Tomasz Zdebel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tomasz Zdebel | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Katowice, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1988 | GKS Katowice | ||
| 1988–1990 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1992 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 30 | (4) |
| 1992–1994 | 1. FC Köln II | 47 | (3) |
| 1993–1997 | 1. FC Köln | 57 | (2) |
| 1997–2001 | Lierse S.K. | 78 | (9) |
| 2001–2003 | Gençlerbirliği S.K. | 80 | (12) |
| 2003–2008 | VfL Bochum | 162 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 12 | (0) |
| 2009 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen II | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Alemannia Aachen | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 473 | (37) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000–2003 | Poland | 14 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 July 2006 | |||
Tomasz Zdebel (born 25 May 1973) is a retired Polish-German footballer[1] who played as a defensive midfielder. He was active in his active career in Germany, Belgium and Turkey. From 2000 to 2003, he played for the Polish national team.
Early years
Zdebel was born and raised in Katowice, Poland.[2] His father was a football player who worked as a miner during the week.[3] In 1988 the family emigrated to Düsseldorf.[4][5]
Career
Zdebel started playing football with the local club GKS Katowice. Having emigrated to Germany, he joined the youth team of Fortuna Düsseldorf. He started his senior career in 1990 at Rot-Weiss Essen. One year later the team was relegated from the Bundesliga. In 1992 Zdebel joined 1. FC Köln and played for their reserve team. In 1993, he debuted for the first team.[4]
He left Cologne in 1997 and moved to Lierse SK. In his first season the club finished seventh and qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League. The next season Lierse won the Belgian Cup. Zdebel played as central midfielder and as a defender for Lierse.[4]
In 2001, Zdebel moved to Turkey and signed with Gençlerbirliği S.K.. In 2003, he returned to Germany and joined VfL Bochum.
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1990–91 | Essen | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | Oberliga Nordrhein | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 4 | |||
| 1992–93 | Köln II | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 24 | 3 | — | — | — | 24 | 3 | |||||
| 1993–94 | Köln | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 1996–97 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Belgium | League | Belgian Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1997–98 | Lierse | First Division | 30 | 4 | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 1998–99 | 28 | 3 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1999–00 | 20 | 2 | — | — | ||||||||
| Turkey | League | Türkiye Kupası | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2000–01 | Gençlerbirliği | 1. Lig | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2001–02 | Süper Lig | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | ||
| 2002–03 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 6 | ||||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2003–04 | Bochum | Bundesliga | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | |
| 2004–05 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2007–08 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| 2008–09 | Leverkusen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2009–10 | Leverkusen II | Regionalliga West | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | Aachen | 2. Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | Germany | 315 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 335 | 16 | |
| Belgium | 78 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Turkey | 80 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 473 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Zdebel, Thomas" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
- ^ "Elf Dinge über: Thomas Zdebel" (in German). VfL Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft e.V. 18 July 2007. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ ""Leistung liegt allein an uns"". RevierSport online (in German). RevierSport online GmbH. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2005.
- ^ a b c Lußem, Frank (29 March 2004). ""Ich habe alles richtig gemacht"". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ^ Eckhardt, Michael (2 January 2009). "Koller degradiert Zdebel - Klimowicz soll kommen". WAZ (in German). FUNKE DIGITAL Media GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
External links
- Tomasz Zdebel at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Tomasz Zdebel at National-Football-Teams.com
- Tomasz Zdebel at WorldFootball.net
- Use dmy dates from June 2013
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Polish footballers
- Rot-Weiss Essen players
- 1. FC Köln players
- 1. FC Köln II players
- VfL Bochum players
- Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players
- Alemannia Aachen players
- Lierse S.K. players
- Poland international footballers
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Süper Lig players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Polish expatriate footballers
- Sportspeople from Katowice
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Naturalized citizens of Germany
- Association football midfielders