Tomasz Zdebel

Tomasz Zdebel

Personal information
Full name	Tomasz Zdebel
Date of birth	(1973-05-25) 25 May 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Katowice, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
0000–1988	GKS Katowice
1988–1990	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1992	Rot-Weiss Essen	30	(4)
1992–1994	1. FC Köln II	47	(3)
1993–1997	1. FC Köln	57	(2)
1997–2000	Lierse	78	(9)
2000–2003	Gençlerbirliği	80	(12)
2003–2008	VfL Bochum	162	(8)
2009–2010	Bayer Leverkusen	12	(0)
2009	Bayer Leverkusen II	1	(0)
2010–2011	Alemannia Aachen	6	(0)
Total		473	(37)
International career
2000–2003	Poland	14	(0)
Managerial career
2015–2017	SV Bergisch Gladbach 09
2018–2019	TV Herkenrath 09
2019–2022	Bayer Leverkusen U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomasz Zdebel (born 25 May 1973) is a Polish-German former professional footballer ^[1] who played as a defensive midfielder. He was active in his active career in Germany, Belgium and Turkey. From 2000 to 2003, he played for the Poland national team.

Early life

Zdebel was born and raised in Katowice, Poland. ^[2] His father was a football player who worked as a miner during the week. ^[3] In 1988 the family emigrated to Düsseldorf. ^{[4] [5]}

Club career

Zdebel started playing football with the local club GKS Katowice. Having emigrated to Germany, he joined the youth team of Fortuna Düsseldorf. He started his senior career in 1990, the year he received German citizenship, at Rot-Weiss Essen. One year later the team was relegated from the Bundesliga. In 1992 Zdebel joined 1. FC Köln and played for their reserve team. In 1993, he debuted for the first team. ^[4]

He left Cologne in 1997 and moved to Lierse. In his first season the club finished seventh and qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League. The next season Lierse won the Belgian Cup. Zdebel played as central midfielder and as a defender for Lierse. ^[4]

In 2000, Zdebel moved to Turkey and signed with Gençlerbirliği S.K. In 2003, he returned to Germany and joined VfL Bochum.

Coaching career

Zdebel runs a football school called Spofa-Fußballschule, alongside former footballer Andrzej Rudy. ^[6]

In 2012, Zdebel began working as a youth coordinator for SV Bergisch Gladbach 09. ^[7] After first team manager Dietmar Schacht was fired on 18 March 2015, Zdebel took over his position. ^[8] On 2 October 2017, Zdebel resigned from his position. ^[9]

On 4 November 2018, Zdebel was appointed as the manager of TV Herkenrath 09. ^[10] After only eight weeks, on 4 January 2019, Zdebel resigned after a massive chaos, with several players leaving the club. ^[11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rot-Weiss Essen	1990–91	2. Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	1991–92	Oberliga Nordrhein	29	4	1	0	—		—		30	4
	Total		30	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	4
1. FC Köln II	1992–93	Oberliga Nordrhein	23	0	—		—		—		23	0
	1993–94	Oberliga Nordrhein	24	3	—		—		—		24	3
	Total		47	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	3
1. FC Köln	1993–94	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	1994–95	Bundesliga	13	1	2	0	—		—		15	1
	1995–96	Bundesliga	23	0	1	0	—		—		24	0
	1996–97	Bundesliga	20	1	1	0	—		—		21	1
	Total		57	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	61	2
Lierse	1997–98	First Division	30	4			—		6	0
	1998–99	First Division	28	3			—		—
	1999–00	First Division	20	2			—		—
	Total		78	9			0	0	6	0
Gençlerbirliği	2000–01	1. Lig	30	3	4	1	—		—		34	4
	2001–02	Süper Lig	22	3	0	0	—		2	0	24	3
	2002–03	Süper Lig	28	6	5	0	—		—		33	6
	Total		80	12	9	1	0	0	2	0	91	13
VfL Bochum	2003–04	Bundesliga	34	1	1	0	1	0	—		36	1
	2004–05	Bundesliga	28	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	32	1
	2005–06	2. Bundesliga	30	2	2	0	—		—		32	2
	2006–07	Bundesliga	32	1	2	0	—		—		34	1
	2007–08	Bundesliga	26	1	1	0	—		—		27	1
	2008–09	Bundesliga	12	1	2	0	—		—		14	1
	Total		162	7	9	0	2	0	2	0	175	7
Bayer Leverkusen	2008–09	Bundesliga	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	2009–10	Bundesliga	8	0	1	0	—		—		9	0
	Total		12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Bayer Leverkusen II	2009–10	Regionalliga West	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Alemannia Aachen	2010–11	2. Bundesliga	6	0	1	0	—		—		7	0
Career total			473	37			2	0	10	0

Honours

Lierse

• Belgian Cup: 1998–99
• Belgian Super Cup: 1997, ^[12] 1999

Gençlerbirliği

• Turkish Cup: 2000–01

References

1. "Zdebel, Thomas" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
2. "Elf Dinge über: Thomas Zdebel" (in German). VfL Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft e.V. 18 July 2007. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
3. ""Leistung liegt allein an uns"". RevierSport online (in German). RevierSport online GmbH. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2005.
4. Lußem, Frank (29 March 2004). ""Ich habe alles richtig gemacht"". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
5. Eckhardt, Michael (2 January 2009). "Koller degradiert Zdebel - Klimowicz soll kommen". WAZ (in German). FUNKE DIGITAL Media GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
6. "Sommertour Nah am Ball und mit den Füßen im Fluss". Bergische Landeszeitung (in German). 30 July 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
7. "Tomas Zdebel". FuPa.net (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
8. "Thomas Zdebel statt Dietmar Schacht". FuPa.net (in German). 18 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
9. "Thomas Zdebel tritt in Bergisch Gladbach zurück". FuPa.net (in German). 2 October 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
10. "TV Herkenrath trennt sich von Trainer Burhenne – Ex-Profi Zdebel übernimmt". Media-Sportservice West (in German). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
11. "Ex-FC-Profi will nicht mehr "TV Chaosrath": Jetzt haut auch der Trainer in den Sack". Express (in German). 4 January 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
12. "LE LIERSE A REMPORTE SA 1RE SUPER-COUPE ET MAINTENANT L'APPRENTISSAGE DE LA LIGUE DES CHAMPIONS... LIERSE 1 EKEREN 0". lesoir.be. 7 August 1997. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

External links

• Tomasz Zdebel at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Tomasz Zdebel at National-Football-Teams.com
• Tomasz Zdebel at WorldFootball.net