| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 March 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Voerde, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| –1979 | TV Voerde | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1982 | MSV Duisburg | 88 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1985 | VfB Stuttgart | 69 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1994 | VfL Bochum | 234 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 391 | (42) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1982 | West Germany U-21 | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1986 | West Germany B | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Kempe (born 17 March 1960) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. [1] [2] His sons Dennis and Tobias are also professional footballers.
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| MSV Duisburg | 1979–80 | Bundesliga | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 6 | |
| 1980–81 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | |||
| 1981–82 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| Total | 88 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 13 | ||
| VfB Stuttgart | 1982–83 | Bundesliga | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | 34 | 8 | |
| 1983–84 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 1984–85 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6 | ||
| Total | 69 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 16 | ||
| VfL Bochum | 1985–86 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 35 | 5 | |
| 1986–87 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 1987–88 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | |||
| 1988–89 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 1989–90 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| 1990–91 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | |||
| 1991–92 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| 1992–93 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| 1993–94 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 234 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 18 | ||
| Career total | 391 | 42 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 425 | 47 | ||
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