Thomas Joachim Cichon ( pl, Tomasz Cichoń; born 9 July 1976) is a German former professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as a
centre-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Involvement in match-fixing
In June 2014 Cichon received a nine-month suspended sentence for accessory to fraud and tax fraud for his involvement in the
2009 European football match-fixing scandal. He admitted to having received €20,000 from the gambling mafia in exchange for not giving his full effort in
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section.
History Foundation to WW2
The cl ...
's 3–0 defeat to
FC Augsburg
Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded as ...
on 17 April 2009.
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1976 births
Living people
People from Ruda Śląska
German footballers
Germany under-21 international footballers
German people of Polish descent
Polish emigrants to Germany
Naturalized citizens of Germany
Association football defenders
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Super League Greece players
1. FC Köln players
1. FC Köln II players
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
Panionios F.C. players
VfL Osnabrück players
Moroka Swallows F.C. players
German expatriate footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Greece
German expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Expatriate soccer players in South Africa
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