Tobias Rau
<templatestyles src="Module:Infobox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
| File:Тобиас Рау.jpg | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tobias Rau | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Braunschweig, West Germany | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1996 | Sportfreunde Ölper | ||
| 1996–1999 | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 60 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | VfL Wolfsburg | 48 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | Bayern Munich | 13 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | (0) |
| 2012– | TV Neuenkirchen | ||
| Total | 152 | (2) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003 | Germany | 7 | (1) |
| 2005 | Germany Team 2006 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Tobias Rau (born 31 December 1981 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony) is a retired German footballer who played as a left defender.
In a career blighted by injuries, he was forced to retire from professional play at only 27. In 2012 he took up football again, playing for amateur side TV Neuenkirchen as a past time.
Contents
Club career
VfL Wolfsburg
After making his professional debut in the lower leagues with hometown Eintracht Braunschweig, Rau moved to VfL Wolfsburg in the first division, where he amassed more than 50 official appearances; his league debut came on 18 August 2001, in a 1–1 home draw against SC Freiburg.
Bayern Munich
Rau's solid performances caught the attention of league powerhouse FC Bayern Munich. However, several serious injuries[1] and stiff competition from Frenchmen Willy Sagnol and Bixente Lizarazu restricted his chances to 13 league appearances (with a further seven matches for the amateur side).
Arminia Bielefeld
In July 2005, Rau moved to Arminia Bielefeld, where he would also be a backup and suffer severely with injuries (only an average of eight league contests in four years), being released on 30 June 2009,[2] before announcing his retirement on 6 July.
International career
Rau played seven times for Germany, all in 2003, which included a goal in a 4–1 routing of Canada.[3] His debut came on 12 February, in a friendly with Spain played in Palma, Majorca.
Personal
In July 2009, shortly after retiring, Rau announced his return to school to start a career as a teacher despite having offers from clubs abroad and from the second division.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Tobias Rau profile at Fussballdaten
- Tobias Rau at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Use dmy dates from April 2011
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Braunschweig
- German footballers
- Association football defenders
- Bundesliga players
- Eintracht Braunschweig players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- FC Bayern Munich footballers
- Arminia Bielefeld players
- Germany international footballers
- Germany B international footballers
- Germany under-21 international footballers
