Piotr Trochowski

Piotr Trochowski

Personal information
Full name	Piotr Trochowski
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hamburger SV
Number	15
Youth career
1993-1995	Billstedt Horn
1995–1997	Concordia Hamburg
1997–1999	St. Pauli
1999–2002	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Bayern Munich II	38	(8)
2003–2005	Bayern Munich	13	(1)
2005–	Hamburg	138	(17)
International career‡
2004–2006	Germany U-21	15	(2)
2006–	Germany	24	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:15, 30 September 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:35, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Piotr Trochowski (born 22 March 1984) is a German footballer who is an attacking midfielder for Hamburg and Germany. He is known for his powerful shots and skillful dribbling.

Early life

Trochowski was born in Tczew, Pomeranian Voivodeship in the People's Republic of Poland. The family, with father Wiesław and mother Alicja, left for Hamburg when Piotr was 5 years old

Club career

As a 9-year old boy, Trochowski started his career with Billsted Horn, then played for SC Concordia Hamburg, and for St. Pauli, in Hamburg. In 1999, he transferred to Bayern Munich, starting with its junior side then progressing to the amateur team. However, he became frustrated with his lack of playing time.

In January 2005, he moved back to Hamburg to play for Hamburger SV. Team manager Thomas Doll gave him a chance and Trochowski proved his worth. Within two seasons, he played himself into the starting line-up of the team, scoring five goals (including one (and an assist) against former team Bayern Munich, in a 24 September 2005 2-0 home win) in his first full season as Hamburg reached the UEFA Champions League.

International career

Piotr Trochowski outside the Nordbank Arena with fans and reporters

Since Trochowski was born in Poland, he was eligible to play for Poland. His mother sent several letters to the Polish Football Association (PZPN), informing it about her talented son and about his willingness to cap for Poland. However, the PZPN was not interested, which disappointed both Trochowski and his mother, and he chose to play for Germany. My heart is closer to Poland, but nobody there was interested in me, so I play for the Germans. There was no reply to my mother's letter, and the Germans were interested in me - he said in an interview in August 2005. However, in the German daily Die Welt Trochowski said that even back then I wanted to play for Germany, because here I enjoyed my schooling and gained my footballing skills.

Trochowski played for the German U-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. One year after his move to Hamburg, senior national coach Joachim Löw called him for the first time, and he debuted in an 7 October 2006 friendly against Georgia. After having appeared six times during the qualification matches, Trochowski was selected for the final 23-man squad for Euro 2008. He scored his first goal for Germany on 15 October 2008 in a 2010 World Cup Qualifier against Wales.

Career statistics

Club performance

As of 27 August 2009

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International goals

Piotr Trochowski: International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 October 2008	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	Wales	1 - 0	1 - 0	2010 World Cup Qualifier
2.	2 June 2009	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	0 - 3	2 - 7	Friendly

Personal

Piotr is part of a football family - his three brothers are all semi-professional players: Christoph (plays for SC V/W Billstedt), Slawomir (plays for Hamm United) and Arkadiusz (plays for TuS Hamburg)

Honours

• UEFA European Football Championship runner-up: 2008
• Bundesliga champion: 2003
• Bundesliga runner-up: 2004
• DFB-Pokal winner: 2003

External links

• Profile at Transfermarkt.de Template:De icon
• Career stats at Fussballdaten.de Template:De icon