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Dariusz Wosz Personal information Full name Dariusz Wosz Date of birth 8 June 1969 Place of birth Piekary Śląskie, Poland Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Playing position Playmaker Club information Current club VfL Bochum (U-19 manager) Youth career 1980–1981 BSG Motor Halle 1981–1984 BSG Empor Halle 1984–1986 Hallescher FC Chemie Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1986–1991 Hallescher FC Chemie 94 (15) 1991–1992 Hallescher FC 22 (5) 1992–1998 VfL Bochum 211 (25) 1998–2001 Hertha BSC 85 (11) 2001–2007 VfL Bochum 135 (16) 2007–2009 SC Union Bergen 15 (12) Total 563 (74) National team 1989–1990 East Germany 7 (0) 1997–2000 Germany 17 (1) Teams managed 2007– VfL Bochum U-19 2009– VfL Bochum (assistant) 2010 VfL Bochum (caretaker) HonoursHallescher FC Chemie Winner DDR-Liga 1986–87 VfL Bochum Winner 2. Fußball-Bundesliga 1993–94 Winner 2. Fußball-Bundesliga 1995–96 Winner 2. Fußball-Bundesliga 2005–06 Hertha BSC Runner-up DFB-Ligapokal 2000 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dariusz Wosz (born 8 June 1969 in Piekary Śląskie, Silesia, Poland) is a German former footballer who played mostly as a playmaker. He is coach of the VfL Bochum U-19 team
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Early life
Wosz's family migrated to Halle from Polish part of Silesia.
Club career
He started to play football at BSG Motor Halle in 1980. After a year there he moved to BSG Empor Halle before joining Hallescher FC Chemie in 1984.
Two years after joining the club he made it into the first team, who earned promotion from the second division to the DDR-Oberliga, although Wosz would only play once, in 1986–87. During the following four seasons he would amass 93 games (15 goals) until the Oberliga merged with the Bundesliga due to the German reunification.
Wosz stayed at Halle for the 1991–92 2nd Bundesliga season, lining up in 22 games (5 goals). Because the club finished fourth in the final East German football season, he was able to play twice in the 1991–92 UEFA Cup.
Wosz was transferred to VfL Bochum in toward the end of the 1991–92 season. As captain, he led Bochum to its biggest success yet: the third round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup which was lost 4–6 on aggregate to Ajax Amsterdam.[1]
Im the summer of 1998, Wosz was transferred to Hertha BSC. After three successful years, including participation in the UEFA Champions League, he requested to be transferred back to Bochum, where he helped the side qualify for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. During his final season, 2006–07, Wosz only played one match, being substituted on for Zvjezdan Misimović in the 70th minute against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Twelve minutes later he scored his final Bundesliga goal. In summer 2007, he played besides his coaching job with Bochum based football club SC Union Bergen and retired in summer 2009.[2]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals East Germany League Cup League Cup Continental Total 1986–87 Hallescher FC Chemie DDR-Liga 1 0 — — 1987–88 DDR-Oberliga 22 2 — — 1988–89 21 5 — — 1989–90 24 5 — — 1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga 26 3 — — Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total 1991–92 Hallescher FC 2. Bundesliga 22 5 1 0 — 2 0 25 5 1991–92 VfL Bochum Bundesliga 16 0 0 0 — — 16 0 1992–93 33 3 2 0 — — 35 3 1993–94 2. Bundesliga 34 3 1 0 — — 35 3 1994–95 Bundesliga 32 2 2 0 — — 34 2 1995–96 31 3 1 0 — — 32 3 1996–97 32 9 4 0 — — 36 9 1997–98 33 5 2 1 1 0 6 1 42 7 1998–99 Hertha BSC 31 3 3 0 — — 34 3 1999–00 32 5 1 0 1 0 12 2 46 7 2000–01 22 3 1 1 3 0 3 0 29 4 2001–02 VfL Bochum 2. Bundesliga 27 6 1 0 — — 28 6 2002–03 Bundesliga 30 2 4 1 — — 34 3 2003–04 33 4 0 0 1 0 — 34 4 2004–05 29 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 33 2 2005–06 2. Bundesliga 15 1 1 1 — — 16 2 2006–07 Bundesliga 1 1 0 0 — — 1 1 Total East Germany 94 15 Germany 453 57 25 4 7 0 25 3 510 64 Career total 547 72 7 0 25 3 International career
Wosz earned his first international cap for East Germany when he played against Finland on 22 March 1989 in Dresden. The match ended as a 1–1 draw. His seventh cap, his final game for East Germany, was against Belgium on 12 September 1990 in Brussels. East Germany won the match 2–1.
On 26 February 1997, he debuted for the reunified Germany against Israel in Tel Aviv. Germany won the match 1–0, with Wosz scoring Germany's goal. Wosz was part of the German squad for Euro 2000 but Erich Ribbeck did not use him during the tournament. He made his final national appearance against Denmark on 15 November 2000 in Copenhagen. Germany lost 1–2.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 26 February 1997 Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel 
Israel1–0 1–0 Friendly Coaching career
After retiring, Wosz served as Bochum's U-19 coach and was on September 20, 2009 named as assistant coach of the Bundesliga team.[3] On 29 April 2010, he replaced Heiko Herrlich as head coach of VfL Bochum.[4]
Background
- Wosz is the only player of VfL Bochum who get a "Farewell-match". On 8 September 2007 a team formed by the UEFA Cup squad of Bochum played against a team of old teammates of Wosz. The match ended 12–8 and two goals of Wosz who played for both sides.
- By many supporters of VfL Bochum he is only called "him" (in German: er), after his return to the club.
References
- ^ "Wosz: „Ich habe teilweise Ich-AGs auf dem Platz gesehen“" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 21 July 2010. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/wosz-ich-habe-teilweise-ich-ags-auf-dem-platz-gesehen/news/anzeigen_43054.html. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "BL 13: Wosz fordert Pass von Bergen zurück und spricht Klartext" (in German). reviersport.de. 28 June 2009. http://www.reviersport.de/87389---bl-13-wosz-fordert-pass-bergen-zurueck-spricht-klartext.html. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "Koller verlässt den VfL" (in German). VfL Bochum. 20 September 22009. http://vfl-bochum.de/webcache/Aktuelles_meldung_6952_3_de.htm. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ^ "VfL trennt sich von Heiko Herrlich" (in German). VfL Bochum. 29 April 2010. http://www.vfl-bochum.de/webcache/Aktuelles_meldung_7870_3_de.htm. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
External links
- Official website (German)
- National team statistics at DFB.de (German)
- Dariusz Wosz at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Dariusz Wosz at National-Football-Teams.com
Germany squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup 
Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2000 Categories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- German footballers
- East German footballers
- 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- VfL Bochum players
- VfL Bochum managers
- Hertha BSC players
- German people from the Polish part of Silesia
- German people of Silesian descent
- German people of Polish descent
- Naturalized citizens of Germany
- Germany international footballers
- East Germany international footballers
- People from Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
- Hallescher FC players
- Dual internationalists (football)
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Association football midfielders
- People from Piekary Śląskie
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