Patrick Owomoyela

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Personal information
Patrick Owomoyela

Date of birth	November 5, 1979 (1979-11-05) (age 28)
Place of birth	Hamburg, West Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender/midfielder
Club information
Current club	SV Werder Bremen
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005- 2005-	Lüneburger SK VfL Osnabrück SC Paderborn 07 Arminia Bielefeld SV Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen	34 (3) 33 (1) 23 (4) 63 (8) 01 (0) 47 (0)
National team²
2004-	Germany	11 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Patrick Owomoyela (born November 5, 1979 in Hamburg) is a German football player, currently with SV Werder Bremen, and is also a member of the German national team. He was born to a German mother and a Nigerian father.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Personal
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Owomoyela, a right-sided defender/midfielder with stamina, began his career with modest German clubs. In 2003, he switched to Arminia Bielefeld, then in the second division, achieving promotion.

In 2005-06, Owomoyela joined German giants SV Werder Bremen, and was the undisputed starter at right back, as the side finished runner-up. With the arrival of Clemens Fritz the following season, however, he lost his starting position.

[edit] International career

Owomoyela debuted for Jürgen Klinsmann's national side in an Asian tour, playing 90 minutes in a 3-0 win over Japan, on December 16, 2004, in Yokohama. He also appeared against South Korea and Thailand, and was finally overlooked for Germany's World Cup final squad.

[edit] Personal

In addition to his football skills, Owomoyela is also a very good basketball player, having played in the German regional league before switching to football full time. He also has provided commentary for German-language telecasts of NBA games.