Thomas Brdarić
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| Full name | Thomas Brdarić | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1975 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nürtingen, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Striker | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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KF Shkëndija (Manager) | |||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||
| VfB Neuffen | ||||||||||||||||||
| FV Nürtingen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stuttgarter Kickers | ||||||||||||||||||
| VfL Kirchheim/Teck | ||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | VfL Kirchheim/Teck | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | VfB Stuttgart (A) | 26 | (9) | |||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | VfB Stuttgart | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 30 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Fortuna Köln | 80 | (24) | |||||||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | Bayer Leverkusen | 82 | (14) | |||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → Hannover 96 (loan) | 28 | (12) | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | VfL Wolfsburg | 32 | (12) | |||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Hannover 96 | 42 | (15) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 342 | (102) | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1998 | Germany U-21 | 12 | (3) | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Germany | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 1. FC Union Solingen | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | TSG Neustrelitz | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | VfL Wolfsburg II | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | TSV Steinbach | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | KF Shkëndija | |||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas Brdarić (Croatian pronunciation: [tômaz bř̩darit͡ɕ]; born 23 January 1975 in Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg) is a former German footballer of Croatian descent, who is now manager of KF Shkëndija.
He began his professional career with VfB Stuttgart, making his Bundesliga debut as a substitute for Fritz Walter on 29 August 1993 against Bayern Munich. In only his second game, against SG Wattenscheid 09, he scored his first goal in a 4–2 victory. He managed ten games in total in his debut season, but did not manage to keep his place in the squad as he was sold onto Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 2. Bundesliga.
He spent two seasons at the Rheinland club, helping them gain promotion to the top flight and maintaining their position. However, he managed just a solitary goal in his time and was again let go, back to the 2. Bundesliga with rivals Fortuna Köln. His spell here was much more successful as he became a first-team regular and found his finishing touch, particularly in 1998–99 when he managed 13 goals in 29 appearances.
This form caught the eye of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and they snapped him up in summer 1999. Although he never scored regularly in his time there, he mostly managed to hold down a first team place and enjoyed playing on the biggest stage of his career. During his time with the club, he twice finished second in the league and appeared in the 2002 DFB Cup final, and most prestigiously, the UEFA Champions League final that year, where they were defeated by Real Madrid after their shock run in the tournament. Brdarić played 18 games in the UEFA Champions League in total, scoring once (in a 3–1 win over Juventus in the 2002 campaign).
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