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He made ten Bundesliga appearances in his first year including nine as a substitute. Thomas mostly played for the VfB reserves. He joined second division Fortuna Düsseldorf in November 1994. The centre-forward was promoted to the Bundesliga with the Düsseldorf club but played from the bench more than he started. To get more playing time he joined Fortuna Köln in 1996. He established himself in the second year and scored his goals. He joined Bayer 04 after good performances in Bundesliga 2 for two years. In his three years at the Werkself he was a league runner-up in 2000. And, above all, he was a very important part of the team in the second half of the season that ended as runners-up in the Bundesliga, DFB Pokal and Champions League in 2002. In that season he made his first of eight international appearances. After 126 appearances for the Werkself, with 21 goals scored, he went out on loan to Hannover 96 in 2003.
After one year at VfL Wolfsburg in the 2004/05 season, he ended his playing career after another three years at Hannover 96 in 2008 due to a knee injury. That was followed by several operations and rehab that especially affected Thommy. He recounts his experience in the areas of injuries, overcoming stress and convalescence in a range of lectures and podium discussions. During his time as a player he looked after his career after playing football. He trained to be a coach and set up the restaurant destination Fährhaus Niederrhein. At the same time he never really lost contact with football and he trained a lot of teams including the Bayer 04 U14s for a year in 2010/11. He wrote a book entitled 'Matchplan Indien' (Game plan India) about his year in India in 2023/23. In 274 pages, Thomas portrays his experiences at FC Chennaiyin in a very authentic way in the style of a diary.
From 2024, the father of three, who occasionally plays for the Werkself Veterans, has coached the Albanian club Vllaznia Shkoder for the second time. He was very successful with the Albanian top-flight club from 2020 to 2022 and he was voted Coach of the Year by the Albanian FA in his first season.
Dear Thommy, many happy returns on your 50th birthday. Have a great day and stay fit and healthy
Tranquillo Barnetta was born in St. Gallen in Switzerland on 22 May 1985. Quillo, as he was called in the football world, has Italian roots. His great-grandfather emigrated from Italy to the east of Switzerland. Quillo was interested in football early on and he played for the St. Gallen club FC Rotmonten from the age of six. He joined his favourite club FC St. Gallen at the age of 11. There he became a youth international. He won the European Championships with his teammates in the Switzerland U17 team in 2002. The youngsters from Switzerland beat France 4-2 on penalties in the final to become U17 European champions.
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Since the establishment of the Bundesliga on 28 July 1962 for the 1963/64 season, there have been five Regional Leagues: North, Berlin, West, South-west and South. The champions of those five leagues qualified directly for promotion play-offs that were played in two groups of four teams. That included the two second-placed teams in the West and South-west Regional Leagues. The two runners-up from the North and the South played a qualifier for the eighth place in the promotion games.
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In this video you can watch impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 in the month of May. It is not always about the beauty of the goals but also about remembering special games and players.
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There were high summer temperatures in Leverkusen on 25 May 1985. Matchday 32 brings FC Köln to the Ulrich Haberland Stadium with only 13,000 spectators at the derby. That is primarily due to the Werkself with Bayer 04 rarely impressing in that season and they are eleventh in the table before the game just three points ahead of sixteenth, the play-off spot. But with the two points for a win rule back then – two points were awarded for a win – and with the significantly better goal difference, the Werkself need every point to get out of trouble.
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It was all or nothing on the final matchday in the Verbandsliga in the 1974/75 season. Only now would it be decided who were champions and thereby participate in the promotion games to the Bundesliga 2 North. The earlier rivals Viktoria Köln, SC Jülich 10 and Bonner SC have fallen by the wayside.
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