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He made ten Bundesliga appearances in his first year including nine as a substitute. Thomas mostly played for the VfB reserves. He joined second division Fortuna Düsseldorf in November 1994. The centre-forward was promoted to the Bundesliga with the Düsseldorf club but played from the bench more than he started. To get more playing time he joined Fortuna Köln in 1996. He established himself in the second year and scored his goals. He joined Bayer 04 after good performances in Bundesliga 2 for two years. In his three years at the Werkself he was a league runner-up in 2000. And, above all, he was a very important part of the team in the second half of the season that ended as runners-up in the Bundesliga, DFB Pokal and Champions League in 2002. In that season he made his first of eight international appearances. After 126 appearances for the Werkself, with 21 goals scored, he went out on loan to Hannover 96 in 2003.
After one year at VfL Wolfsburg in the 2004/05 season, he ended his playing career after another three years at Hannover 96 in 2008 due to a knee injury. That was followed by several operations and rehab that especially affected Thommy. He recounts his experience in the areas of injuries, overcoming stress and convalescence in a range of lectures and podium discussions. During his time as a player he looked after his career after playing football. He trained to be a coach and set up the restaurant destination Fährhaus Niederrhein. At the same time he never really lost contact with football and he trained a lot of teams including the Bayer 04 U14s for a year in 2010/11. He wrote a book entitled 'Matchplan Indien' (Game plan India) about his year in India in 2023/23. In 274 pages, Thomas portrays his experiences at FC Chennaiyin in a very authentic way in the style of a diary.
From 2024, the father of three, who occasionally plays for the Werkself Veterans, has coached the Albanian club Vllaznia Shkoder for the second time. He was very successful with the Albanian top-flight club from 2020 to 2022 and he was voted Coach of the Year by the Albanian FA in his first season.
Dear Thommy, many happy returns on your 50th birthday. Have a great day and stay fit and healthy
Willi Korth was born in Essen on 12 April 1955. He was a youth player at TuS Essen 81. After coming to the attention of Schwarz Weiss Essen, he signed for them in the Bundesliga 2 North for the 1977/78 season. He made 24 appearances and scored one goal. The Black and Whites from Essen were relegated at the end of the season.
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Rudolf ‘Rudi’ Völler was born in Hanau on 13 April 1960. His father took the young Rudi as an eight-year-old to training at TSV 1860 Hanau. In the sedate Hessen town on the Main he came to the attention of Offenbach Kickers. But Rudi completed his secondary school and started training to become an office administrator.
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Jean Pierre de Keyser was born in Cologne on 13 April 1965 as the son of a Belgian NATO soldier stationed in Spich and a German mother. His childhood dream of becoming a vet was resolutely followed at school initially. But football threw a spanner in the works.
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The third last matchday in the 1954/55 season brings a big showdown at the Stadion Am Stadtpark – the Werkself entertain second-placed SV Sodingen. A win for Bayer 04 would take them above Sodingen and qualify for the finals of the German championship if the last two games of the season in the Oberliga West 1 are also won.
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In this video you can watch impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 in the month of April. It is not always about the beauty of the goals but also about remembering special games and players.
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