Michael Thurk

Michael Thurk ( born May 28, 1976 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German football player. It is used as a striker and is the first FC Heidenheim under contract.

Career

First stations and FSV Mainz 05 until 2006

Thurk grew up in the district of Frankfurt Gallus. At the age of six he began playing football at the Frankfurt club Sportfreunde 04 he moved in 1999 from Hessen Oberliga Jügesheim to the second division 1 FSV Mainz 05, in which he claimed a familiarization year with a number of games in the league team, 17 mostly short second division operations (no gate) and a goal in the DFB - Pokal match against Bundesliga side Hertha BSC regular player was. From 2000 to 2004 Thurk achieved in other 122 games for the 05ers 42 goals, including the goal of the month November 2001 with a volley from an acute angle at the 1 FC Saarbrücken. In addition, two goals came from eight cup matches. This Thurk was at this time according to Sven Demandt (55) and Jürgen Klopp (52 ) the third-best scorer of the second division Mainz. Nevertheless Thurk was often more valuable as a team player.

At the end of the 2003/ 04 Thurk was the tragic hero of the 05er. In the final phase of a weak second half ( no goals until 30 Matchday) gave the club known not to extend Thurks expiring contract. The striker signed before season end a contract with the promotion rivals Energie Cottbus. With three goals in the last three games, including two in the 3-0 in the ascent final against Eintracht Trier Thurk shot Mainz in the Bundesliga and at the same time prevented the rise of his new club. Mainz was promoted to the Bundesliga and Thurk joined Energie Cottbus, where he then played in the 2nd Bundesliga.

In Cottbus Thurk had six goals in ten league and cup matches a strong debut, before he suffered a complicated jaw injury after a clash with the Trier player Claus Grzeskowiak and months turned out. Already during the winter break 2004/ 05 Thurk moved back to Mainz. A part of the transfer fee he paid initially itself later became the first FSV Mainz 05 and this proportion. With six goals in 13 league games, including the winner in the "Jubilee Games " - shortly after the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the association of Mainz 05 - against FC Schalke 04, Thurk was instrumental in the relegation of Mainz.

Eintracht Frankfurt, 2006-2007

For the season 2006/ 07 he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt. This transfer did not drain silently as Thurk was still solid in pre-season part of the Mainz team. Nevertheless, the players began while preparing to attack his old club public through the media. Finally he received from Mainz 05 release. After long disputes fee agreement of both clubs finally agreed about the change.

In its first UEFA Cup match against Eintracht Frankfurt Brøndby IF Thurk scored a hat trick and thus his first goals for the trained by Friedhelm glitter Hesse, three days later also the first Bundesliga goal. However, this was followed by only two more goals during the 2006/07 season. In the overall balance of the season Thurk only achieved an average grade of 4.30, and thus the worst of the entire Frankfurt team at 24 games in the standings of the kicker sports magazine. In the first half of the Bundesliga season 2007/ 08 Thurk was indeed used regularly, but was rarely in the starting lineup, in the most Ioannis Amanatidis was set as a lone striker.

FC Augsburg, 2008-2012

During the winter break of the season 2007/ 08 Michael Thurk moved to the 2nd Bundesliga FC Augsburg, for which he scored two goals in his first game against 1860 Munich. His original until the summer of 2010 he extended the current contract in December 2009 to a further two years until 30 June 2012. During the season 2009/10, his third year with the Swabians, Thurk was with 23 goals scorer in the 2nd Bundesliga and labeled with the FCA, trained by Jos Luhukay end of the season to third place, but failed in the relegation games against third from bottom of the Bundesliga 1.FC Nuremberg. Also in the second league round 2010/11 numbered Thurk the main cast of FC Augsburg. With a 2-1 victory at home to FC Augsburg and FSV Frankfurt 8 May 2011 Thurk made ​​perfectly with the FC Augsburg promotion to the 1st Bundesliga.

On 1 August 2011 Thurk was released with immediate effect by his club from training and match use. The reason given was that after a tactical system change for Thurk no position is free, other reports looked especially interpersonal problems. Finally, both parties agreed on January 2, 2012, a resolution of the current until 30 June 2012 contract.

1.FC Heidenheim, from 2012

During the winter break of 2011/12 Thurk moved to third division side 1.FC Heidenheim, who was looking for the second half substitute for two injured strikers, and was 13 - times used, taking some games missed due to a red card suspension and a hamstring. After the 2011/12 season Michael Thurk extended his contract in Heidenheim to June 2014.

Achievements

  • Scorer in the 2nd Bundesliga 2009/10 ( 23 goals in 30 games )
  • Promotion to the 1st League in 2004 with the first FSV Mainz 05
  • Promotion to the 1st League in 2011 with the FC Augsburg
1. FSV Mainz 05 1. FC Heidenheim Gallus (Frankfurt am Main) SV Eintracht Trier 05 2006–07 UEFA Cup Friedhelm Funkel Benjamin Auer Alper Bagceci Timo Beermann Michael Deutsche Marc Endres Sebastian Griesbeck Bastian Heidenfelder Philip Heise Dennis Malura Florian Niederlechner Julius Reinhardt (footballer) Erol Sabanov Rouven Sattelmaier Christian Sauter Marc Schnatterer Maurizio Scioscia Marcel Titsch-Rivero Daniel Vier Mathias Wittek
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