Philipp Bönig

Philipp Bönig

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Personal information
Full name	Philipp Bönig
Date of birth	(1980-03-20) 20 March 1980
Place of birth	Erding, West Germany
Height
Position(s)	Left Wingback
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	66	(2)
2003–2012	VfL Bochum	170	(0)
2009–2012	→ VfL Bochum II	5	(0)
2012–2015	Ferencváros	50	(2)
International career
2003–2004	Germany B	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2015

Philipp Bönig (born 20 March 1980 in Erding, Germany) is a German footballer who plays as a left back.

Career

Youth

Born in Erding (Bavaria), 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. 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.

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.

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. 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.

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. Interestingly he never scored a goal in the German Bundesliga in his over 150 matches.

Career statistics

As of 10 December 2014

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB-Ligapokal		Europe		Total
1998–99	Bayern Munich II	Regionalliga Süd	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
1999–00			5	0	–		–		–		5	0
2000–01			29	0	–		–		–		29	0
2001–02	MSV Duisburg	2. Bundesliga	33	1	1	0	–		–		34	1
2002–03			33	1	2	1	–		–		35	2
2003–04	VfL Bochum	Bundesliga	28	0	1	0	1	0	–		30	0
2004–05			29	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	34	0
2005–06		2. Bundesliga	19	0	1	0	–		–		20	0
2006–07		Bundesliga	30	0	3	0	–		–		33	0
2007–08			25	0	0	0	–		–		25	0
2008–09			18	0	1	0	–		–		19	0
2009–10			10	0	0	0	–		–		10	0
2010–11		2. Bundesliga	6	0	1	0	–		–		7	0
2011–12			5	0	1	0	–		–		6	0
2009–10	VfL Bochum II	Regionalliga West	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
2010–11			1	0	–		–		–		1	0
2011–12			2	0	–		–		–		2	0
Hungary			League		Hungarian Cup		Ligakupa		Europe		Total
2012–13	Ferencváros	NB I.	7	0	0	0	1	0	–		8	0
2013–14			24	2	1	1	7	0	–		32	3
2014–15			15	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	19	0
Total	Germany		276	2	13	1	2	0	2	0	293	3
	Hungary		46	2	2	1	10	0	1	0	59	3
Career total			322	4	15	2	12	0	3	0	352	6

Honours

Ferencváros

• Hungarian Cup: 2014–15
• Hungarian League Cup: 2012–13, 2014–15

VfL Bochum

• 2. Bundesliga: 2005–06

External links

• Philipp Bönig at the VfL Bochum website
• Philipp Bönig profile at Fussballdaten