Roman Prokoph

{{Short description|German footballer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Roman Prokoph

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Berlin, West Germany

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1995

| youthclubs1 = SV Berlin-Chemie Adlershof

| youthyears2 = 1995–2004

| youthclubs2 = Union Berlin

| years1 = 2004–2005

| clubs1 = Union Berlin

| caps1 = 39

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2006

| clubs2 = Ludwigsfelder FC

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2006–2007

| clubs3 = FC St. Pauli

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2006–2008

| clubs4 = FC St. Pauli II

| caps4 = 56

| goals4 = 23

| years5 = 2008–2011

| clubs5 = VfL Bochum II

| caps5 = 58

| goals5 = 20

| years6 = 2009–2011

| clubs6 = VfL Bochum

| caps6 = 25

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2011–2012

| clubs7 = Kapfenberger SV

| caps7 = 10

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2012

| clubs8 = SpVgg Unterhaching

| caps8 = 9

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2012–2013

| clubs9 = Sportfreunde Lotte

| caps9 = 37

| goals9 = 8

| years10 = 2013–2014

| clubs10 = VfL Osnabrück

| caps10 = 6

| goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2014–2016

| clubs11 = Hannover 96 II

| caps11 = 74

| goals11 = 39

| years12 = 2016–2019

| clubs12 = FC Köln II

| caps12 = 96

| goals12 = 39

| years13 = 2019–2021

| clubs13 = Fortuna Köln

| caps13 = 56

| goals13 = 22

| years14 = 2021–2023

| clubs14 = Wuppertaler SV

| caps14 = 61

| goals14 = 19

| years15 = 2024

| clubs15 = Kirchheimer SC

| caps15 = 9

| goals15 = 6

| club-update = 14:27, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

}}

Roman Prokoph (born 6 August 1985) is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Kirchheimer SC.{{cite web |url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/prokophroman/ |title=Roman Prokoph |language=German|publisher=fussballdaten.de |accessdate=4 June 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/roman-prokoph/spieler/2-bundesliga/2010-11/vfl-bochum|language=German|title=Prokoph, Roman|publisher=kicker|access-date=4 June 2011}}

Career

Born in Berlin,{{cite web |url=https://www.derwesten.de/sport/fussball/vfl/Roman-Prokoph-der-Aufsteiger-beim-VfL-id2447272.html |title=Roman Prokoph - der Aufsteiger beim VfL | language=German |trans-title=Roman Prokoph - The promoted one at the VfL | first = Ralf | last = Ritter |date=28 January 2010 |publisher=WAZ-Mediengruppe|accessdate=4 June 2011}} Prokoph began his career with SV Berlin-Chemie Adlershof and joined in 1995 the youth team of Union Berlin. He was promoted to Union Berlin's first team after nine years, where he played 46 games and scored eleven goals. On 1 January 2006, he left his team and signed for Ludwigsfelder FC. Here he earned only seven caps and scored three goals in six months.

In summer 2006, he signed for FC St. Pauli.{{cite web |url=http://www.kiezkicker.de/kiezkicker/ungepflegtes-teamarchiv/das-team2007-08/prokoph/ |title=Roman Prokoph |language=German |publisher=Hell of FC St. Pauli |accessdate=4 June 2011}} He played ten games in the Regionalliga Nord for St. Pauli and was a key player of the reserve.{{cite web |url= http://www.berliner-kurier.de/archiv/verspottet-bei-union--verkannt-bei-st--pauli--jetzt-bundesliga-star-mit-mut-und-glueck-bis-ganz-nach-oben-roman-prokoph-lebt-einen-traum,8259702,3865818.html |title=Roman Prokoph lebt einen Traum |language=German |trans-title=Roman Prokoph lives a dream | first = Mathias | last = Bunkus |date=11 December 2009 |publisher=Berliner Kurier |accessdate=4 June 2011}} In July 2008, he signed for the reserve team of VfL Bochum and became the team captain during the 2008–09 season. On 23 November 2009, he earned his first Bundesliga match against Hamburger SV{{cite web |url=http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/sport/vflbochum/vfl/art2420,740591 |title=Roman Prokoph feiert super Einstand |language=German |trans-title=Roman Prokoph makes superb debut| first = Martin | last = Jagusch |date=23 November 2009 |publisher=Ruhrnachrichten |accessdate=4 June 2011}} and signed his first professional contract with the Ruhrpott club on 9 February 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.vfl-bochum.de/webcache/Aktuelles_meldung_7532_3_de.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110606064059/http://www.vfl-bochum.de/webcache/Aktuelles_meldung_7532_3_de.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 June 2011 |title=Profivertrag für Roman Prokoph |language=German |trans-title=Pro-contract for Roman Prokoph |date= |publisher=VfL Bochum |accessdate=4 June 2011}}

On 10 June 2019, it was confirmed that Prokoph would join Fortuna Köln ahead of the 2019–20 season.[https://www.ksta.de/sport/fortuna-koeln/neuverpflichtung-roman-prokoph-wechselt-vom-fc-zu-fortuna-koeln-32676344 Fortuna Köln: Roman Prokoph kommt vom 1. FC Köln], ksta.de, 10 June 2019

Career statistics

{{Updated|4 July 2024}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ 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

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Union Berlin

|2004–05{{cite web |title=Roman Prokoph » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/roman-prokoph/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=19 December 2020}}

|Regionalliga Nord

|29

210colspan="2"|–302
2005–06

|Oberliga NOFV-Nord

|10

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–102
colspan="2"|Total

!39

41000404
Ludwigsfelder FC

|2005–06

|Oberliga NOFV-Nord

|7

3colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–73
FC St. Pauli

|2006–07

|Regionalliga Nord

|10

000colspan="2"|–100
rowspan="3"|FC St. Pauli II

|2006–07

|rowspan="2"|Oberliga Nord

|24

7colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–247
2007–08

|32

16colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–3216
colspan="2"|Total

!56

2300005623
rowspan="4"|VfL Bochum II

|2008–09

|rowspan="3"|Regionalliga West

|31

12colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–3112
2009–10

|15

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–152
2010–11

|12

6colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–126
colspan="2"|Total

!58

2000005820
rowspan="3"|VfL Bochum

|2009–10

|Bundesliga

|15

000colspan="2"|–150
2010–11

|2. Bundesliga

|10

010colspan="2"|–110
colspan="2"|Total

!25

01000260
Kapfenberger SV

|2011–12

|Austrian Bundesliga

|10

010colspan="2"|–110
SpVgg Unterhaching

|2011–12{{cite web |title=Roman Prokoph |url=https://www.kicker.de/roman-prokoph/spieler/3-liga/2011-12/spvgg-unterhaching |website=kicker |access-date=19 December 2020 |language=German}}{{cite web |title=R. Prokoph |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/roman-prokoph/16333/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=19 December 2020}}

|3. Liga

|9

100colspan="2"|–91
Sportfreunde Lotte

|2012–13

|Regionalliga West

|37

80020398
VfL Osnabrück

|2013–14

|3. Liga

|6

110colspan="2"|–71
rowspan="4"|Hannover 96 II

|2013–14

|rowspan="3"|Regionalliga Nord

|14

6colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–146
2014–15

|29

15colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–2915
2016–16

|31

18colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–3118
colspan="2"|Total

!74

3900007439
rowspan="4"|1. FC Köln II

|2016–17

|rowspan="3"|Regionalliga West

|32

20colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–3220
2017–18

|32

11colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–3211
2018–19

|32

8colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–328
colspan="2"|Total

!96

3900009639
rowspan="3"|Fortuna Köln

|2019–20

|rowspan="2"|Regionalliga West

|23

7colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–237
2020–21

|33

15colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–3315
colspan="2"|Total

!56

2200005622
rowspan="3"|Wuppertaler SV

|2021–22

|rowspan="2"|Regionalliga West

|34

12colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–3412
2022–23

|27

7colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–277
colspan="2"|Total

!61

1900006119
Kirchheimer SC

|2023–24

|Bayernliga Süd

|9

6colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|–96
colspan="3"|Career total

!553

1754020559175

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