Patrick Ochs (born 14 May 1984) is a German former

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who played as a

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right winger A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Ochs spent the majority of his professional career with

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

Club career

In the 2009–10 season,

manager Michael Skibbe switched Ochs from his usual right back position to play on the wing using his pace to give the offence a boost. In 2015, after his contract had expired, he left

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

. During his four-year spell there, he was loaned for one season to

1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 189 ...

. Finally he could not establish himself in Wolfsburg, during the last season he even did not earn a single cap for the first team in all competitions. In summer 2016 Ochs joined

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for th ...

side

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

. In April 2018, he suffered a severe knee injury tearing his cruciate ligament as well as damaging his anterior ligament and meniscus.

International career

He represented the German under-21 team at

UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. In December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place from 23 May–4 June 2006. The tournament was w ...

Career statistics

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...

Runner-up: 2005–06 VfL Wolfsburg *

: 2014–15

References

External links

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Patrick Ochs
at eintracht-archiv.de * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ochs, Patrick 1984 births Living people Footballers from Frankfurt Men's association football fullbacks German footballers FC Bayern Munich II players VfL Wolfsburg players Eintracht Frankfurt players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players FSV Frankfurt players Germany men's under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players