Philipp Bönig

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Philipp Bönig

| image = Philipp Boenig 2009.png

| caption = Bönig in 2009

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|3|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Erding, West Germany

| height = 1.78 m

| currentclub =

| position = Left-back

| youthyears1 = 1986–1994 | youthclubs1 = SE Freising

| youthyears2 = 1994–2000 | youthclubs2 = Bayern Munich

| years1 = 1999–2001 | clubs1 = Bayern Munich II | caps1 = 35 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2001–2003 | clubs2 = MSV Duisburg | caps2 = 69 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2003–2012 | clubs3 = VfL Bochum | caps3 = 170 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2009–2012 | clubs4 = → VfL Bochum II | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2012–2015 | clubs5 = Ferencváros | caps5 = 56 | goals5 = 3

| totalcaps = 335

| totalgoals = 6

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2004 | nationalteam1 = Germany B | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs1 = JFG Sempt Erding (U19)

| manageryears2 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs2 = BCF Wolfratshausen

| manageryears3 = 2019

| managerclubs3 = VfR Garching

}}

Philipp Bönig (born 20 March 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back, and a manager.

Career

=Youth=

Born in Erding (Bavaria), West Germany, Bönig started to play football at the local club Eintracht Freising. His first position was keeper but after a couple of matches he moved to the left offensive midfield.{{cite web|url=http://vflbochum.de/vfl2006/mehrvfl/magazin/0607/magazin_2006_12_02.pdf|title=Philipp Bönig: Beharrlich und flexibel|date= 2 December 2006 |accessdate= 11 September 2009 |publisher=Mein VfL|language=German}} Two of his brothers are also football players: his brother Sebastian played more than hundred matches in the second Bundesliga for LR Ahlen and Union Berlin, and his youngest brother Vincent played in the second team of FC Ingolstadt 04.{{cite web|url=https://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/zeusmedienwelten/zeus/fuer-schueler/zeus-regional/herne/2008/5/28/news-50471528/detail.html|title=Zwei Bochumer Jungs |date= 28 May 2008 |accessdate= 11 September 2009|publisher=Der Westen|language=German}}

After impressing as a junior, Bönig joined Bayern Munich as a 14-year-old in 1994 and played there for seven years. In the last year he established himself in the second team of the club which played in the Regionalliga. While playing at Bayern Munich, Bönig made twenty starts for the German national youth teams.

=MSV Duisburg=

In 2001, Bönig started his professional career at MSV Duisburg in the 2. Bundesliga and stayed for two seasons at this club. In this period he made 66 matches and scored two goals. Since his contract expired at the summer of 2003 he got offers from different clubs and he decided to move to then Bundesliga club, VfL Bochum.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-holt-jungtalent-boenig-280094/artikel|title=Bochum holt Jungtalent Bönig |date= 7 March 2003 |access-date= 11 September 2009 |publisher=Kicker Magazine|language=German}}

=VfL Bochum=

In his first season 2003–04 VfL Bochum qualified itself for the UEFA Cup and Bönig played three matches for Team 2006. However, in the following season Bochum were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. But in the next season, they returned directly to the highest level again. After Bochum could maintain themselves in the season 2006–07 his contract was extended until the season 2009–10. In the winter of 2009 Tomasz Zdebel left the club which made Bönig the longest-serving player at the club in the selection.

Bönig acts normally as left defender. His biggest assets are his mentality and fighting spirit, which made him to a crowd-pleaser in the past years. He never scored a goal in the German Bundesliga in his over 150 matches.

Coaching career

Bönig started his coaching career with the U19s of JFG Sempt Erding in October 2016.[https://www.fupa.net/berichte/jfg-sempt-erding-bundesliga-profi-boenig-coacht-die-a-jugend-685299.html Bundesliga-Profi Bönig coacht die A-Jugend], fupa.net, 6 October 2016 In April 2018 it was confirmed, that he would take charge of BCF Wolfratshausen from the 2018-19 season.[https://www.media-sportservice.de/2018/04/13/ex-vfl-profi-philipp-boenig-wird-trainer/ Bochum: Früherer VfL-Profi Philipp Bönig wird Oberliga-Trainer], media-sportservice.de, 13 April 2018 He left the position in the summer 2019 to become the manager of VfR Garching.[https://fussball.vfr-garching.de/philipp-boenig-wird-neuer-trainer-des-regionalliga-teams/ Philipp Bönig wird neuer Trainer des Regionalliga-Teams], fussball.vfr-garching.de, 24 March 2019 After only 16 games, Bönig resigned by mutual consent on 30 October 2019 after the team had been in the relegation zone for several games.[https://www.merkur.de/sport/amateur-fussball/landkreis-muenchen/vfr-garching-philipp-boenig-tritt-zurueck-13180512.html Philipp Bönig tritt beim VfR Garching zurück! Wer wird Nachfolger?], merkur.de, 30 October 2019

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National cup{{efn\|German Cup and Hungarian Cup.}} !colspan="2"\|League cup{{efn\|German League Cup.}} !colspan="2"\|Continental{{efn\|UEFA Cup/Europa League.}} !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{cite web\|title=Philipp Bönig » Club matches\|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/philipp-boenig/2/\|publisher=World Football\|accessdate=10 May 2018}}
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4"\|Bayern Munich II	1998–99	rowspan="3"\|Regionalliga Süd	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	1	0
1999–00	5	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	5	0
2000–01	29	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	29	0
colspan="2"\|Total	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	0
rowspan="3"\|MSV Duisburg	2001–02	rowspan="2"\|2. Bundesliga	33	1	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	34	1
2002–03	33	1	2	1	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	35	2
colspan="2"\|Total	66	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	69	3
rowspan="10"\|VfL Bochum	2003–04	rowspan="2"\|Bundesliga	28	0	1	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	30	0
2004–05	29	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	34	0
2005–06	2. Bundesliga	19	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	20	0
2006–07	rowspan="4"\|Bundesliga	30	0	3	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	33	0
2007–08	25	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	25	0
2008–09	18	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	18	0
2009–10	10	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	10	0
2010–11	rowspan="2"\|2. Bundesliga	6	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	7	0
2011–12	5	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	6	0
colspan="2"\|Total	170	0	10	0	2	0	2	0	184	0
rowspan="4"\|VfL Bochum II	2009–10	rowspan="3"\|Regionalliga West	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	2	0
2010–11	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	1	0
2011–12	2	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	2	0
colspan="2"\|Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
rowspan="4"\|Ferencváros	2012–13	rowspan="3"\|NB I.	7	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	8	0
2013–14	24	2	1	1	7	0	colspan="2"\|—	32	3
2014–15	15	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	19	0
colspan="2"\|Total	46	2	2	1	10	0	1	0	59	3
colspan="3"\|Career total	322	4	15	2	12	0	3	0	352	6