Andreas Thom

Infobox Football biography


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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|9|7
cityofbirth = Rüdersdorf bei Berlin
countryofbirth = East Germany
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position = Forward
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years = 1983-1990 1990-1995 1995-1998 1998-2001
clubs = BFC Dynamo Bayer Leverkusen Celtic Hertha BSC
caps(goals) = 161 (36) 071 (14) 051 0(5)
nationalyears = 1984-1990 1990-1994
nationalteam = East Germany Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 051 (16) 010 0(2)
manageryears = 2003
managerclubs = Hertha BSC
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Andreas Thom (born 7 September 1965 in Rüdersdorf, Germany) is a former German football player, and was the assistant coach at Hertha BSC Berlin under Falko Götz. He left association with Hertha on the 9/4/07 when Falko Götz was sacked by the club and is currently without a club in Germany.

Club career

Thom played for BFC Dynamo, winning the DDR-Oberliga in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988, and the GDR cup in 1988 and 1989. In 1988 he was the top scorer and also the East German Footballer of the Year. In 1990, for a transfer fee of 2.5 million Deutsche Mark, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen. Until 2000, he played for Leverkusen (161 Bundesliga matches, 37 goals), Hertha BSC Berlin (51 Bundesliga matches, 5 goals), and from 1995 to 1997, Celtic in Glasgow, Scotland, for a then club record fee of £2.2million.

International career

Thom played for the East Germany national football team between 1984 and 1990, making 51 appearances and scoring 16 goals. After the reunification of Germany, he played for the unified team in 10 matches and scoring 2 goals.

Honours

* East German Champion: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
* East German Cup: 1988, 1989
* German Cup: 1993
* Scottish Champion: 1998
* UEFA European Championship: Runner-up 1992

External links

* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/thomandreas/ Bundesliga stats]