Philipp Bönig

Philipp Bönig
Personal information
Full name	Philipp Bönig
Date of birth	20 March 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Erding, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left Wingback
Youth career
1986–1994	Eintracht Freising
1994–2000	Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2001	Bayern Munich II
2001–2003	MSV Duisburg
2003–2012	VfL Bochum
2009–2012	→ VfL Bochum II
2012–2015	Ferencváros
International career
2003–2004	Germany B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2015

Philipp Bönig (born 20 March 1980 in Erding, Germany) is a German footballer who played as a left back.

Career

Youth

Born in Erding (Bavaria), Bönig started to play football at the local club Eintracht Freising. His first position was keeper but after a couple of matches he moved to the left offensive midfield.^[1] Two of his brothers are also football players: his brother Sebastian played more than hundred matches in the second Bundesliga for LR Ahlen and Union Berlin, and his youngest brother Vincent played in the second team of FC Ingolstadt 04.^[2]

After impressing as a junior, Bönig joined Bayern Munich as a 14-year-old in 1994 and played there for seven years. In the last year he established himself in the second team of the club which played in the Regionalliga. While playing at Bayern Munich, Bönig made twenty starts for the German national youth teams.^[1]

MSV Duisburg

In 2001, Bönig started his professional career at MSV Duisburg in the 2. Bundesliga and stayed for two seasons at this club. In this period he made 66 matches and scored two goals.^[1] Since his contract expired at the summer of 2003 he got offers from different clubs and he decided to move to then Bundesliga club, VfL Bochum.^[3]

VfL Bochum

In his first season 2003–04 VfL Bochum qualified itself for the UEFA Cup and Bönig played three matches for Team 2006. However, in the following season Bochum were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. But in the next season, they returned directly to the highest level again. After Bochum could maintain themselves in the season 2006–07 his contract was extended until the season 2009–10. In the winter of 2009 Tomasz Zdebel left the club which made Bönig the longest-serving player at the club in the selection.

Bönig acts normally as left defender. His biggest assets are his mentality and fighting spirit, which made him to a crowd-pleaser in the past years. He never scored a goal in the German Bundesliga in his over 150 matches.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup¹		League Cup²		Continental³		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bayern Munich II	1998–99	Regionalliga Süd	1	0	—						1	0
	1999–00		5	0							5	0
	2000–01		29	0							29	0
	Totals		35	0	—						35	0
Duisburg	2001–02	2. Bundesliga	33	1	1	0	—				34	1
	2002–03	2. Bundesliga	33	1	2	1	—				35	2
	Totals		66	2	3	1	—				69	3
Bochum	2003–04	Bundesliga	28	0	1	0	1	0	—		30	0
	2004–05	Bundesliga	29	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	34	0
	2005–06	2. Bundesliga	19	0	1	0	—				20	0
	2006–07	Bundesliga	30	0	3	0					33	0
	2007–08		25	0	0	0					25	0
	2008–09		18	0	1	0					18	0
	2009–10		10	0	0	0					10	0
	2010–11	2. Bundesliga	6	0	1	0					7	0
	2011–12	2. Bundesliga	5	0	1	0					6	0
	Totals		170	0	10	0	2	0	2	0	184	0
Bochum II	2009–10	Regionalliga West	2	0	—						2	0
	2010–11		1	0							1	0
	2011–12		2	0							2	0
	Totals		5	0	—						5	0
Ferencváros	2012–13	NB I.	7	0	0	0	1	0	—		8	0
	2013–14		24	2	1	1	7	0	—		32	3
	2014–15		15	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	19	0
	Totals		46	2	2	1	10	0	1	0	59	3
Career totals			322	4	15	2	12	0	3	0	352	6
References:^[4]

1.^ Includes German Cup and Hungarian Cup.
2.^ Includes German League Cup.
3.^ Includes UEFA Cup/Europa League.

Honours

Ferencváros

VfL Bochum

2. Bundesliga: 2005–06

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Philipp Bönig: Beharrlich und flexibel" (PDF) (in German). Mein VfL. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
^ "Zwei Bochumer Jungs" (in German). Der Westen. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
^ "Bochum holt Jungtalent Bönig" (in German). Kicker Magazine. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
^ "Philipp Bönig » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

External links

Philipp Bönig at the VfL Bochum website
Philipp Bönig at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[Mein_VfL-1] "Philipp Bönig: Beharrlich und flexibel" (PDF) (in German). Mein VfL. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2009.

[2] "Zwei Bochumer Jungs" (in German). Der Westen. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2009.

[3] "Bochum holt Jungtalent Bönig" (in German). Kicker Magazine. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2009.

[4] "Philipp Bönig » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

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