Tom Weilandt (born 27 April 1992) is a German 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 plays as a

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for Regionalliga Nordost club Greifswalder FC.

Club career

Weilandt started playing football with local

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

clubs ''SV Warnemünde'' and ''LSG Elmenhorst''. In 2003, he joined the youth ranks of

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

where he also became German under 19 champion in 2010. In the following year he eventually made it to the club's first team squad, making his debut in a

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 t ...

match versus

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club no longer plays its home games in Taunusstein, where they were originally located. In the summer of 2007 ''W ...

on 30 April 2011.

International career

In 2009, Weilandt earned two caps for the Germany under 18 team.

Personal life

Weilandt is the son of former

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

international

Hilmar Weilandt Hilmar Weilandt (born 29 September 1966) is a former East German international footballer. He spent all of his professional career at FC Hansa Rostock. He is the father of fellow footballer Tom Weilandt. Honours * DDR-Oberliga: 1991 * FDGB ...

. His nickname "Hille" is also derived from his father's first name.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weilandt, Tom Living people 1992 births Footballers from Rostock German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's youth international footballers 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players FC Hansa Rostock players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players VfL Bochum players Holstein Kiel players Greifswalder FC players