Tim Borowski

Tim Borowski
Personal information
Full name	Tim Borowski
Date of birth	May 2 1980 (1980--) (age 27)
Place of birth	Neubrandenburg, Germany
Height	m ({{FORMATNUM:6 ft 4+1⁄2 in}})
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Werder Bremen
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-	Werder Bremen	148 (21)
National team2
2002-	Germany	29 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 6 May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Tim Borowski (born May 2, 1980 in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany), is a German football midfielder with SV Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga and Germany.

Personal life

He has a higher commercial school qualification. He married Lena Mühlbacher on July 15 2006 at the manor-house in Osterholz-Scharmbeck. They have one child, Emilia born July 22, 2007.

Career

Early career

He started his career at his hometown-club Post Neubrandenburg. There he was scouted by SV Werder Bremen and became a part of the club's youth academy that, in recent history, has also brought up players such as Nelson Valdez (now with Borussia Dortmund), Christian Schulz and Simon Rolfes (now with Bayer 04 Leverkusen).

Werder Bremen

After playing for Werder Bremen II in the Regionalliga Nord, he finally became part of the Werder Bremen Bundesliga squad in 2002. He has been a regular since joining the main squad. As Werder Bremen usually deploy a 4-4-2 diamond formation, he usually plays as a left midfielder.

International career

His first international match for the German national soccer team finished in Sofia on 21 August 2002 with 2:2 against Bulgaria.

Tim Borowski was selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In the first match against Costa Rica, he played the role of attacking midfielder instead of Michael Ballack who was not available for the first match. After the game, he became an ever present substitution for the team and usually substituted for Torsten Frings or Bastian Schweinsteiger.

In the quarter-final against Argentina, he made a superb assistance for his Bremen teammate Miroslav Klose to score the equalizing goal for Germany. Borowski scored with the decisive fourth penalty in Germany's 4-2 win in the shootout after extra time.

After the strong appearance in the previous match, he played from the beginning in the semi-finals against Italy. Later in that match, Bastian Schweinsteiger replaced him. Borowski was found injured after the game and he was not able to play for the third place against Portugal.

Career stats

Achievements

• Vice Champion 2006 with Werder Bremen
• Third Place at the 2006 World Cup
• DFB-Pokal winner 2004 with Werder Bremen
• Bundesliga champion 2004 with Werder Bremen
• German U19 Champion 1999 with Werder Bremen
• Confederations Cup Bronze medallist: 2005

External links

• Official Homepage of Tim Borowski
• Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sports: "Tim BOROWSKI Football Profile"
• Tim Borowski Profile @ WerderBremen.de

Germany squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place
1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Kehl • 6 Nowotny • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Kahn • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Odonkor • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann

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