- Tim Borowski
Football player infobox| playername= Tim Borowski
fullname = Tim Borowski
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|5|2
cityofbirth =Neubrandenburg
countryofbirth =East Germany
currentclub = Bayern Munich
clubnumber = 24
height = height|m=1.94
position =Midfielder
years = 2000–2008
2008–
clubs = Werder Bremen
Bayern Munich
caps(goals) = 169 (23)
007 0(3)
nationalyears = 2002–
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 033 0(2)
pcupdate =October 4 2008
ntupdate =July 2 2008 Tim Borowski (born
May 2 ,1980 inNeubrandenburg ,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ,Germany ), is a German footballmidfielder who plays for Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga and Germany. He is a central midfielder, adept at tackling and attacking although best known for his passing and vision.Personal life
He has a higher commercial school qualification. He married Lena Mühlbacher on
July 15 ,2006 at the manor-house inOsterholz-Scharmbeck . They have one child, Emilia bornJuly 22 ,2007 .Career
Early career
He started his career at his hometown-club Post Neubrandenburg. There he was scouted by Werder Bremen and became a part of the club's youth academy that, in recent history, has also brought up players such as Nelson Valdez (now with
Borussia Dortmund ),Christian Schulz andSimon Rolfes (now with Bayer Leverkusen).Werder Bremen
After playing for Werder Bremen II in the
Regionalliga Nord , he finally became part of the senior squad in 2002. He had been a regular since joining the main squad. As Werder Bremen usually deploy a 4-4-2 diamond formation, he usually played as a left midfielder.Bayern Munich
Borowski joined the defending Bundesliga champions on a free transfer. He wears shirt number twenty four for Bayern Munich.
International career
His first international match for Germany was a 2-2 draw against Bulgaria in
Sofia onAugust 21 ,2002 .Tim Borowski was selected for the 2006 World Cup. In the first match against Costa Rica, he played the role of attacking midfielder instead of captain
Michael Ballack who was not available for the first match. After the game, he became an ever present substitute for the team and usually substituted forBastian Schweinsteiger orTorsten Frings .In the quarter-final against Argentina, he made a superb assistance for his then Bremen teammate
Miroslav Klose to score the equalizing goal for Germany. Borowski scored with the decisive fourth penalty in Germany's 4-2 win in the shootout after extra time.After the strong appearance in the previous match, he played from the beginning in the semi-finals against Italy. Later in that match, Bastian Schweinsteiger replaced him after Borowski picked up an injury, and was not able to play for the third place against Portugal.
Career stats
As of: 4 October, 2008
Honours
Club Titles
*German U19 Champion 1999 with Werder Bremen
*DFB-Pokal winner 2004 with Werder Bremen
*Bundesliga champion 2004 with Werder BremenNational Team
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Confederations Cup Bronze medallist: 2005
* Third Place at the 2006 World CupReferences
External links
* [http://www.timborowski.de/ Official Homepage]
* Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sports: [http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/fo/profiles/10000000000000000000012615.html "Football Profile"]
* [http://www.werder-online.de/english/team/spieler/borowski.php/ Profile at WerderBremen.de]
* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/borowskitim/ Career stats at Fussballdaten.de] de icon
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