Sebastian Tyrała

Sebastian Tyrała

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Personal information
Full name	Sebastian Tyrała
Date of birth	(1988-02-22) 22 February 1988
Place of birth	Racibórz, Poland
Height
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Number	13
Youth career
1993–1999	BV Bad Sassendorf
1999–2005	Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2010	Borussia Dortmund II	59	(9)
2005–2010	Borussia Dortmund	7	(0)
2010–2011	VfL Osnabrück	31	(4)
2011–2014	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	7	(0)
2014–	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	49	(6)
International career‡
	Germany U-19	16	(5)
2009–	Poland U-21	2	(1)
2008–	Poland	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:50, 1 October 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 May 2010

Sebastian Tyrała (born 22 February 1988 in Racibórz) is a Polish-German footballer. He plays primarily as an attacking midfielder for FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt.

Club

Tyrała moved to Borussia Dortmund as an 11-year-old boy and passed through all the youth ranks. He was named Sportsman of 2004 in Soest. At age 16 he was selected for Borussia Dortmund's Senior squad. But in 2005 he ruptured the cruciate ligament in his left knee and was sidelined for six months.

Tyrała was honoured by the German Football Association (DFB) with a third place in the category "under 17's" in 2005. He won the "Adler Cup" with Borussia Dortmund's under 17's and became the tournaments top goal-scorer with seven goals. In April 2005, he injured his medial meniscus in training. He made several appearances in preparation for the 2006–07 season and made his full Bundesliga debut on the 22 September in an away defeat to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Tyrała also played for Borussia Dortmund's second team and wore the number 28 on his shirt.

After twelve years with Borussia Dortmund, he announced his departure on 18 May 2010 and signed a two-year contract with VfL Osnabrück.

On 5 June 2014 he joined FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt.

International career

Tyrała has played for Germany's U-19 national team. He scored his first goal in September 2006. In 2007 Tyrała played for Germany in the under 19's European Championships in Austria. However, he has recently requested a Polish passport, desiring to play for Poland. On 21 November 2008, Tyrała was called up by the Polish national team coach Leo Beenhakker to their national team for friendly matches in Antalya, Turkey. He made his first appearance for the Polish national team in a friendly against Serbia on 14 December 2008.

External links

• Sebastian Tyrała profile at Fussballdaten
• Sebastian Tyrała at kicker.de (German)