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Dariusz Wosz
Wosz in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-06-08) 8 June 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
VfL Bochum (technical trainer)
Youth career
1980–1981 BSG Motor Halle
1981–1984 BSG Empor Halle
1984–1986 Chemie Halle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1992 Hallescher FC[a] 116 (20)
1992–1998 VfL Bochum 211 (25)
1998–2001 Hertha BSC 85 (11)
2001–2007 VfL Bochum 135 (16)
2007–2009 SC Union Bergen 15 (12)
Total 563 (74)
International career
1989–1990 East Germany 7 (0)
1997–2000 Germany 17 (1)
Managerial career
2007–2013 VfL Bochum U-19
2009–2010 VfL Bochum (assistant)
2010 VfL Bochum (caretaker)
2010–2013 VfL Bochum (assistant)
2013–2014 VfL Bochum II
2014–2015 VfL Bochum U-19
2015– VfL Bochum (technical trainer)
Medal record
Chemie Halle
Winner DDR-Liga 1986–87
VfL Bochum
Winner 2. Bundesliga 1993–94
Winner 2. Bundesliga 1995–96
Winner 2. Bundesliga 2005–06
Hertha BSC
Runner-up DFB-Ligapokal 2000
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dariusz Wosz (German pronunciation: [ˈdaːʁi̯ʊs ˈvɔʃ], Polish: [ˈdarjuʐ ˈvɔʂ]; born 8 June 1969) is a German professional football coach and former player who is a technical trainer for German club VfL Bochum. As a player, he played mostly as a deep-lying playmaker in midfield.

Early life

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Wosz's family migrated to Halle, Germany, from the Polish part of Silesia.

Club career

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Wosz started playing football at BSG Motor Halle in 1980. After a year there he moved to BSG Empor Halle before joining Chemie Halle in 1984.

Two years after joining the club he made it into the first team, who earned promotion from the second division to the DDR-Oberliga, although Wosz would only play once, in 1986–87. During the following four seasons he would amass 93 games (15 goals) until the Oberliga merged with the Bundesliga due to the German reunification.[1]

Wosz stayed at Halle for the 1991–92 2. Bundesliga season, lining up in 22 games (five goals). Because the club finished fourth in the final East German football season, he was able to play twice in the 1991–92 UEFA Cup.

Wosz was transferred to VfL Bochum in toward the end of the 1991–92 season. As captain, he led Bochum to its biggest success yet: the third round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup which was lost 6–4 on aggregate to Ajax.

In the summer of 1998, Wosz was transferred to Hertha BSC. After three successful years, including participation in the UEFA Champions League where he scored the winning goal against A.C. Milan,[2] he requested to be transferred back to Bochum, where he helped the side qualify for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. During his final season, 2006–07, Wosz only played one match, being substituted on for Zvjezdan Misimović in the 70th minute against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Twelve minutes later he scored his final Bundesliga goal. In summer 2007, he played besides his coaching job with Bochum-based football club SC Union Bergen and retired in summer 2009.[3]

International career

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Wosz earned his first international cap for East Germany when he played against Finland on 22 March 1989 in Dresden.[4] The match ended as a 1–1 draw. His seventh cap, his final game for East Germany, was against Belgium on 12 September 1990 in Brussels. East Germany won the match 2–1.

On 26 February 1997, he debuted for the reunified Germany against Israel in Tel Aviv. Germany won the match 1–0, with Wosz scoring Germany's goal. Wosz was part of the German squad for Euro 2000 but Erich Ribbeck did not use him during the tournament. He made his final national appearance against Denmark on 15 November 2000 in Copenhagen. Germany lost 2–1.

Coaching career

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After retiring, Wosz served as Bochum's U-19 coach and was on 20 September 2009 named as assistant coach of the Bundesliga team.[5] On 29 April 2010, he replaced Heiko Herrlich as head coach of VfL Bochum.[6]

In the summer 2015, Wosz was appointed as the new technical trainer in the club, both for the seniors and the youth teams.[7]

Background

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  • Wosz is the only player of VfL Bochum who got a "Farewell-match". On 8 September 2007, a team formed by the UEFA Cup squad of Bochum played against a team of old teammates of Wosz. The match ended 12–8 and two goals of Wosz who played for both sides.
  • By many supporters of VfL Bochum he is only called "him" (in German: er), after his return to the club.

Personal life

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Wosz's nephew, Joscha Wosz, is also a professional footballer.[8]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chemie Halle[a] 1986–87 DDR-Liga 1 0 0 0 1 0
1987–88 DDR-Oberliga 22 2 4 0 26 2
1988–89 21 5 1 0 22 5
1989–90 24 5 2 0 26 5
1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga 26 3 2 0 28 3
Total 94 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 103 15
Hallescher FC[a] 1991–92 2. Bundesliga 22 5 1 0 2 0 25 5
VfL Bochum 1991–92 Bundesliga 16 0 0 0 16 0
1992–93 33 3 2 0 35 3
1993–94 2. Bundesliga 34 3 1 0 35 3
1994–95 Bundesliga 32 2 2 0 34 2
1995–96 31 3 1 0 32 3
1996–97 32 9 4 0 36 9
1997–98 33 5 2 1 1 0 6 1 42 7
Total 211 25 12 1 1 0 6 1 230 27
Hertha BSC 1998–99 Bundesliga 31 3 3 0 34 3
1999–00 32 5 1 0 1 0 12 2 46 7
2000–01 22 3 1 1 3 0 3 0 29 4
Total 85 11 5 1 4 0 15 2 109 14
VfL Bochum 2001–02 2. Bundesliga 27 6 1 0 28 6
2002–03 Bundesliga 30 2 4 1 34 3
2003–04 33 4 0 0 1 0 34 4
2004–05 29 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 33 2
2005–06 2. Bundesliga 15 1 1 1 16 2
2006–07 Bundesliga 1 1 0 0 1 1
Total 135 16 7 2 2 0 2 0 146 18
Career total 547 72 34 4 7 0 25 3 613 79

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]
National team Year Apps Goals
East Germany 1989 3 0
1990 4 0
Total 7 0
Germany 1997 6 1
1998 1 0
1999 4 0
2000 6 0
Total 17 1
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wosz goal.
List of international goals scored by Dariusz Wosz[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 February 1997 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Israel 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Hallescher FC were known as Chemie Halle until 1991.

References

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  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (4 June 2015). "Dariusz Wosz - Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Hertha-Milan". UEFA. 20 October 1999.
  3. ^ "BL 13: Wosz fordert Pass von Bergen zurück und spricht Klartext" (in German). reviersport.de. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Arnhold, Matthias (4 June 2015). "Dariusz Wosz - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Koller verlässt den VfL" (in German). VfL Bochum. 20 September 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  6. ^ "VfL trennt sich von Heiko Herrlich" (in German). VfL Bochum. 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Alle Trainerteams von der U19 bis zur U9" (in German). VfL Bochum. 9 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Dariusz Wosz glaubt an den HFC und kritisiert Neffen Joscha" [Dariusz Wosz believes in HFC and criticises nephew Joscha]. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Dariusz Wosz » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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