Jérome Polenz
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 7 November 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Berlin, East Germany | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back, defensive midfielder, fullback | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–1997 | SC Siemensstadt | ||
1997–1998 | CFC Hertha 06 | ||
1998–2002 | TeBe Berlin | ||
2002–2005 | Werder Bremen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | Werder Bremen II | 64 | (15) |
2006–2007 | Werder Bremen | 3 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Alemannia Aachen II | 1 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Alemannia Aachen | 51 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Union Berlin | 14 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 47 | (2) |
2014 | Sarpsborg 08 | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | (0) |
Total | 194 | (17) | |
International career | |||
Germany U19 | 3 | (0) | |
Germany U20 | 1 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jérome Polenz (born 7 November 1986) is a retired German footballer who mostly played as a defender.
Career
Youth career
Polenz was born in Berlin, Germany, to an Algerian father and a German mother.[1][2] Polenz first began his youth career with SC Siemensstadt at the age of seven before advancing through the youth systems of CFC Hertha 06 and TeBe Berlin.
Werder Bremen
In 2002, Polenz joined SV Werder Bremen. After three years on Bremen's reserve team he made his first team debut on 4 February 2006, beating Mainz 4–2. Following his debut, Polenz signed a new contract, keeping him until 2009. He appeared in three matches without scoring. During his football career, Polenz attended the Gymnasium Obervieland and graduated with an Abitur diploma.
Alemannia Aachen
Polenz went to Alemannia Aachen in summer 2007.[3] On 10 August 2007, Polenz made his debut in a 2–2 draw against Carl Zeiss Jena and made 24 appearance in his first season despite injuries. Later on the season, Polenz was featured less, due to recurring injuries.
Union Berlin
On 11 May 2010, he signed for Union Berlin for the 2010–11 season. After half a season at Union Berlin, Polenz, along with Kenan Şahin, was barred from the first team squad and instead, the duo trained in the reserve squad.[4] After that, Polenz did not play again and just made six appearances.
After nine months without playing in the first team, Polenz was called back into the first team[5] and after being yet used in the substitute bench for the last four games, Polenz made his first appearance, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win over Eintracht Braunschweig. However, Polenz did not manage to become a regular player at the club and at the end of the season, he was released by the club.[6]
Western Sydney Wanderers
On 21 August 2012, Polenz signed a contract to be an inaugural squad member of Western Sydney Wanderers of Australia.[7] The club made their debut in a 0–0 draw against Central Coast Mariners, where Polenz played in the right-back position on 6 October 2012. At Western Sydney Wanderers, Polenz established himself in this position in the starting eleven and led the club in first position on the table in their inaugural season.
Polenz scored his first ever senior goal in the Western Sydney Wanderers 1 all draw with Wellington Phoenix in Round 2 of the 2013–14 A-League season.[8]
Sarpsborg 08
On the eve of the summer transfer window in 2014, Sarpsborg 08 signed Polenz for the remainder of the season.[9]
Brisbane Roar
At the beginning of the A-League transfer window in 2015, Polenz was signed by Brisbane Roar as their last foreign player. He had been trialing with the club since the middle of December 2014 and signed a deal which binds him until the end of the 2016–17 season.[10] After playing only 75 minutes during the 2015–16 season, he was released a year early from his contract.[11][12]
He retired that summer.[13]
International career
Polenz made appearances for the U20 and U19 Germany national football teams. He played a part in the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in the group stage against Serbia and Montenegro coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute replacing Markus Heppke.[14] He was unable to take part in the remaining fixtures of the group stage and the semi-final against France due to an injury and returned to Germany prior to the match alongside Sascha Dum and Markus Steinhöfer who were also injured[citation needed].
Honors
Club
Western Sydney Wanderers[15]
Individual
- A-League PFA Team of the Season: 2012–13
References
- ^ "Polenz: Ein Berliner entdeckt Berlin" (in German). bild.de. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "Algerien-Connection Benyamina, Madouni, Polenz mit gemeinsamen Wurzeln" (in German). berlinonline.de. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010.
- ^ "6 Jérôme Polenz" (in German). Alemannia Aachen. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- ^ "1. FC Union Berlin: Freigabe für Sahin und Polenz" [1. FC Union Berlin: Release for Sahin and Polenz] (in German). FC Union Homepage. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Jerome Polenz wieder spielberechtigt" [Jerome Polenz again eligible to play] (in German). FC Union Homepage. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Union trennt sich von Polenz und Kolk" [Union separates from Polenz and Kolk] (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "German Jerome Polenz Becomes Latest Wanderers Signing". Western Sydney Wanderers Homepage. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ "Wanderers unfortunate in Phoenix draw". Football Federation Australia. 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Sarpsborg 08 signerer Jerome Polenz!". sarpsborg08.no (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg 08 FF. 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Polenz signs with Roar". Brisbane Roar. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Monteverde, Marco (11 July 2016). "Jerome Polenz set to leave Brisbane Roar with a year still left on his contract". The Courier-Mail.
- ^ Monteverde, Marco (15 August 2016). "Brisbane Roar finally free of Jermone Polenz; prepare to re-enter Ballymore den". The Courier-Mail.
- ^ Cottäus, Daniel (10 October 2018). "Jerome Polenz' Weltreise als Fußballprofi". Deichstube (in German). Kreiszeitung. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Serbia and Montenegro 4 – 2 Germany". UEFA.com. 18 July 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "J. Polenz". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
External links
- Jérome Polenz at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Western Sydney Wanderers profile
- Living people
- 1986 births
- Association football central defenders
- Association football fullbacks
- Association football midfielders
- Footballers from Berlin
- German footballers
- Algerian footballers
- German people of Algerian descent
- A-League players
- Brisbane Roar FC players
- Sarpsborg 08 FF players
- Western Sydney Wanderers FC players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- SV Werder Bremen II players
- Alemannia Aachen players
- 1. FC Union Berlin players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- German expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in Australia
- German expatriate sportspeople in Australia