Thomas Götzl

Thomas Götzl ( born August 31, 1990 in Lauf an der Pegnitz ) is a Finnish- German football player who can be used as two-footed defensive player both in the interior and in the exterior defense.

Career

Youth in Bavaria

Götzl, whose father is German and his mother is from Finland, was born in Middle Franconia Lauf an der Pegnitz, grew initially but in the Upper Palatinate, where he TSV from Königstein joined as its first football club. Later he moved to the youth teams of the Central Franconian 1 FC Nuremberg and from this point to the youth of the neighboring SpVgg Greuther Fürth. This Götzl moved by good performances in the youth competitions also attracted the attention of the Finnish Football Association to be the first time put him in the Finnish U -17 on 31 July 2006. This was followed by eight more missions for the U -17, one of which also represented his ninth overall use on 31 March 2007 his last game in this age group.

In the summer of 2007 Götzl changed from Fürth back in the Upper Palatinate, by the A- youth of the SSV Jahn Regensburg joined, who played in the 2007/ 08 season as a climber in the U -19 league. With a total of 17 completed missions Götzl was then the relegation of Regensburg eleventh of the final table at and was able to recommend, for which he completed a total of nine games from January 5 to May 29, 2008 thereby also for the Finnish U-18 selection.

Change in the Baltic Sea

Götzl changed in the summer of 2008 as the new second division side FC Hansa Rostock. At the same time he was appointed to the Finnish U-19 selection, for which he played a total of 13 missions between 19 August 2008 and 14 May 2009. At Hansa Götzl was initially assigned to the trained by Michael Hartmann A youth and attended the excellent as an elite school of football Heinrich -Schütz- secondary school. During the season 2008/ 09, the U-19 Bundesliga Götzl then received 23 inserts for Rostock, in which he scored a total of two goals. Here, Götzl had recommended but his performances for the Regional team in the men's area, Rostock, at the training operation he had participated from the beginning of 2009 and for which he made ​​his debut in the fourth division Regionalliga Nord on March 22, 2009. By the end of the Regionalliga 2008/ 09 Götzl came as a total of four inserts for the population Axel Rietentiet team.

In the season 2009/10 Götzl also moved according to age in the men's area of Rostock, where he was indeed still provided for the reserve team in the Regionalliga, but also should participate in the training of the professional team under Andreas Zachhuber. Due to the rebuilding of the professional team but Götzl came to only 19 goalless stakes in the regional team that the targeted relegation Although athletic reached in the summer of 2010, due to the simultaneous descent of the professional team in the 3rd League but in the fifth rate Oberliga Nordost was withdrawn.

Return to Bavaria and moving abroad

A new employer found Götzl in the SpVgg Weiden, so that he returned after two years on the Baltic Sea in summer 2010 in the Upper Palatinate. For the third division Götzl then received nine missions during the first half of the season 2010/ 11 and also played on 17 November 2010 made ​​his debut for the Finnish U- 21 team against Luxembourg. The association faced, however, in massive financial trouble and had to completely set the game mode to December 1, 2010, whereby all matches with grazing participation were subsequently canceled. The now without clubs Götzl then played for the reserve team of the Bavarian SV Wacker Burghausen, in which he also in the training of the third division team participated under Mario Basler, before moving to Finland in April 2011.

In Finland, Götzl Rovaniemen Palloseura joined from Lapland, where he signed a contract until the end of the 2011 season. The climber then he plays in the top league in the country, the First Division, against the threat relegated again. In August 2011 Götzl played a game on loan for FC Santa Claus in the Kakkonen, the third highest league in Finland, in the league game against Tornion Pallo -47. With Rovaniemen Palloseura he was at the end of the season last and could not avoid relegation as a regular player. He decided against a contract extension until 31 December 2015.

Return to Germany

Thomas Götzl signed in February 2012 with the Bavarian Oberliga district and then leaders FC Amberg an agreement by mid- 2014. He opted for a change because of the good sporting prospects, but also because of the career opportunities in the area. For the FCA, he scored in the second half in twelve games five goals and rose with him in 2012 in the Bavarian League North.