Patrick_Owomoyela
Patrick Owomoyela
German footballer
Patrick Olaiya Olukayode Owomoyela (German pronunciation: [ˈpatʁɪk ʔovomoˈjɛlaː]; born 5 November 1979) is a German former professional footballer of Nigerian descent who played mainly as a right-back. He previously played for Lüneburger SK, VfL Osnabrück, SC Paderborn 07, Arminia Bielefeld, SV Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV II. He was capped by Germany at international level and was a member of the squad at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.
 Owomoyela in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Patrick Olaiya Olukayode Owomoyela[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1979-11-05) 5 November 1979 (age 44) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Lüneburger SK | 34 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | VfL Osnabrück | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | SC Paderborn | 23 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Arminia Bielefeld | 63 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Werder Bremen | 50 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Werder Bremen II | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Borussia Dortmund | 76 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Borussia Dortmund II | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Hamburger SV II | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 300 | (21) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Germany | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Owomoyela began his career in lower league German football. In 2003, he made the step up to Arminia Bielefeld, then in the 2. Bundesliga.[2]
Great performances for Bielefeld in the 2004–05 season earned Owomoyela interest from German top clubs, and ahead of the 2005–06 season, he joined SV Werder Bremen.[3] In his first season, Owomoyela was the undisputed starter at right back and helped Bremen reach second in the Bundesliga. With the arrival of Clemens Fritz the following season, however, he lost his starting position due to injuries and bad displays. Owomoyela was finally transferred to Borussia Dortmund at the beginning of the 2008–09 season,[3] where he looked to reestablish himself in German top-flight football.
Owomoyela debuted for Jürgen Klinsmann's Germany national side in an Asian tour, playing 90 minutes in a 3–0 win over Japan, on 16 December 2004, in Yokohama.[4] He later was selected in the Bundestrainer's team for the Confederations Cup in 2005, but was unused there and was finally overlooked for Germany's World Cup final squad. In total he collected eleven caps.[5]
Following his retirement, Owomoyela became an English language commentator for Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal international broadcasts.
In addition to his football skills, Owomoyela is also a basketball player, having played in the German regional league before switching to football full-time.[6] He was born to a German mother and a Nigerian father.[7][8] His name "Olukayode" stems from the Yoruba words "Olu", a diminutive form of "Oluwa" or Olorun meaning "God" and "Kayode" meaning "to bring joy",[9] which translates to "God brings me joy and happiness".[10]
In 2021, Owomoyela featured in Schwarze Adler [de], a documentary detailing the experiences of Black players in German professional football.[11]
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lüneburger SK | 2000–01 | Regionalliga Nord | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 3 | ||
| VfL Osnabrück | 2001–02 | Regionalliga Nord | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 1 | ||
| SC Paderborn | 2002–03 | Regionalliga Nord | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 4 | ||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2003–04 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 6 | |||
| Total | 63 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 9 | ||
| Werder Bremen | 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 46 | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Werder Bremen II | 2006–07 | Regionalliga Nord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 1 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 76 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 3 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2010–11 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Hamburger SV II | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nord | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 300 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 342 | 22 | ||
- Appearance in DFB-Ligapokal
International
Werder Bremen[14]
Borussia Dortmund[14]
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- Arnhold, Matthias (15 June 2017). "Patrick Owomoyela - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "Fussball oder Basketball?". owomoyela.de. Retrieved 26 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
- "Know a player of African origin?". BBC Sport. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- "World Cup Racism: Neo-Nazi Party's Legal Problems Grow". Spiegel Online. Hamburg, Germany. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- "Kayode Meaning". Our Baby Namer. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- "Olukayode". Behind the Name. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- Bülau, Maximilian (19 April 2021). "Von Mbom bis Kostedde: Das sind die Protagonisten der Amazon-Dokumentation "Schwarze Adler"". HNA (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- Patrick Owomoyela at WorldFootball.net
- "Patrick Owomoyela". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- "P. Owomoyela". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- Patrick Owomoyela at fussballdaten.de (in German)