Philipp Bönig (born 20 March 1980) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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, and a manager.

Career

Youth

Born in

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(

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), West Germany, Bönig started to play football at the local club Eintracht Freising. His first position was keeper but after a couple of matches he moved to the left offensive midfield. Two of his brothers are also football players: his brother Sebastian played more than hundred matches in the second Bundesliga for

LR Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...

and

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, and his youngest brother Vincent played in the second team of

FC Ingolstadt 04 Fußballclub Ingolstadt 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolsta ...

. After impressing as a junior, Bönig joined

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

as a 14-year-old in 1994 and played there for seven years. In the last year he established himself in the second team of the club which played in the

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. While playing at Bayern Munich, Bönig made twenty starts for the German national youth teams.

MSV Duisburg

In 2001, Bönig started his professional career at

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

in the 2. Bundesliga and stayed for two seasons at this club. In this period he made 66 matches and scored two goals. Since his contract expired at the summer of 2003 he got offers from different clubs and he decided to move to then

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club,

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

VfL Bochum

In his first season 2003–04

qualified itself for the

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and Bönig played three matches for Team 2006. However, in the following season Bochum were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. But in the next season, they returned directly to the highest level again. After Bochum could maintain themselves in the season 2006–07 his contract was extended until the season 2009–10. In the winter of 2009 Tomasz Zdebel left the club which made Bönig the longest-serving player at the club in the selection. Bönig acts normally as left defender. His biggest assets are his mentality and fighting spirit, which made him to a crowd-pleaser in the past years. He never scored a goal in the German Bundesliga in his over 150 matches.

Coaching career

Bönig started his coaching career with the U19s of JFG Sempt Erding in October 2016. In April 2018 it was confirmed, that he would take charge of BCF Wolfratshausen from the 2018-19 season. He left the position in the summer 2019 to become the manager of VfR Garching. After only 16 games, Bönig resigned by mutual consent on 30 October 2019 after the team had been in the relegation zone for several games.Philipp Bönig tritt beim VfR Garching zurück! Wer wird Nachfolger?
merkur.de, 30 October 2019

Career statistics

Honours

Ferencváros *

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: 2014–15 * Hungarian League Cup: 2012–13, 2014–15 VfL Bochum * 2. Bundesliga: 2005–06

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonig, Philipp 1980 births Living people People from Erding Footballers from Upper Bavaria German men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Bayern Munich II players MSV Duisburg players VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Germany men's B international footballers German football managers German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary 21st-century German sportsmen