Dariusz Wosz

Dariusz Wosz

Personal information
Full name	Dariusz Wosz
Date of birth	(1969-06-08) 8 June 1969
Place of birth	Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Playmaker
Team information
Current team	VfL Bochum (technical trainer)
Youth career
1980–1981	BSG Motor Halle
1981–1984	BSG Empor Halle
1984–1986	Chemie Halle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1991	Chemie Halle	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)
International career
1989–1990	East Germany	7	(0)
1997–2000	Germany	17	(1)
Managerial career
2007–2013	VfL Bochum U-19
2009–2010	VfL Bochum (assistant)
2010	VfL Bochum (caretaker)
2010–2013	VfL Bochum (assistant)
2013–2014	VfL Bochum II
2014–2015	VfL Bochum U-19
2015–	VfL Bochum (technical trainer)
Medal record Chemie Halle Winner DDR-Liga 1986–87 VfL Bochum Winner 2. Bundesliga 1993–94 Winner 2. Bundesliga 1995–96 Winner 2. Bundesliga 2005–06 Hertha BSC Runner-up DFB-Ligapokal 2000
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dariusz Wosz (German pronunciation: [ˈdaːʁi̯ʊs ˈvɔʃ] , Polish: [ˈdarjuʂ ˈvɔʂ] ; born 8 June 1969) is a German former footballer who played mostly as a playmaker. He currently works as a coach for VfL Bochum.

Early life

Wosz's family migrated to Halle from Polish part of Silesia.

Club career

He started playing football at BSG Motor Halle in 1980. After a year there he moved to BSG Empor Halle before joining Chemie Halle 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.

In 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.

Statistics

As of 20 May 2007

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
East Germany			League		FDGB-Pokal		League Cup		Europe		Total
1986–87	Chemie Halle	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		DFB-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			0	0	0	0
	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	Israel	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Coaching career

After retiring, Wosz served as Bochum's U-19 coach and was on 20 September 2009 named as assistant coach of the Bundesliga team. On 29 April 2010, he replaced Heiko Herrlich as head coach of VfL Bochum.

In the summer 2015, Wosz was appointed as the new technical trainer in the club, both for the seniors and the youth teams.

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.

External links

• Official website Template:De icon
• Dariusz Wosz at weltfussball.de Template:De icon
• Dariusz Wosz at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Dariusz Wosz at National-Football-Teams.com