesspiegel.de: Managing Director Sobotzik resigns, coach Bergner released (September 4, 2019) , accessed on September 5, 2019
- ↑ OFC introduces Thomas Sobotzik as the new managing director. November 13, 2019, accessed November 13, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sobotzik, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sobocki, Tomasz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gliwice , Poland |