Tim Borowski

Tim Borowski

Borowski with Werder Bremen in 2007
Personal information
Full name Tim Borowski
Date of birth (1980-05-02) 2 May 1980
Place of birth Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
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)

* 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, and the current sports director of SV Werder Bremen II.

He spent 11 years of his 12-year professional career with Werder Bremen, amassing Bundesliga totals of 236 games and 32 goals[1] 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.

Borowski made his official debut for Werder on 26 August 2000, starting in a 0–1 home loss against VfL Wolfsburg for the DFB-Pokal. He was definitely promoted to the main squad early into the following campaign.

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]

In the summer of 2014, Borowski completed his 18-month traineeship in the marketing department which he had been going through since January 2013 at Werder Bremen.[7] In April of the following year, he signed a contract until July 2018 as sports director for the reserve team.[8][9]

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.[10] 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 assist 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.[11] He started in the following match against Italy, leaving injured in an eventual 0–2 loss.[12]

Borowski also participated at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup (three minutes against Brazil in the semi-finals) and UEFA Euro 2008 (two substitute appearances for the runners-up).

Honours

Club

Werder Bremen[13]

Country

Germany

Club statistics

[14]

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GermanyLeagueDFB-PokalDFB-LigapokalEuropeTotal
Werder Bremen IIRegionalliga Nord2000–0127510--285
Werder BremenBundesliga2001–0226121-20302
Werder Bremen IIRegionalliga Nord2001–022111--32
Werder BremenBundesliga2002–03180400022242
2003–0425155-10316
2004–053175320604410
2005–0631103020934513
2006–07172001061243
2007–08212311170324
Bayern Munich2008–0926511-71347
Werder Bremen2009–1028461111456
2010–111201140171
2011–121010-20
Club totalsWerder Bremen II29621--317
Werder Bremen2102330126148729443
Bayern Munich26511-71347
Career statistics2623433146155835957

References

  1. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (16 April 2015). "Tim Borowski – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Micoud header ends Juve comeback". UEFA.com. 23 February 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bayern seal Borowski deal". Sky Sports. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tim Borowski of Bayern Munich: Forgotten or ignored?". Bleacher Report. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Kein neuer Vertrag für Tim Borowski" [No new contract for Tim Borowski] (in German). SV Werder Bremen. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Borowski: "Das nehme ich für immer mit"" [Borowski: "This will always be with me"] (in German). kicker. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Borowski successfully ends trainee program". SV Werder Bremen. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Tim Borowski wird Sportlicher Leiter U23" [Tim Borowski becomes U23 sporting director] (in German). SV Werder Bremen. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Borowski kehrt nach Bremen zurück" [Borowski returns to Bremen] (in German). Sport1. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Matthias Arnhold (13 December 2012). "Tim Borowski – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "Germany 1–1 Argentina". BBC Sport. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "Germany 0–2 Italy (aet)". BBC Sport. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  13. 1 2 "T. Borowski – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Tim Borowski at ESPN FC
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