Tim Borowski
{{Short description|German footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tim Borowski
| image = Tim Borowski 2007 kleiner.jpg
| caption = Borowski with Werder Bremen in 2007
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Neubrandenburg, East Germany
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1985–1996 | youthclubs1 = Neubrandenburg 04
| youthyears2 = 1996–1999 | youthclubs2 = Werder Bremen
| years1 = 1999–2001 | clubs1 = Werder Bremen II | caps1 = 58 | goals1 = 12 | years2 = 2000–2008 | clubs2 = Werder Bremen | caps2 = 169 | goals2 = 23
| years3 = 2008–2009 | clubs3 = Bayern Munich | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2009–2012 | clubs4 = Werder Bremen | caps4 = 41 | goals4 = 4
| totalcaps = 294 | totalgoals = 44
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2001 | nationalteam1 = Germany U21 | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2002–2004 | nationalteam2 = Germany B | nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2002–2008 | nationalteam3 = Germany | nationalcaps3 = 33 | nationalgoals3 = 2
| manageryears1 = 2017
| managerclubs1 = Werder Bremen youth (assistant manager)
| manageryears2 = 2017–2021
| managerclubs2 = Werder Bremen (assistant manager)
}}
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{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/borowskidata.html | title = Tim Borowski – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 16 April 2015 | website = RSSSF | access-date = 21 April 2015}} 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.{{cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01b2-0e6d67b1dc09-d1fa19b3757e-1000--micoud-header-ends-juve-comeback/ | title = Micoud header ends Juve comeback | publisher = UEFA | date = 23 February 2006 | access-date = 6 October 2013}}
=Bayern Munich=
Borowski joined FC Bayern Munich in the 2008 summer after the move was made effective in January, in a free transfer.{{cite web | url = http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C11881_3044811%2C00.html | title = Bayern seal Borowski deal | publisher = Sky Sports | date = 13 January 2008 | access-date = 7 October 2013}} 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.{{cite web | url = http://bleacherreport.com/articles/87748-tim-borowski-of-bayern-munich-forgotten-or-ignored | title = Tim Borowski of Bayern Munich: Forgotten or ignored? | publisher = Bleacher Report | date = 1 December 2008 | access-date = 7 October 2013}}{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/tim-borowski/spieler/bundesliga/2008-09/fc-bayern-muenchen | title = Tim Borowski | language = de | website = Kicker | access-date = 6 July 2020}}
=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,{{cite news | url = http://www.werder.de/de/profis/news/38939.php | title = Kein neuer Vertrag für Tim Borowski | trans-title = No new contract for Tim Borowski | publisher = SV Werder Bremen | language = de | date = 26 April 2012 | access-date = 6 October 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150611005040/http://www.werder.de/de/profis/news/38939.php | archive-date = 11 June 2015 | df = dmy-all }} and retired from football shortly after due to injury, aged 32.{{cite news | url = https://www.kicker.de/borowski_das-nehme-ich-fuer-immer-mit-575068/artikel | title = Borowski: "Das nehme ich für immer mit" |trans-title=Borowski: "This will always be with me" | publisher = kicker | language = de | date = 19 September 2012 | access-date = 24 September 2012}}
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.{{Cite web | url = http://www.werder.de/en/aktuell/news/50020.php | title = Borowski successfully ends trainee program | publisher = SV Werder Bremen | date = 30 June 2014 | access-date = 7 June 2015 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140814001150/http://www.werder.de/en/aktuell/news/50020.php | archive-date = 14 August 2014 | df = dmy-all }} In April of the following year, he signed a contract until July 2018 as sports director for the reserve team.{{Cite web | url = https://www.werder.de/de/profis/news/54256.php | title = Tim Borowski wird Sportlicher Leiter U23 | trans-title = Tim Borowski becomes U23 sporting director | publisher = SV Werder Bremen | language = de | date = 9 April 2015 | access-date = 7 June 2015 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150415213320/http://www.werder.de/de/profis/news/54256.php | archive-date = 15 April 2015 | df = dmy-all }}{{Cite web | url = http://www.sport1.de/fussball/bundesliga/2015/04/bundesliga-tim-borowski-wird-sportdirektor-der-u-23-von-werder-bremen | title = Borowski kehrt nach Bremen zurück |trans-title=Borowski returns to Bremen | publisher = Sport1 | language = de | date = 9 April 2015 | access-date = 7 June 2015}}
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.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/borowski-intl.html | title = Tim Borowski – International Appearances | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 13 December 2012 | website = RSSSF | access-date = 4 January 2013}} 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.{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991602.stm | title = Germany 1–1 Argentina | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 30 June 2006 | access-date = 6 October 2013}} He started in the following match against Italy, leaving injured in an eventual 0–2 loss.{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991640.stm | title = Germany 0–2 Italy (aet) | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 4 July 2006 | access-date = 6 October 2013}}
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.{{cite web | url = https://www.werder.de/teams/profis/trainerstab/ | title = Unser Trainerstab | language = de | website = Werder Bremen | access-date = 6 July 2020}} Prior to this, he assisted at one of the club's youth level teams (U17).{{cite web | url = https://www.deichstube.de/news/tim-borowski-neuer-anlauf-werder-bremen-u17-co-trainer-werder-laesst-mich-nicht-los-8617915.html | title = Borowski: "Werder lässt mich nicht los" | language = de | website = deichstube.de | date = 23 August 2017 | access-date = 6 July 2020 | first = Björn |last = Knips}} He worked to acquire the fourth and final DFB manager license in 2020.{{cite web | url = https://www.deichstube.de/news/werder-bremen-tim-borowski-co-trainer-fussball-lehrer-lehrgang-pruefung-coronavirus-bundesliga-13607521.html | title = Werder-Co-Trainer Borowski wird erst später geprüft | language = de | website = deichstube.de | date = 6 June 2020 | access-date = 6 July 2020 | first = Björn |last = Knips}}
Career statistics
=Club=
| 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"|National cup | colspan="2"|League cup | colspan="2"|Continental | colspan="2"|Total | rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| rowspan="4"|Werder Bremen II | 1999–2000 | rowspan="3"|Regionalliga Nord | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 31 | 6 | {{cite web |title=Tim Borowski |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/2575/Tim_Borowski.html |website=National Football Teams |access-date=12 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Tim Borowski » Club matches |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tim-borowski/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=12 July 2018}} | |
| 2000–01 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 5 | ||||
| 2001–02 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 2 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total | 58 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 13 | – | |
| rowspan="8"|Werder Bremen | 2001–02 | rowspan="7"|Bundesliga | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| 2002–03 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 5 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | |||
| 2004–05 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 10 | ||
| 2005–06 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 13 | ||
| 2006–07 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 3 | ||
| 2007–08 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 169 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 230 | 40 | – | |
| Bayern Munich | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 7 | 1 | 35 | 7 | |
| rowspan="4"|Werder Bremen | 2009–10 | rowspan="3"|Bundesliga | 28 | 4 | 6 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 11 | 1 | 45 | 6 | |
| 2010–11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total | 41 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 64 | 7 | – | |
| colspan="3"|Career total | 294 | 44 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 8 | 391 | 67 | – |
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="6"|Germany
|2002 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 33 | 2 |
:Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Borowski goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Tim Borowski | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 7 September 2005 | Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany | {{fb|RSA}} | align="center"|2–1 | align="center"|4–2 | align=center rowspan="2"| Friendly |
| align="center"|2 | 2 June 2006 | Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany | {{fb|COL}} | align="center"|3–0 | align="center"|3–0 |
Honours
- Bundesliga: 2003–04
- DFB-Pokal: 2003–04; runner-up: 2009–10
- DFB-Ligapokal: 2006; runner-up: 2004
Germany
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2008
- FIFA World Cup third place: 2006
- FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Fussballdaten|borowskitim}}
- {{FIFA player|191193}}
- {{Official website|http://www.timborowski.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
{{2005–06 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season}}
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