Erik Thommy
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Erik Thommy
| image = Erik-thommy.jpg
| caption = Thommy with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|8|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ulm, Germany
| height = 1.74 m{{cite web |title=Erik Thommy |url=https://www.sportingkc.com/players/erik-thommy/ |publisher=Sporting Kansas City |access-date=23 August 2022}}
| currentclub = Sporting Kansas City
| clubnumber = 26
| position = Midfielder, winger
| youthyears1 = 2000–2002
| youthclubs1 = SV Kleinbeuren
| youthyears2 = 2002–2009
| youthclubs2 = SSV Ulm
| youthyears3 = 2009–2010
| youthclubs3 = TSG Thannhausen
| youthyears4 = 2010–2013
| youthclubs4 = FC Augsburg
| years1 = 2013–2016
| clubs1 = FC Augsburg II
| caps1 = 48
| goals1 = 22
| years2 = 2014–2018
| clubs2 = FC Augsburg
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015
| clubs3 = → 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan)
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2015
| clubs4 = → 1. FC Kaiserslautern II (loan)
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2016–2017
| clubs5 = → Jahn Regensburg (loan)
| caps5 = 37
| goals5 = 8
| years6 = 2018–2022
| clubs6 = VfB Stuttgart
| caps6 = 52
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2019–2021
| clubs7 = VfB Stuttgart II
| caps7 = 2
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2019–2020
| clubs8 = → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan)
| caps8 = 34
| goals8 = 6
| years9 = 2022–
| clubs9 = Sporting Kansas City
| caps9 = 65
| goals9 = 12
| club-update = 4 July 2024
}}
Erik Thommy (born 20 August 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and winger for Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/erik-thommy/259879/|title= E. Thommy | website = Soccerway | access-date = 2 July 2016}}
Club career
=FC Augsburg=
Thommy joined FC Augsburg in 2010 from TSG Thannhausen and SSV Ulm 1846. At 16 February 2014, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 0–1 home defeat against 1. FC Nürnberg. He appeared as an 82nd-minute substitute.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/02/16/germany/bundesliga/fc-augsburg/1-fc-nurnberg/1487210/|title = Augsburg vs. Nürnberg 0 – 1 | website = Soccerway | date = 16 February 2014 | access-date = 2 July 2016}}
==Kaiserslautern (loan)==
In January 2015, Thommy was loaned to 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern for a year and a half until summer 2016. However, at the occasion of announcing his loan, FC Augsburg's general manager Stefan Reuter stated that Thommy still was a component of their future plans. Thommy was contracted with Augsburg until 2018.{{cite web|url=http://fcaugsburg.de/cms/website.php?id=/index/news/allenews/data21449.htm|title=Thommy nach K'lautern ausgeliehen|trans-title=Thommy loaned to K’lautern|date=11 January 2015|access-date=17 January 2015|language=de|publisher=FC Augsburg}} The loan was ended on 31 January 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcaugsburg.de/cms/website.php?sid=e8aee6ac7a1ab0c293cc1cc3248a364c&id=/index/news/allenews/data19687.htm|title=Erik Thommy wieder im FCA-Kader|trans-title=Erik Thommy back in FCA-squad|date=31 January 2016|access-date=31 January 2016|language=de|publisher=FC Augsburg}}
==Jahn Regensburg (loan)==
In the 2016 summer transfer window, he was loaned out again, this time to SSV Jahn Regensburg.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/leihgeschaeft_thommy-verstaerkt-regensburg-655017/artikel | title = Leihgeschäft: Thommy verstärkt Regensburg | language = de | website = Kicker | date = 30 June 2016 | access-date = 30 June 2016}}{{cite web | url = http://www.mittelbayerische.de/sport/regional/ssv-jahn-nachrichten/jahn-leiht-fluegelstuermer-erik-thommy-aus-21586-art1398755.html | title = Jahn leiht Flügelstürmer Erik Thommy aus | language = de | website = Mittelbayerische Zeitung | date = 30 June 2016 | access-date = 2 July 2016 | archive-date = 16 September 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160916171652/http://www.mittelbayerische.de/sport/regional/ssv-jahn-nachrichten/jahn-leiht-fluegelstuermer-erik-thommy-aus-21586-art1398755.html | url-status = dead }} He made his league debut and first start for Regensburg on 30 July 2016 in a 2–0 home victory over F.C. Hansa Rostock. He was subbed off in the 82nd minute, being replaced by Uwe Hesse.{{cite web | url = https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2016/07/30/germany/3-liga/ssv-jahn-2000-regensburg/fc-hansa-rostock-ev/2262989/ | title = Jahn Regensburg vs. Hansa Rostock 2 - 0 | website = Soccerway | date = 30 July 2016 | access-date = 18 February 2018}}
=Stuttgart=
On 18 January 2018, Thommy moved to VfB Stuttgart.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vfb.de/en/vfb/latest/news/professionals/2018/erik-thommy-verpflichtung/|title=VfB sign Erik Thommy|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|date=18 January 2018|access-date=18 January 2018}} His debut and first competitive start for Stuttgart came on 3 February 2018 in a 1–1 away draw against VfL Wolfsburg.{{cite web | url = https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/02/03/germany/bundesliga/vfl-wolfsburg/vfb-stuttgart-1893-ev/2480451/ | title = Wolfsburg vs. Stuttgart 1 - 1 | website = Soccerway | date = 3 February 2018 | access-date = 18 February 2018}} He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 24 February 2018 against Eintracht Frankfurt. On 19 August 2018, Thommy extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2022.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vfb.de/en/vfb/latest/news/professionals/2018/erik-thommy-vertragsverlaengerung-/|title=Contract extension with Erik Thommy|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|date=19 August 2018|access-date=19 August 2018}}
On 28 May 2022, Stuttgart announced that they would not extend Thommy's contract beyond the 2021-22 Bundesliga season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vfb.de/en/vfb/latest/news/professionals/2122/abgang-erik-thommy/|title=Erik Thommy leaving VfB|date=28 May 2022|access-date=9 June 2022}}
==Düsseldorf (loan)==
On 10 July 2019, Fortuna Düsseldorf announced the signing of Thommy on loan until the end of 2019–20 season with an option to buy him permanently.{{cite web|url=https://www.f95.de/aktuell/news/profis/detail/24250-fortuna-leiht-erik-thommy-vom-vfb-stuttgart-aus/35533caf99a58de2e45ee0af75e03f7a/|title=Fortuna leiht Erik Thommy vom VfB Stuttgart aus|publisher=Fortuna Düsseldorf|language=de|date=10 July 2019|access-date=10 July 2019}}
=Sporting Kansas City=
On 23 June 2022, it was announced that Thommy had signed with Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City on a deal until the end of the 2024 season.{{cite web | url = https://www.sportingkc.com/news/sporting-kc-signs-attacking-midfielder-and-german-bundesliga-veteran-erik-thommy | title = Sporting KC signs attacking midfielder and German Bundesliga veteran Erik Thommy | website = Sporting KC | date = 23 June 2022 | access-date = 27 June 2022 | first = Sam | last = Kovzan}} Thommy debuted for Kansas City on 23 July 2022, starting in a 0-2 loss to Los Angeles FC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportingkc.com/news/skcvlafc-quotes-we-actually-played-really-well-for-so-many-parts-of-the-game|title=SKCvLAFC Quotes: "We actually played really well for so many parts of the game"|website=sportingkc.com|date=23 July 2022|access-date=28 July 2022}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 6 February 2021}}{{cite web |title=Erik Thommy » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/erik-thommy/2/ |publisher=World Football |access-date=12 February 2019}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club | rowspan="2"|Season | colspan="3"|League | colspan="2"|Cup | colspan="2"|Other | colspan="2"|Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|FC Augsburg | 2013–14
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014–15
|Bundesliga |3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|Bundesliga |6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4"|FC Augsburg II | 2013–14
|31 | 18 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 18 | ||
| 2014–15
|Regionalliga Bayern |5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16
|Regionalliga Bayern |12 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 2Appearances in the Regionalliga promotion playoff. | 1 | 14 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 48 | 22 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | 50 | 23 | |
| rowspan="3"|1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan) | 2014–15
|4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 1 | |
| 2015–16
|2. Bundesliga |2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|1. FC Kaiserslautern II (loan) | 2014–15
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16
|Regionalliga Südwest |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jahn Regensburg (loan) | 2016–17
|37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2Appearances in the 3. Liga promotion playoff. | 0 | 40 | 8 |
| rowspan="4"|VfB Stuttgart | 2017–18
|Bundesliga |14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 2 | |
| 2018–19
|Bundesliga |19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19
|Bundesliga |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 3 | |
| rowspan="3"|VfB Stuttgart II | 2018–19
|Regionalliga Südwest |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Regionalliga Südwest |1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | ||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 2019–20
|Bundesliga |34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 6 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total | 176 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 173 | 38 |
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References
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External links
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{{Sporting Kansas City squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thommy, Erik}}
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:FC Augsburg II players
Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern II players
Category:SSV Jahn Regensburg players
Category:Fortuna Düsseldorf players
Category:VfB Stuttgart players
Category:VfB Stuttgart II players
Category:Sporting Kansas City players
Category:German expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States