Jérome Polenz

Polenz in use for Western Sydney Wanderers (2013 )

Jérôme Polenz ( born November 7, 1986 in Berlin ) is a German football player who is under contract for the 2012/13 season at the Australian first division team Western Sydney Wanderers.

Career

Clubs

Polenz was born to an Algerian father and a German in Berlin. There he began his career as a player in the youth teams of the SC Siemens City, CFC 06 and Hertha Tennis Borussia Berlin. In the season 2002/ 03 - at the age of 15 years - he was bound for the youth team of Werder Bremen, three years later, the trained full-back was added to the second team for which he completed 2004-2007 64 games in the Regionalliga Nord and 15 goals scored.

From January 2006 to the end of season 2006/ 07 he was employed as contract Amateur at the Bundesliga Squad from Werder Bremen. His league debut came on February 4, 2006 ( 19th Round ) in a 4-2 victory in the home game against 1 FSV Mainz 05 Substitutes for Nelson Valdez in the 85th minute. Two days later, he signed a dated before June 30, 2009 License player contract.

For the season 2007/ 08 changed Polenz to second division Alemannia Aachen and completed 51 league and three DFB Cup games. In 2010, he returned to his hometown and joined the league rivals 1.FC Union Berlin. After disagreements with coach Uwe Neuhaus he has since been released from playing first-team and was a member of only their training squad or the second team. After discussion, and more than nine months without professional use Polenz was called back in the first team squad. Regardless of the events before, club and player agreed to terminate the contract at the end of the season 2011 /12. His last league game played Polenz on 10 April 2012 ( 30th Round ) in the 1-2 defeat in the away match against FC St. Pauli.

In August 2012, he moved to Australia with the recently founded football franchise Western Sydney Wanderers and clothed there since the position of right-back. With the club playing for the first time in the highest Australian league Polenz closed the regular season after 27 league games as a table from first and qualified for the final round. In the semifinals, still 2-0 success against Brisbane Roar, he lost with his crew on April 21, 2013, the Grand Final 0-2 against the Central Coast Mariners.

National

His debut in the national jersey he gave on 20 May 2004 in Kiev in the 0-2 defeat of the U-18 national team against the selection of the Ukraine when he came off the bench for the second half for Stephan Schrock. In the second comparison, two days later, in a 4-1 victory, he came a second time for this selection team to use.

For the U-19 national team, he made ​​his debut on 15 September 2004 in Ratingen near the 0-2 defeat against the selection of Spain, when he came on in the 22nd minute for Stephan Schrock. When to July 29, 2005 discharged from 18 in Northern Ireland U- 19 Championship, he played only the first group game with 2:4 lost the German national team against the selection of Serbia and Montenegro.

For the U-20 national team, he came September 14, 2005 in Biel in the 1-2 defeat against Switzerland to the selection of his only international match.

Achievements

• At club level:
• German runner-up: 2005/ 06
• Australian runner-up: 2012/13
• A-League Premiership: 2012/13

• Individual:
• PFA Team of the Year: 2012/13

Others

In addition to professional football, he attended high school continued to successfully Obervieland and the school closed in the summer of 2006 with the Abitur.

Since May 2011 Jerome is married to German model Svenja Polenz. Svenja is the granddaughter of former Bremen striker Klaus Hanel and great-granddaughter of former national player Erich Haenel.