Tobias Rau

Tobias Rau
Personal information
Full name Tobias Rau
Date of birth (1981-12-31) 31 December 1981
Place of birth Braunschweig, West Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position 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)
National team
2003 Germany 7 (1)
2005 Germany Team 2006 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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.

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

  1. ↑ "Rau ruled out for Bayern". UEFA.com. 6 April 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Rau verlässt Arminia Bielefeld" [Rau leaves Arminia Bielefeld)] (in German). DFL. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Germany topples Canada in men's soccer friendly". cbc.ca. 1 June 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Lehrer statt Fußballprofi" [Teacher instead of Football Pro] (in German). Focus.de. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Sprung ins Lehramt" [Leap into teaching] (in German). Zeit.de. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
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