Pablo Thiam

Infobox Football biography
playername = Pablo Thiam


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|1|3
cityofbirth = Conakry
countryofbirth = Guinea
height = height|m=1.86
position = Defensive Midfielder
currentclub = Vfl Wolfsburg
clubnumber = 27
youthyears = –1989
1989–1994
youthclubs = MSV Bonn
1. FC Köln
years = 1994–1998
1998–2001
2001–2002
2003–2008
clubs = 1. FC Köln
VfB Stuttgart
FC Bayern Munich
VfL Wolfsburg
caps(goals) = 089 0(4)
089 0(9)
016 0(0)
117 (10)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Guinea
nationalcaps(goals) = 25 (2)
pcupdate = 11 January 2008
ntupdate =

Pablo Thiam (born January 3, 1974 in Conakry) is a Guinean footballer (defensive midfielder) also holding a German passport.

He grew up as the son of a Guinean diplomat in the former German capital Bonn. He started his football career in MSV Bonn. At the age of 15 he went to 1. FC Köln, for whom he debuted in the Bundesliga in 1994. Via VfB Stuttgart he came to FC Bayern München in 2001, but there he had a hard time getting first-team football. In January 2003 he was transferred to VfL Wolfsburg, where he still plays.

Thiam will end his career at the end of the season 2007–08 and start his new job as assistant coach of VfL Wolfsburg. [cite web | url = http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/18497/ddd/news/anzeigen.html | title = Pablo Thiam wird bei VfL Wolfsburg Magaths Assistent | accessdate = 2008-01-11 | date = 2008-01-10 | language = German | publisher = tranksfermarkt.de]

Thiam has been capped 25 times and scored two goals for the Guinean national team.

References

External links

* [http://www.pablo-thiam.de/ Pablo Thiam's website] de icon
* [http://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/index.php?id=8569 Profile @ vfl-wolfsburg.de]
* [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=5504/typeofpage=40054/sc=4dda05 Voetbal international] nl icon
* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/thiampablo/ Career stats for Pablo Thiam at fussballdaten.de] de icon