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{{Short description|German footballer (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Dariusz Wosz
| image          = Dariusz Wosz 2019 (cropped).jpg
| caption        = Wosz in 2019
| height         = 1.83 m
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1969|6|8|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Piekary Śląskie]], Poland
| currentclub    = [[VfL Bochum]] (technical trainer)
| position       = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1    = 1980–1981
| youthclubs1    = BSG Motor Halle
| youthyears2    = 1981–1984
| youthclubs2    = [[VfL Halle 1896|BSG Empor Halle]]
| youthyears3    = 1984–1986
| youthclubs3    = [[Chemie Halle]]
| years1         = 1986–1992
| clubs1         = [[Hallescher FC]]{{Efn|Hallescher FC were known as Chemie Halle until 1991.|name=Halle}}
| caps1          = 116
| goals1         = 20
| years2         = 1992–1998
| clubs2         = [[VfL Bochum]]
| caps2          = 211
| goals2         = 25
| years3         = 1998–2001
| clubs3         = [[Hertha BSC]]
| caps3          = 85
| goals3         = 11
| years4         = 2001–2007
| clubs4         = [[VfL Bochum]]
| caps4          = 135
| goals4         = 16
| years5         = 2007–2009
| clubs5         = SC Union Bergen
| caps5          = 15
| goals5         = 12
| totalcaps      = 563
| totalgoals     = 74
| nationalyears1 = 1989–1990
| nationalteam1  = [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]
| nationalcaps1  = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1997–2000
| nationalteam2  = [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
| nationalcaps2  = 17
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| manageryears1  = 2007–2013
| managerclubs1  = [[VfL Bochum]] U-19
| manageryears2  = 2009–2010
| managerclubs2  = [[VfL Bochum]] (assistant)
| manageryears3  = 2010
| managerclubs3  = [[VfL Bochum]] (caretaker)
| manageryears4  = 2010–2013
| managerclubs4  = [[VfL Bochum]] (assistant)
| manageryears5  = 2013–2014
| managerclubs5  = [[VfL Bochum II]]
| manageryears6  = 2014–2015
| managerclubs6  = [[VfL Bochum]] U-19
| manageryears7  = 2015–
| managerclubs7  = [[VfL Bochum]] (technical trainer)
| medaltemplates = 
{{medal|Team|[[Chemie Halle]]}}
{{medal|W|[[DDR-Liga]]|1986–87}}
{{medal|Team|[[VfL Bochum]]}}
{{medal|W|2. Bundesliga|[[1993–94 2. Bundesliga|1993–94]]}}
{{medal|W|2. Bundesliga|[[1995–96 2. Bundesliga|1995–96]]}}
{{medal|W|2. Bundesliga|[[2005–06 2. Bundesliga|2005–06]]}}
{{medal|Team|[[Hertha BSC]]}}
{{medal|RU|[[DFB-Ligapokal]]|[[2000 DFB-Ligapokal|2000]]}}
}}

'''Dariusz Wosz''' ({{IPA|de|ˈdaːʁi̯ʊs ˈvɔʃ|-|}}, {{IPA|pl|ˈdarjuʐ ˈvɔʂ|lang|}}; born 8 June 1969) is a German professional [[Association football|football]] coach and former player who is a technical trainer for German club [[VfL Bochum]]. As a player, he played mostly as a [[Midfielder#Deep-lying playmaker (Strolling 10)|deep-lying playmaker]] in [[Midfielder|midfield]].

==Early life==
Wosz's family migrated to [[Halle (Saale)|Halle]], Germany, from the Polish part of [[Silesia]].

==Club career==
Wosz started playing football at BSG Motor Halle in 1980. After a year there he moved to BSG Empor Halle before joining [[Chemie Halle]] in 1984.

Two years after joining the club he made it into the first team, who earned promotion from the second division to the [[DDR-Oberliga]], although Wosz would only play once, in 1986–87. During the following four seasons he would amass 93 games (15 goals) until the Oberliga merged with the [[Bundesliga]] due to the [[German reunification]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/woszdata.html | title = Dariusz Wosz - Matches and Goals in Oberliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 4 June 2015 | access-date = 5 June 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>

Wosz stayed at Halle for the [[1991–92 2. Bundesliga|1991–92 2. Bundesliga season]], lining up in 22 games (five goals). Because the club finished fourth in the final [[1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga|East German football season]], he was able to play twice in the [[1991–92 UEFA Cup]].

Wosz was transferred to [[VfL Bochum]] in toward the end of the 1991–92 season. As captain, he led Bochum to its biggest success yet: the third round of the [[1997–98 UEFA Cup]] which was lost 6–4 on aggregate to [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]].

In the summer of 1998, Wosz was transferred to [[Hertha BSC]]. After three successful years, including participation in the [[UEFA Champions League]] where he scored the winning goal against [[A.C. Milan]],<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/57142--hertha-vs-milan/ |title=Hertha-Milan |publisher=[[UEFA]]|date=20 October 1999}}</ref> he requested to be transferred back to Bochum, where he helped the side qualify for the [[2004–05 UEFA Cup]]. During his final season, [[2006–07 Bundesliga|2006–07]], Wosz only played one match, being substituted on for [[Zvjezdan Misimović]] in the 70th minute against [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]. Twelve minutes later he scored his final Bundesliga goal. In summer 2007, he played besides his coaching job with Bochum-based football club SC Union Bergen and retired in summer 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.reviersport.de/87389---bl-13-wosz-fordert-pass-bergen-zurueck-spricht-klartext.html | title = BL 13: Wosz fordert Pass von Bergen zurück und spricht Klartext | language = de | publisher = reviersport.de | date = 28 June 2009 | access-date = 28 May 2011}}</ref>

==International career==
Wosz earned his first international cap for [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]] when he played against [[Finland national football team|Finland]] on 22 March 1989 in [[Dresden]].<ref name="rsssf">{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wosz-intl.html | title = Dariusz Wosz - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 4 June 2015 | access-date = 5 June 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> The match ended as a 1–1 draw. His seventh cap, his final game for East Germany, was against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] on 12 September 1990 in [[Brussels]]. East Germany won the match 2–1.

On 26 February 1997, he debuted for the reunified [[Germany national football team|Germany]] against [[Israel national football team|Israel]] in [[Tel Aviv]]. Germany won the match 1–0, with Wosz scoring Germany's goal. Wosz was part of the German squad for [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]] but [[Erich Ribbeck]] did not use him during the tournament. He made his final national appearance against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] on 15 November 2000 in [[Copenhagen]]. Germany lost 2–1.

==Coaching career==
After retiring, Wosz served as Bochum's U-19 coach and was on 20 September 2009 named as assistant coach of the [[Bundesliga]] team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Koller verlässt den VfL |language=de |url=http://vfl-bochum.de/webcache/Aktuelles_meldung_6952_3_de.htm |date=20 September 2009 |publisher=[[VfL Bochum]] |access-date=21 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924171818/http://www.vfl-bochum.de/webcache/Aktuelles_meldung_6952_3_de.htm |archive-date=24 September 2009}}</ref> On 29 April 2010, he replaced [[Heiko Herrlich]] as head coach of [[VfL Bochum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vfl-bochum.de/webcache/Aktuelles_meldung_7870_3_de.htm |title=VfL trennt sich von Heiko Herrlich |language=de |publisher=VfL Bochum |date=29 April 2010 |access-date=28 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502011506/http://www.vfl-bochum.de/webcache/Aktuelles_meldung_7870_3_de.htm |archive-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>

In the summer 2015, Wosz was appointed as the new technical trainer in the club, both for the seniors and the youth teams.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vfl-bochum.de/site/n/15547p.htm | title = Alle Trainerteams von der U19 bis zur U9 | language = de | publisher = VfL Bochum | date = 9 June 2015 | access-date = 7 October 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160310231102/http://www.vfl-bochum.de/site/n/15547p.htm | archive-date = 10 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Background==
*Wosz is the only player of VfL Bochum who got a "Farewell-match". On 8 September 2007, a team formed by the UEFA Cup squad of Bochum played against a team of old teammates of Wosz. The match ended 12–8 and two goals of Wosz who played for both sides. 
*By many supporters of VfL Bochum he is only called "him" (in German: er), after his return to the club.

==Personal life==
Wosz's nephew, [[Joscha Wosz]], is also a professional footballer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dariusz Wosz glaubt an den HFC und kritisiert Neffen Joscha |trans-title=Dariusz Wosz believes in HFC and criticises nephew Joscha |url=https://www.mz.de/sport/hallescher-fc/dariusz-wosz-glaubt-an-den-hfc-und-kritisiert-neffen-joscha-3564741 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=Mitteldeutsche Zeitung |date=11 March 2023 |language=German}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dariusz Wosz » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/dariusz-wosz/2/ |access-date=10 February 2021 |website=worldfootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Chemie Halle]]{{Efn|name=Halle}}
|1986–87
|[[DDR-Liga]]
|1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[1987–88 DDR-Oberliga|1987–88]]
|rowspan="3"|[[DDR-Oberliga]]
|22||2||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||2
|-
|[[1988–89 DDR-Oberliga|1988–89]]
|21||5||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||22||5
|-
|[[1989–90 DDR-Oberliga|1989–90]]
|24||5||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||5
|-
|[[1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga|1990–91]]
|[[NOFV-Oberliga]]
|26||3||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!94||15||9||0||0||0||0||0||103||15
|-
|[[Hallescher FC]]{{Efn|name=Halle}}
|[[1991–92 2. Bundesliga|1991–92]]
|[[2. Bundesliga]]
|22||5||1||0|| colspan="2"|—||2||0||25||5
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[VfL Bochum]]
|[[1991–92 Bundesliga|1991–92]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Bundesliga]]
|16||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||0
|-
|[[1992–93 Bundesliga|1992–93]]
|33||3||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||3
|-
|[[1993–94 2. Bundesliga|1993–94]]
|2. Bundesliga
|34||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||3
|-
|[[1994–95 Bundesliga|1994–95]]
|rowspan="4"|Bundesliga
|32||2||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||2
|-
|[[1995–96 Bundesliga|1995–96]]
|31||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||3
|-
|[[1996–97 Bundesliga|1996–97]]
|32||9||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||9
|-
|[[1997–98 Bundesliga|1997–98]]
|33||5||2||1||1||0||6||1||42||7
|-
!colspan=2"|Total
!211||25||12||1||1||0||6||1||230||27
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Hertha BSC]]
|[[1998–99 Bundesliga|1998–99]]
|rowspan="3"|Bundesliga
|31||3||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||3
|-
|[[1999–2000 Bundesliga|1999–00]]
|32||5||1||0||1||0||12||2||46||7
|-
|[[2000–01 Bundesliga|2000–01]]
|22||3||1||1||3||0||3||0||29||4
|-
!colspan=2"|Total
!85||11||5||1||4||0||15||2||109||14
|-
|rowspan="7"|VfL Bochum
|[[2001–02 2. Bundesliga|2001–02]]
|2. Bundesliga
|27||6||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||6
|-
|[[2002–03 Bundesliga|2002–03]]
|rowspan="3"|Bundesliga
|30||2||4||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||3
|-
|[[2003–04 Bundesliga|2003–04]]
|33||4||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||34||4
|-
|[[2004–05 Bundesliga|2004–05]]
|29||2||1||0||1||0||2||0||33||2
|-
|[[2005–06 2. Bundesliga|2005–06]]
|2. Bundesliga
|15||1||1||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||2
|-
|[[2006–07 Bundesliga|2006–07]]
|Bundesliga
|1||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||1
|-
!colspan=2"|Total
!135||16||7||2||2||0||2||0||146||18
|-
!colspan=3"|Career total
!547||72||34||4||7||0||25||3||613||79
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="rsssf" />
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]
|1989||3||0
|-
|1990||4||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!7!!0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Germany national football team|Germany]]
|1997||6||1
|-
|1998||1||0
|-
|1999||4||0
|-
|2000||6||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!17!!1
|}

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wosz goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Dariusz Wosz<ref name="rsssf" />
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|align="center"|1||26 February 1997||[[Ramat Gan Stadium]], [[Ramat Gan]], Israel||{{fb|ISR}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|1–0||[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.dariusz-wosz.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|dariusz-wosz}}
* {{Fussballdaten|woszdariusz}}
* {{NFT player|10491}}

{{1992–93 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season}}
{{1996–97 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season}}
{{VfL Bochum managers}}
{{Germany squad 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup}}
{{Germany squad UEFA Euro 2000}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wosz, Dariusz}}
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