Piotr Trochowski

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Piotr Trochowski
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Trochowski at practice with Hamburg in 2009
Personal information
Full name Piotr Artur Trochowski[1]
Date of birth (1984-03-22) 22 March 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth Tczew, Poland
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Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
Number 15
Youth career
1993–1995 SpVgg Billstedt Horn
1995–1997 Concordia von 1907
1997–1999 St. Pauli
1999–2002 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Bayern Munich II 38 (8)
2003–2005 Bayern Munich 13 (1)
2005–2011 Hamburger SV 180 (20)
2011–2015 Sevilla 59 (3)
2015– FC Augsburg 6 (0)
International career
2001 Germany U-18 5 (1)
2003 Germany U-20 13 (5)
2004–2006 Germany U-21 15 (2)
2006–2010 Germany 35 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2016

Piotr Artur Trochowski (German pronunciation: [ˈpi̯ɔtʁ tʁoˈxɔfskiː], Polish: [ˈpjɔtr trɔˈxɔfskʲi]; born 22 March 1984) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Augsburg. According to his FIFA World Cup 2010 profile he is a playmaker known for "his speed, agility, tricky dribbling and refined technique."[2]

Formed at Bayern Munich, he spent six-and-a-half seasons at Hamburger SV before transferring to Sevilla in 2011. Sevilla cancelled his contract in September 2014, after which he filed a lawsuit. In 2015, he signed for FC Augsburg on a one-year deal.

Trochowski made his full international debut for Germany in 2006, and earned 35 caps over four years. He was part of their squads which reached the UEFA Euro 2008 Final and the semi-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Early life

Trochowski was born in Tczew in Poland. The family, with father Wiesław and mother Alicja, left for Hamburg under the right of return when Piotr was five years old.[3] All of his grandparents held German nationality for some period of time.[4]

Club career

Early career

As a nine-year-old boy, Trochowski started his career with Billstedt Horn and then played for SC Concordia and FC St. Pauli, in Hamburg. In 1999, he got transferred to FC Bayern Munich, starting with its junior side then progressing to the amateur team. He became frustrated, however, with his lack of playing time.[citation needed]

Hamburger SV

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.

Sevilla

On 5 April 2011, Trochowski's agent Roman Grill confirmed that his client would move to Sevilla when his contract expired at the end of the season. Trochowski had been an irregular player for Hamburg during the second half of the season, making just two starts out of 11 possible Bundesliga matches after the winter break.[5] In his first season with the club, Trochowski featured in 35 La Liga games, scoring one goal and providing two assists as Sevilla finished in a disappointing ninth place.[6]

On 15 September 2012, Trochowski smashed in a half-volley after only 69 seconds, to hand his side a 1–0 victory over reigning La Liga champions Real Madrid.[7]

In September 2014, Sevilla stated that the club and Trochowski terminated the contract by mutual consent.[8][9] Trochowski disagreed[8][9] and threatened a lawsuit against the club.[9] He went through with the lawsuit and is still in court.[8]

Augsburg

On 16 July 2015, Trochowski joined the Bundesliga club FC Augsburg for a short trial.[10] On 21 July, Trochowski signed a full contract with Augsburg until the end of the 2015–16 season.[11]

International career

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Piotr Trochowski outside the HSH 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.[12] The PZPN, however, was not interested, which disappointed both Trochowski and his mother, and he chose to play for Germany. Trochowski said in response, "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 this in an interview in August 2005.[3] In the German daily Die Welt, however, Trochowski said that, "Even back then, I wanted to play for Germany, because here I enjoyed my schooling and gained my footballing skills."[13]

Trochowski played for the German under-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 on 7 October 2006 in a friendly against Georgia at the Ostseestadion in Rostock; he started the game and was replaced by Torsten Frings for the final 14 minutes of the 2–0 victory. After having appeared six times during the qualification matches, Trochowski was selected for the final 23-man squad for Euro 2008, but was unused as Germany reached the final. He scored his first international goal on 15 October 2008, the sole goal in a 2010 World Cup Qualifier against Wales in Mönchengladbach.[14]

Career statistics

Club performance

As of 15 February 2016.
Club performance League Cup Europe Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2001–02 Bayern Munich II Regionalliga Süd 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
2002–03 9 1 1 0 — 10 1
FC Bayern Munich Bundesliga 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2003–04 10 1 1 1 0 0 11 2
FC Bayern Munich II Regionalliga Süd 17 6 0 0 — 17 6
2004–05 5 1 1 0 — 6 1
Hamburger SV Bundesliga 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
2005–06 32 5 3 0 16 2 51 7
2006–07 26 2 1 0 8 1 35 3
2007–08 32 1 4 2 14 3 50 6
2008–09 33 6 3 0 5 0 39 5
2009–10 33 4 1 3 13 2 47 9
2010–11 21 2 1 0 — 22 2
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
2011–12 Sevilla La Liga 35 1 3 0 2 0 40 1
2012–13 6 2 0 0 — 6 2
2013–14 18 0 1 0 5 0 24 0
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2015–16 FC Augsburg Bundesliga 6 0 1 0 5 2 12 2
Career total 296 32 21 6 68 10 383 48

International goals

Scores and goals list Germany's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
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 3–0 7–2 Friendly

Personal life

Piotr is part of a football family – his three brothers are all semi-professional players: Christoph (plays for SC V/W Billstedt), Sławomir (plays for Hamm United) and Arkadiusz (plays for TuS Hamburg).[13]

His cousin Krystian is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Berliner RC in the Rugby-Bundesliga.[15]

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich
Hamburger SV
Sevilla

Country

Germany

References

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