Tomasz Wałdoch
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| Full name | Tomasz Wojciech Wałdoch | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gdańsk, Polish People's Republic | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Schalke 04 II (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Stoczniowiec Gdańsk | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1995 | Górnik Zabrze | 152 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | VfL Bochum | 133 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2006 | Schalke 04 | 141 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 432 | (29) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland Olympic | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–2002 | Poland | 74 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Schalke 04 U17 (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Schalke 04 II (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Schalke 04 U17 (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Schalke 04 U17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Schalke 04 Jugend | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Schalke 04 II (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Tomasz Wojciech Wałdoch (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʐ ˈvawdɔx]; born 10 May 1971)[1] is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender in Poland and Germany.[2]
Wałdoch had a ten-year international career with Poland. He often captained the side, including at the 2002 World Cup. Most of his club career was spent in German leagues with VfL Bochum and Schalke 04.[3]
Club career
[edit]Wałdoch played for Górnik Zabrze, VfL Bochum, Schalke 04 and Jagiellonia Białystok.
International career
[edit]Wałdoch played for the Poland national team, for a total of 74 caps.[4] He was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal.[5] He was the captain of the Polish team for the 2002 World Cup.
Coaching career
[edit]On 1 July 2006, Wałdoch was named as the assistant coach of the FC Schalke 04 U17 team. From 15 April 2008 until 30 June 2008, he was the assistant coach at Schalke 04 II. On 11 November 2009, it was announced that he would become the temporary assistant coach of Poland national team, assisting Franciszek Smuda.[6] He was later replaced in the role by his former teammate Jacek Zielinski. On 20 April 2010, he was named the new sporting director of his first professional club Górnik Zabrze.[7] He left later that year, in November. He went on to be coach of the Schalke 04 U17 team from July 2011 to June 2012. From July 2012 to June 2014, he was the coach of the Schalke 04 Jugend team. Currently, he is the assistant coach of the Schalke 04 II team for the second time, serving under Jürgen Luginger.
Personal life
[edit]Wałdoch holds German citizenship.[citation needed] He is married with four children – two sons and two daughters. His son Kamil (born 4 July 1992) currently plays in the German fourth-tier for club FC Kray, situated in Essen.[8][9]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Poland | 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 9 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wałdoch goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 23 September 1992 | Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland |  Turkey | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 15 March 1995 | Miejski Stadion Sportowy "KSZO", Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland |  Lithuania | 2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]VfL Bochum
Schalke 04
- Bundesliga: runner-up 2000–01
- DFB-Pokal: 2000–01, 2001–02
- DFB-Ligapokal: 2005; runner-up 2001, 2002
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004
Poland Olympic
References
[edit]- ^ "Tomasz Wojciech Wałdoch - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ Tomasz Wałdoch: Na mistrzostwa świata nie jedzie się po to, by zwiedzać laczynaspilka.pl (Archived)
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (7 December 2017). "Tomasz Wojciech Wałdoch - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ Klukowski, Tomasz (7 December 2017). "Tomasz Wałdoch - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Tomasz Wałdoch Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ^ Polen: Tomasz Waldoch "Ich habe sofort spontan zugesagt"
- ^ Sport: Spektakularny powrót
- ^ "1. Mannschft: Kamil Waldoch" (in German). FC Kray. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ Kamil Waldoch kommt von Schalke 04
- ^ "Football PLAYER: Tomasz Wałdoch". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Tomasz Wałdoch". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
External links
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- Tomasz Wałdoch at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Tomasz Wałdoch at WorldFootball.net
- Tomasz Wałdoch at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Tomasz Wałdoch at National-Football-Teams.com
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