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Sebastian Boenisch
Personal information
Full name Sebastian Boenisch
Date of birth (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Gliwice, Poland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Full back
Team information
Current team Bayer Leverkusen
Number 17
Youth career
1992–2000 SSVG 09/12 Heiligenhaus
2000–2001 Borussia Velbert
2001–2003 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
2003–2005 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Schalke 04 II 14 (0)
2006–2007 Schalke 04 9 (0)
2007–2012 Werder Bremen 55 (1)
2011–2012 Werder Bremen II 3 (1)
2012– Bayer Leverkusen 12 (1)
International career
2006–2007 Germany U-20 4 (0)
2007–2009 Germany U-21 13 (0)
2010– Poland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2012

Sebastian Boenisch (Polish pronunciation: [sɛ.ˈbas.ti̯an ˈbɛ.ɲiʂ], Template:IPA-de; born 1 February 1987 in Gliwice) is a Polish footballer who plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the Polish national team, mainly as a left back.

Early Career

Boenisch was born in Gliwice, Poland. His great-grandfather was a German descent. The following year after he was born, his family move to Germany and lived in Dortmund before moving to Heiligenhaus, where he was raised. Boesnisch was previously took a surname of Pniowski before the family took Boenisch. Boesnisch can speak German and Polish.

Club career

Schalke 04

Boenisch started his football career by joining a youth club, SSVG 09/12 Heiligenhaus. Boenisch since move to different youth club like Borussia Velbert and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen before joining Schalke 04 at age sixteen. After three years at the club's reserve, Boenisch made his professional debut for Schalke 04 on 11 February 2006. He was substituted on in the 86th minute, in a 7–4 home win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. His only other appearance that season was in a 2–1 win against RCD Espanyol in the UEFA Cup. From the next two season, Boenisch was never considered a first team or make a breakthrough as he made twelve appearance, having spent time playing for the reserve and being used as an un-used substitute in the first team. Towards the end of the 2006/07 season, he signed a new deal at Schalke, that will keep him until 2010. However, Boesnisch had enough of being left out of the club's starting lineup in the next season and announces his intention to leave the club.

Werder Bremen

Boenisch during Werder Bremen's training on 23 April 2010.

On 1 September 2007, he moved to Werder Bremen on an undisclosed fee, believed to be around €3 million and signing a four-year deal, that will last until 2011. After four months joining Werder Bremen, he was joined with former Schalke teammate Mesut Özil, who suffered the same fate as Boenisch. He made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Duško Tošić in the 80th minutes, as Werder Bremen won 2-1 against Eintracht Frankfurt. Soon after, Boenisch soon suffered an knee injury, that keep him out for three month, during a U21 match when he representing Germany. After a months layoff, Boenisch made a return from injury, on 16 February 2008, coming on as a substitute in a 84th minutes for Aaron Hunt, in a 2-0 win over Nuremberg. Three weeks after his return, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 6-3 loss against Stuttgart. He returned to the starting line-up throughout March and was criticised by the club's fans for passing the ball to opposition player. However, it was short-lived when his injury come to him again when he suffered an hamstring injury that kept him missing for the rest of the season, though he was in the substitute bench, on the final game of the season, un-used.

The next season, he managed to overcome his injury, having suffered an injury ahead of a new season, but was given all clear and became a regular in the first team this season. Throughout his five year at Werder Bremen, Boenisch was usually placed on the left of defence, either as a central or right. He also made his UEFA Champions League debut and was also involved in the club's match in the UEFA Cup final against Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk, where he made his first start and played throughout the match, including extra time. On the final minutes with two added minute in a match, Boenisch received a yellow card for dissent. Unfortunately, Werder Bremen would lose 2-1. Unlike many players in the UEFA Cup campaign, he made nine appearance, making seven start. Despite not winning the UEFA Cup, the club would win the DFB-Pokal after beating Bayer Leverkusen 1-0, where Boenisch started in the left-back position and played the whole match. It's also Boenisch's first title of his career.

Sebastian Boenisch during Werder Bremen's training on 11 July 2010.

The next season, his injury haunted him again by suffering an back inury, resulting him to miss the opening game of the season. Boenisch previously suffered an ankle ligament in the 2009 European Under-21 Championship campaign After making a return the next league game, he scored his first goal of the season, in a qualification round of Europa League, in a 6-3 win over Aktobe. Soon in December, Boenisch suffered an injury again - on the knee injury after a collision with Carlos Zambrano in the right knee, which him being on stretcher and was substituted in a 2-0 loss against his former club He made his return, three months later, in a 3-2 win over Bochum on 20 March 2010. Like last season in DFB-Pokal, Werder Bremen made it to the final and started in the final, but loss 4-0 against Bayern Munich. Towards the end of the season, Boenisch is in talks on signing a new contract extension with the club. While in talks signing a contract, he says he imagined staying at the club for a long timeand insists he is receiving no pressure from the club.

After several appearance throughout August and early September, Boenisch suffered an knee injury, that kept him out throughout the 2010/11 season and early first half of 2011/12 season as well. In his first surgery, he would be out for six-months. In March, he made a return from injury and is expected to play again after his surgery was successful. However, his injury was soon aggravated, which left him out for a long time by missing the rest of the season. In April, after long talk of negotations of a new contract extension, Boenisch finally signed a new deal, that will keep him until 2012. In the new season, on September, Boenisch announced he is making a comeback in the second half of the league season In mid-November, Boenisch made a recovery from injury and back in training.

In January, he make a return playing for the club's reserve. But injuries struck again twice but made a successful recovery. Boenisch made his first appearance, since being injured, coming on as a substitute for Tom Trybull on a 78th minutes, in a 1-1 draw against Augsburg on 24 March 2012. In a 2-2 draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 10 April 2012, Boenisch received a straight red card, in early minutes, for a professional foul and will miss two match.

Boenisch being interviewed by TVP Sport in November 2010.

As of the end of the 2011–12 season, Boenisch became a free agent having let his contract run down and played poorly during the UEFA Euro 2012 that VfB Stuttgart withdrew their contract offer, citing lack of performance as the reason for their action.

On 6 August 2012, Boenisch was handed a trial at English Premier League side Stoke City and started a pre-season friendly for the club against Torquay United and Yeovil Town. However, his trial was unsuccessful and he was not offered a contract by Stoke.. Boesnisch told kreiszeitung.de that his new deal with Stoke City rejected left him "bewildered".

Bayer Leverkusen

On 4 November 2012, Boenisch joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen on a six-month spell, and following good appearances, including his first goal against Frankfurt on 19 January 2013, on 4 February 2013, Boenisch signed a new contract with the Werkself, due to expire on June 2016. His move angered German club Fortuna Düsseldorf, expected him to join them. In a match between Bayer and Fortuna, Boenisch was accused of being a spy by financial Boss Paul Jäger. In response, Boenisch insists he is not a spy.

International career

Boenisch (second left) lining up ahead of a match in UEFA Euro 2012 between Russia and Poland.

On 14 November 2006, Boenisch earned his first cap for the German under-20 team in a 4–1 victory against Austria. He made his debut for the German under-21 team in 2007. The Polish-born player hesitated whether to cap for Poland or Germany. Later, there were rumors that Boenisch would receive a call up from Leo Beenhakker for the match against Greece but he was not listed in the official call ups. Boenisch said that he was not interested in capping for Poland anymore, and was concentrating on playing for the German U-21 team. He won the 2009 European Under-21 Championship with Germany.

In November 2009, there were rumors that Poland's new national football team coach Franciszek Smuda was interested in the player but Boenisch said that he had made no decision. Due to lack chances for a future call up to the German senior squad, on 20 August 2010 Boenisch finally decided to play for Poland and has received his first call up for matches against Ukraine and Australia He made his debut for Poland against Ukraine on 4 September 2010. In May 2012, Boenisch was called up for the UEFA Euro 2012. He played his first competitive match for Poland in the opening game of the tournament against Greece on 8 June 2012.

Career Statistics

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Honours

Werder Bremen

Germany U-21

Personal life

Boenisch is engaged to Tatjana Batinić, the 2006 Miss Austria. The two first met in late-2009. The couple are expecting to get married in the summer.

References

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External links

Template:Germany Squad 2009 Euro U-21

Poland squad – UEFA Euro 2012
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