Thomas Helmer
Helmer in 2010.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 April 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Herford, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back, defensive midfielder, sweeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1984 | SC Bad Salzuflen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1986 | Arminia Bielefeld | 39 | (5) |
| 1986–1992 | Borussia Dortmund | 190 | (16) |
| 1992–1999 | Bayern Munich | 191 | (24) |
| 1999–2000 | Sunderland | 2 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Hertha BSC (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| Total | 427 | (46) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1998 | Germany | 68 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas Helmer (born 21 April 1965 in Herford, West Germany) is a former German footballer.
His preferred playing position was sweeper, but he was primarily deployed as a central defender.
Helmer spent most of his club career with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich – appearing in nearly 400 Bundesliga games in 15 seasons – and won the European Championship in 1996.
Helmer began his professional career with Arminia Bielefeld, playing four games late in 1984–85, in a season that ended in relegation. In the following season, he netted five goals in 35 second division matches, prompting interest from Borussia Dortmund, which signed him in 1986. A key element from the start, Helmer also scored 16 goals during his six-season stint.
In 1992, he joined FC Bayern Munich in controversial circumstances. Dortmund did not wish to sell Helmer, one of its best players, to a rival Bundesliga team, and sent him to France's Olympique Lyonnais instead. However, only three months later, Lyon sold Helmer to Bayern Munich for 7.5 million marks, at the time a record transfer fee paid by the Bavarian club. The resultant furore became so heated that German national side coach Berti Vogts threatened to drop Helmer from the UEFA Euro 92 squad because of the distraction the affair was causing.
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