Philipp Bönig

Philipp Bönig (born 20 March 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back, and a manager.

Philipp Bönig
Bönig in 2009
Personal information
Full name Philipp Bönig
Date of birth (1980-03-20) 20 March 1980
Place of birth Erding, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1986–1994 Eintracht Freising
1994–2000 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Bayern Munich II 35 (0)
2001–2003 MSV Duisburg 69 (3)
2003–2012 VfL Bochum 170 (0)
2009–2012 → VfL Bochum II 5 (0)
2012–2015 Ferencváros 56 (3)
Total 335 (6)
National team
2003–2004 Germany B 3 (0)
Teams managed
2016–2017 JFG Sempt Erding (U19)
2018–2019 BCF Wolfratshausen
2019 VfR Garching
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Youth

Born in Erding (Bavaria), West Germany, Bönig started to play football at the local club Eintracht Freising. His first position was keeper but after a couple of matches he moved to the left offensive midfield.[1] Two of his brothers are also football players: his brother Sebastian played more than hundred matches in the second Bundesliga for LR Ahlen and Union Berlin, and his youngest brother Vincent played in the second team of FC Ingolstadt 04.[2]

After impressing as a junior, Bönig joined Bayern Munich as a 14-year-old in 1994 and played there for seven years. In the last year he established himself in the second team of the club which played in the Regionalliga. While playing at Bayern Munich, Bönig made twenty starts for the German national youth teams.[1]

MSV Duisburg

In 2001, Bönig started his professional career at MSV Duisburg in the 2. Bundesliga and stayed for two seasons at this club. In this period he made 66 matches and scored two goals.[1] Since his contract expired at the summer of 2003 he got offers from different clubs and he decided to move to then Bundesliga club, VfL Bochum.[3]

VfL Bochum

In his first season 2003–04 VfL Bochum qualified itself for the UEFA Cup and Bönig played three matches for Team 2006. However, in the following season Bochum were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. But in the next season, they returned directly to the highest level again. After Bochum could maintain themselves in the season 2006–07 his contract was extended until the season 2009–10. In the winter of 2009 Tomasz Zdebel left the club which made Bönig the longest-serving player at the club in the selection.

Bönig acts normally as left defender. His biggest assets are his mentality and fighting spirit, which made him to a crowd-pleaser in the past years. He never scored a goal in the German Bundesliga in his over 150 matches.

Coaching career

Bönig started his coaching career with the U19s of JFG Sempt Erding in October 2016.[4] In April 2018 it was confirmed, that he would take charge of BCF Wolfratshausen from the 2018-19 season.[5] He left the position in the summer 2019 to become the manager of VfR Garching.[6] After only 16 games, Bönig resigned by mutual consent on 30 October 2019 after the team had been in the relegation zone for several games.[7]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup1League Cup2Continental3Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II1998–99Regionalliga Süd10———10
1999–0050———50
2000–01290———290
Total350000000350
MSV Duisburg2001–022. Bundesliga33110——341
2002–0333121——352
Total662310000693
VfL Bochum2003–04Bundesliga2801010—300
2004–05290201020340
2005–062. Bundesliga19010——200
2006–07Bundesliga30030——330
2007–0825000——250
2008–0918010——180
2009–1010000——100
2010–112. Bundesliga6010——70
2011–125010——60
Total170010020201840
Bochum II2009–10Regionalliga West20———20
2010–1110———10
2011–1220———20
Total5000000050
Ferencváros2012–13NB I.700010—80
2013–142421170—323
2014–15150102010190
Total4622110010593
Career total3224152120303526

Honours

Ferencváros

VfL Bochum

References
  1. "Philipp Bönig: Beharrlich und flexibel" (PDF) (in German). Mein VfL. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  2. "Zwei Bochumer Jungs" (in German). Der Westen. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  3. "Bochum holt Jungtalent Bönig" (in German). Kicker Magazine. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  4. Bundesliga-Profi Bönig coacht die A-Jugend, fupa.net, 6 October 2016
  5. Bochum: Früherer VfL-Profi Philipp Bönig wird Oberliga-Trainer, media-sportservice.de, 13 April 2018
  6. Philipp Bönig wird neuer Trainer des Regionalliga-Teams, fussball.vfr-garching.de, 24 March 2019
  7. Philipp Bönig tritt beim VfR Garching zurück! Wer wird Nachfolger?, merkur.de, 30 October 2019
  8. "Philipp Bönig » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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