 Wörns training withBorussia Dortmund in 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1972-05-10)10 May 1972 (age 53) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mannheim,West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1985 | Phönix Mannheim | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1989 | Waldhof Mannheim | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Waldhof Mannheim | 52 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1998 | Bayer Leverkusen | 211 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Paris Saint-Germain | 28 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2008 | Borussia Dortmund | 240 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 531 | (32) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Germany U21 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–2005 | Germany | 66 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Hombrucher SV (youth)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | VfL Bochum U15[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Schalke 04 U17[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | SpVgg Unterhaching (assistant)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | SpVgg Unterhaching U16[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | FC Augsburg II | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | 1860 Munich U19 | ||||||||||||||||
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Christian Wörns (born 10 May 1972) is a German former professionalfootballer who played as adefender. Wörns is widely considered one of the finest German defenders of his generation.[2] He started his career withWaldhof Mannheim but played the majority of his career withBayer Leverkusen andBorussia Dortmund.[3] He also had a short stint withParis Saint-Germain.
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Wörns was born inMannheim. He made his professional debut in theBundesliga at the young age of 17 years, 3 months and 30 days forWaldhof Mannheim and at the time, was the fourth youngest debutant ever. He played 18 games in his first season and 34 the next in the2. Bundesliga.
The next year, he transferred toBayer Leverkusen. Wörns quickly established himself as a defensive stalwart and anchored the strong Leverkusen defense for nearly a decade, together with sweeperJens Nowotny andMarkus Happe.
In 1998, he moved abroad toParis Saint-Germain in France. He failed to settle in and after one season transferred toBorussia Dortmund. He continued to play at Borussia Dortmund until he retired in 2008.
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Wörns represented his country on 66 occasions and did not score.
Wörns became manager ofFC Augsburg II on 29 December 2015.[6] He took over a team that won 16 points from 20 matches.[6] His first match as manager came on 20 February 2016 in a 4–1 win againstFC Ingolstadt 04 II.[7] On 12 March 2016, Augsburg II lost 6–0 toSpVgg Unterhaching.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental[a] | Other[b] | Total | Ref. | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Waldhof Mannheim | 1990–91 | Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | [8] | ||
| 1989–90 | 2. Bundesliga | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | [8] | |||
| Total | 52 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | — | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1991–92 | Bundesliga | 38 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 43 | 1 | [8] | ||
| 1992–93 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 2 | [8] | ||||
| 1993–94 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 8 | [8] | ||
| 1994–95 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 26 | 2 | [8] | |||
| 1995–96 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 2 | [8] | ||||
| 1996–97 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | [8] | ||||
| 1997–98 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 1 | [8] | ||
| Total | 211 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 258 | 17 | — | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1998–99 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | [8] |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1999–2000 | Bundesliga | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 2 | [8] |
| 2000–01 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 3 | [9] | ||||
| 2001–02 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 2 | [8] | ||
| 2002–03 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | [10] | |||
| 2003–04 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 1 | [8] | ||
| 2004–05 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | [11] | ||||
| 2005–06 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | [8] | |||
| 2006–07 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | [12] | ||||
| 2007–08 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | [13] | ||||
| Total | 240 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 303 | 14 | — | ||
| Career total | 503 | 29 | 44 | 3 | 61 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 617 | 33 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany[14] | 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 0 | |
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
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| M | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Augsburg II | 1 January 2016[6] | 6 August 2017 | 54 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 038.89 | [7] |
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