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Tim Borowski
Personal information
Date of birth	2 May 1980 (1980-05-02) (age 29)
Place of birth	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Werder Bremen
Number	6
Youth career
0000–1996 1996–1999	1.FC Neubrandenburg 04 Werder Bremen
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2000 2000–2008 2008–2009 2009–	Werder Bremen II Werder Bremen Bayern Munich Werder Bremen	056 (11) 169 (23) 026 0(5) 012 0(2)
National team2
2002–	Germany	033 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 2 July 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Tim Borowski (born 2 May 1980 in Neubrandenburg, Germany) is a German football midfielder who plays for Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga. He is a central midfielder, adept at tackling and attacking although best known for his passing and vision.

Personal life

He has a higher commercial school qualification. He married Lena Mühlbacher on 15 July 2006 at the manor-house in Osterholz-Scharmbeck. They have one child, Emilia born 22 July 2007.

Career

Early career

He started his career at his hometown-club Post Neubrandenburg. There he was scouted by Werder Bremen and became a part of the club's youth academy that, in recent history, has also brought up players such as Nelson Valdez (now with Borussia Dortmund), Christian Schulz and Simon Rolfes (now with Bayer Leverkusen).

Werder Bremen

After playing for Werder Bremen II in the Regionalliga Nord, he finally became part of the senior squad in 2002. He had been a regular since joining the main squad. As Werder Bremen usually deployed a 4-4-2 diamond formation, he usually played as a left midfielder.

Bayern Munich

Borowski joined the defending Bundesliga champions on a free transfer. He wore shirt number twenty four for Bayern Munich. Borowski made 26 appearances for the German champions, but never managed to establish himself in the starting eleven.

Werder Bremen

After only one year with Bayern Borowski returned to Werder Bremen on 22 July 2009 and signed a three year contract with his former club.^[1]

International career

His first international match for Germany was a 2-2 draw against Bulgaria in Sofia on 21 August 2002.

Tim Borowski was selected for the 2006 World Cup. In the first match against Costa Rica, he played the role of attacking midfielder instead of captain Michael Ballack who was not available for the first match. After the game, he became an ever present substitute for the team and usually substituted for Bastian Schweinsteiger or Torsten Frings.

In the quarter-final against Argentina, he made a superb assistance for his then Bremen teammate Miroslav Klose to score the equalizing goal for Germany. Borowski scored with the decisive fourth penalty in Germany's 4-2 win in the shootout after extra time.

After the strong appearance in the previous match, he played from the beginning in the semi-finals against Italy. Later in that match, Bastian Schweinsteiger replaced him after Borowski picked up an injury, and was not able to play for the third place against Portugal.

Career stats

As of 19 December 2009 (2009 -12-19)

Honours

Club Titles

• German U19 Champion 1999 with Werder Bremen
• DFB-Pokal winner 2004 with Werder Bremen
• Bundesliga champion 2004 with Werder Bremen

National Team

• Confederations Cup Bronze medallist: 2005
• Third Place at the 2006 World Cup
• Runner-up at UEFA Euro 2008

References

External links

• Official Homepage (German)
• Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sports: "Football Profile"
• Profile at FCBayern.de
• Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (German)

Tim Borowski international tournaments Germany squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place 1 Kahn • 2 Hinkel • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Owomoyela • 6 Engelhardt • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Deisler • 11 Brdarić • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Ernst • 16 Hitzlsperger • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Schulz • 22 Kurányi • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann Germany squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Huth • 5 Kehl • 6 Nowotny • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Hanke • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Kahn • 13 Ballack • 14 Asamoah • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Schneider • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Odonkor • 23 Hildebrand • Coach: Klinsmann Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2008 Runners-up 1 Lehmann • 2 Jansen • 3 Friedrich • 4 Fritz • 5 Westermann • 6 Rolfes • 7 Schweinsteiger • 8 Frings • 9 Gómez • 10 Neuville • 11 Klose • 12 Enke • 13 Ballack • 14 Trochowski • 15 Hitzlsperger • 16 Lahm • 17 Mertesacker • 18 Borowski • 19 Odonkor • 20 Podolski • 21 Metzelder • 22 Kurányi • 23 Adler • Coach: Löw