Tim Borowski

Tim Borowski

Borowski with Werder Bremen in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Tim Borowski[1]
Date of birth	(1980-05-02) 2 May 1980 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1985–1996	Neubrandenburg 04
1996–1999	Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Werder Bremen II	58	(12)
2000–2008	Werder Bremen	169	(23)
2008–2009	Bayern Munich	26	(5)
2009–2012	Werder Bremen	41	(4)
Total		294	(44)
International career
1999–2001	Germany U21	15	(0)
2002–2004	Germany B	5	(0)
2002–2008	Germany	33	(2)
Managerial career
2017	Werder Bremen youth (assistant manager)
2017–2021	Werder Bremen (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tim Borowski (born 2 May 1980) is a German football manager and former player.

A midfielder, Borowski spent 11 years of his 12-year professional career with Werder Bremen, amassing Bundesliga totals of 236 games and 32 goals^[2] and winning three major titles, including the 2004 national championship. He played 33 times and scored twice for the Germany national team from 2002 to 2008, representing Germany at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008.

Club career

Werder Bremen

Born in Neubrandenburg, Bezirk Neubrandenburg, East Germany, Borowski started his career at hometown club 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04, where he was spotted by SV Werder Bremen and signed at the age of 16 for its junior teams. He spent two full seasons with the reserves, competing mainly in Regionalliga Nord.

Borowski made his official debut for Werder on 26 August 2000, starting in a 0–1 home loss against VfL Wolfsburg for the DFB-Pokal. He was definitely promoted to the main squad early into the following campaign.

Borowski contributed with 25 games and one goal (against FC Schalke 04 in a 4–1 home win) in 2003–04 as the Hanseatic won their fourth national championship, the first in 11 years. He added career highs of ten goals and 11 assists in the 2005–06 season, helping his team to a final second position; in the latter campaign's UEFA Champions League he also scored against Juventus FC for a 3–2 round-of-16 first leg home win, in an eventual away goals rule exit.^[3]

Bayern Munich

Borowski joined FC Bayern Munich in the 2008 summer after the move was made effective in January, in a free transfer.^[4] He finished his first and only season with 30 appearances all competitions comprised. In this season, he appeared in the Champions League seven times and scored there once, he scored in the DFB-Pokal too, and in the Bundesliga five times. In the Bundesliga, he managed to establish himself in the starting eleven six times, in the DFB-Pokal twice, and in the Champions League also twice.^[5][6]

Return to Werder

Borowski returned to Werder Bremen on 22 July 2009, signing a three-year contract. After featuring in only 13 league matches in his last two years combined he was released by his main club,^[7] and retired from football shortly after due to injury, aged 32.^[8]

In the summer of 2014, Borowski completed his 18-month traineeship in the marketing department which he had been going through since January 2013 at Werder Bremen.^[9] In April of the following year, he signed a contract until July 2018 as sports director for the reserve team.^[10][11]

International career

Borowski gained his first cap for Germany on 21 August 2002, appearing as a late substitute in a 2–2 friendly draw with Bulgaria in Sofia.^[12] He was selected by manager Jürgen Klinsmann for the 2006 FIFA World Cup on home soil, filling in for captain Michael Ballack in the opener against Costa Rica (4–2 triumph).

Borowski then proceeded to collect a further four substitute appearances: in the quarter-final against Argentina he made a superb assist for Bremen teammate Miroslav Klose to score the equalizing goal for Germany, and also converted his penalty shootout attempt as it ended 4–2 for the hosts.^[13] He started in the following match against Italy, leaving injured in an eventual 0–2 loss.^[14]

Borowski also participated at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup (three minutes against Brazil in the semi-finals) and UEFA Euro 2008 (two substitute appearances for the runners-up).

Post-playing career

Next to manager Florian Kohfeldt, Borowski became part of the coaching team in 2017.^[15] Prior to this, he assisted at one of the club's youth level teams (U17).^[16] He worked to acquire the fourth and final DFB manager license in 2020.^[17]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total		Ref.
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Werder Bremen II	1999–2000	Regionalliga Nord	29	6	2	0	–		–		31	6	[18][19]
	2000–01		27	5	1	0	–		–		28	5	[18][19]
	2001–02		2	1	1	1	–		–		3	2	[19]
	Total		58	12	4	1	0	0	0	0	62	13	–
Werder Bremen	2001–02	Bundesliga	26	1	2	1	–		2	0	30	2	[19]
	2002–03		18	0	4	0	0	0	2	2	24	2	[19]
	2003–04		25	1	5	5	–		1	0	31	6	[19]
	2004–05		31	7	5	3	2	0	6	0	44	10	[19]
	2005–06		31	10	3	0	2	0	9	3	45	13	[19]
	2006–07		17	2	0	0	1	0	6	1	24	3	[19]
	2007–08		21	2	3	1	1	1	7	0	32	4	[19]
	Total		169	23	22	10	6	1	33	6	230	40	–
Bayern Munich	2008–09	Bundesliga	26	5	2	1	–		7	1	35	7	[19]
Werder Bremen	2009–10	Bundesliga	28	4	6	1	–		11	1	45	6	[19]
	2010–11		12	0	1	1	–		4	0	17	1	[19]
	2011–12		1	0	1	0	–		–		2	0	[19]
	Total		41	4	8	2	0	0	15	1	64	7	–
Career total			294	44	36	14	6	1	55	8	391	67	–

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[18]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	2002	2	0
	2004	5	0
	2005	8	1
	2006	13	1
	2007	3	0
	2008	2	0
Total		33	2

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Borowski goal.^[18]

List of international goals scored by Tim Borowski

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 September 2005	Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany	South Africa	2–1	4–2	Friendly
2	2 June 2006	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany	Colombia	3–0	3–0

Honours

Werder Bremen^[20]

• Bundesliga: 2003–04
• DFB-Pokal: 2003–04; runner-up: 2009–10
• DFB-Ligapokal: 2006; runner-up: 2004

Germany

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2008^[20]
• FIFA World Cup third place: 2006
• FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005

References

1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
2. Arnhold, Matthias (16 April 2015). "Tim Borowski – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
3. "Micoud header ends Juve comeback". UEFA.com. 23 February 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
4. "Bayern seal Borowski deal". Sky Sports. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
5. "Tim Borowski of Bayern Munich: Forgotten or ignored?". Bleacher Report. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
6. "Tim Borowski". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
7. "Kein neuer Vertrag für Tim Borowski" [No new contract for Tim Borowski] (in German). SV Werder Bremen. 26 April 2012. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
8. "Borowski: "Das nehme ich für immer mit"" [Borowski: "This will always be with me"] (in German). kicker. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
9. "Borowski successfully ends trainee program". SV Werder Bremen. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
10. "Tim Borowski wird Sportlicher Leiter U23" [Tim Borowski becomes U23 sporting director] (in German). SV Werder Bremen. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
11. "Borowski kehrt nach Bremen zurück" [Borowski returns to Bremen] (in German). Sport1. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
12. Matthias Arnhold (13 December 2012). "Tim Borowski – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
13. "Germany 1–1 Argentina". BBC Sport. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
14. "Germany 0–2 Italy (aet)". BBC Sport. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
15. "Unser Trainerstab". Werder Bremen (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
16. Knips, Björn (23 August 2017). "Borowski: "Werder lässt mich nicht los"". deichstube.de (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
17. Knips, Björn (6 June 2020). "Werder-Co-Trainer Borowski wird erst später geprüft". deichstube.de (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
18. "Tim Borowski". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
19. "Tim Borowski » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
20. "T. Borowski – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

External links

• Tim Borowski at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Tim Borowski – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Official website (in German)