Patrick Helmes

Patrick Helmes ( 2013)

Patrick Helmes ( born March 1, 1984 in Cologne ) is a German football player who is under contract with FC Cologne 1 since 2013.

Birth and childhood

Patrick Helmes was born in 1984 as the son of footballer Uwe Helmes in Cologne and grew up in Freudenberger district Alchen to the winning country.

Club career

Youth

The center forward spent his footballing youth in the winning country; where he played for TuS Alchen, for SpVgg Bürbach and for Sportfreunde Siegen. In 1997, the helmet then in the youth of the former Bundesliga 1 FC Cologne. 2000 helmet was at the club from his native town of sorted out, because he physically was not robust enough.

Therefore, he returned in the summer of 2000, back in his home country winner and was active again for the youth of Sportfreunde Siegen from. He played there until 2003.

Senior level

Sportfreunde Siegen

After three years in the youth as well as some operations in the second team Patrick Helmes moved up into the first team the winning countries. However, in the 2003/ 04 season helmet came just a few short sessions. Only in the season after, helmet developed for service providers at Sportfreunde Siegen. He scored a total of 21 hits, which he scorer in the Regionalliga Süd was also. With those 21 matches he wore at the same time the rise in 2005 to the 2nd Bundesliga at. However, he had already left in the season at his former club, the then newly promoted Bundesliga 1 FC Cologne, signed.

1 FC Köln

He then moved up to 200,000 euros to his former youth club. There he was primarily intended for the position of the right side striker. Gameday On the seventh of the season 2005/ 06 in its 2-1 defeat in Leverkusen, he scoring in only his second Bundesliga for FC use his first Bundesliga goal. In his first season with the Cologne he could not prevail, and was usually only be changed or has not played at all. Only at the end of the season he was allowed to accumulate in three games from the start. In the season 2005/ 06 he went with the 1st FC Cologne from the second Bundesliga.

In the first five games of the season 2006/ 07 helmet performed well ( Kicker average mark 1.90) and scored seven goals. On 25 September 2006, he retired in the match against Rot-Weiss Essen a broken metatarsal to. Despite the injury, he scored his seventh goal of the season yet. However, the injury that should cause at least eight-week break after after the first assessment of the physicians was so severe that the helmet had to pause more than four months and only on 9 February 2007 celebrated its comeback in the away game in Braunschweig. On 31 January 2007 the helmet was known to have signed two contracts at Bayer 04 Leverkusen - one that applies from July 2007, and which shall apply from July 2008. At this time, the helmet had at the 1 FC Cologne still has a contract until the summer of 2007, with Cologne but had the option to extend this to 2008. Cologne took advantage of this option, so that the helmet was tied to 2008 to the FC. An offer Leverkusen to sign him on payment of a transfer fee in the summer of 2007, rejected the Cologne club management from overlooking the importance of helmet for the Cologne revival plans.

For the 2007 /08 season appointed Cologne coach Christoph Daum helmet to the Team Captain, before the match against Kickers Offenbach on 9 Round the captaincy but was passed by a meeting between coach Christoph Daum and helmet to Matthias Scherz. In 33 matches played during this season he scored 17 goals and had six assists for scoring. At the end of the season the 3rd place was reached and so the rise with Cologne in the Bundesliga.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

In January 2008, the change from helmet to Bayer 04 Leverkusen on July 1, 2008 was finally perfect. There he repressed Theofanis Gekas from the starting eleven, who had remained behind expectations. His first competitive match completed helmet in the DFB-Pokal on 10 August 2008, during which he largely contributed with a goal to narrow 3-2 victory against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. Less than a week later, he made ​​his debut for Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. He started well in the 2008/ 09 season, he scored on each of the first six games - except for the third day - at least one goal, in a 4-0 victory over Hannover 96 scored helmet even three goals. Helmes finished the season with Bayer on the 9th place in the standings, scoring 21 goals in his debut season. On 30 May 2009 he lost against Werder Bremen, the DFB Cup Final in Berlin 0:1.

Shortly after the end of the season, the helmet moved while playing soccer with friends to a torn ACL. This was seen as bad news for Bayer Leverkusen. However, the newly signed Eren Derdiyok was so good performances that helmet usually only came on as a substitute after his recovery to use. In his first game in the UEFA Europa League Helmes scored three of the four goals in a 4-0 victory against Rosenborg Trondheim.

The following season, the helmet could not win back his starting place and although he scored five goals in the first round, he was usually on or replaced if its eleven missions. Helmes was noted by Jupp Heynckes, that a player who has listened to it, is usually also become better. Shortly before the end of the transfer window in winter 2010/11 changed the helmet to the Bundesliga side VfL ​​Wolfsburg.

VfL Wolfsburg

In his third game for the VfL ​​Wolfsburg Helmes on matchday 23 of the 2010/11 season scored his first goal in the match against SC Freiburg, which Wolfsburg eventually lost 1:2. It should be the last goal for him in another five appearances. He could for the rest of the season with the stuck in the relegation battle Wolfsburgern not establish that ensured the league without his help.

After a brace in the first game of the new season against 1 FC Cologne he was still used until eight games in early October. On November 17, the helmet was previously demoted to the second team in the Regionalliga Nord due to poor performance in games and completed a day after his only game at this. After a ruptured during the winter break exchange he was allowed to train with the first team again before it for the first time after five months back was on 25 February 2012 in the starting lineup, the Wolfsburg and scored a goal. As a result, he missed remainder of the season and a single game more advanced with ten goals in ten games and equal to several brace for the first time at VfL the absolute top striker. Long time he was traded two years after his last international game as a great candidate for the German squad for Euro 2012.

In the following season, coach and manager Felix Magath then sold Helmes ' Mario Mandzukic rivals to Bayern Munich in order to permanently focus on the resurgent helmet can. In preparing for the season but the helmet suffered in a friendly against the English champions Manchester City again a torn ACL and fell from the Bundesliga winter break, so it a great opportunity to finally establishing itself as the number one striker missed. After six month break he gave on February 15, 2013 game against Bayern comeback in the jersey of the wolves when he came on in the 75th minute. However, in contrast to the previous season his comeback was not successful: Only on 31 March ( five game days later ) he was reinstated. Parallel to his only four Bundesliga appearances he also had to undergo four games with the second team.

Return to the first FC Cologne

After the helmet had come earlier in the season 2013/14 to no use in the Bundesliga and more in August four games with the second team had been forced to deny he joined shortly before the end of the transfer window back to the 1st FC Cologne. On 2 September 2013, the second division announced the return of former national player. Helmet signed a three-year contract until 30 June 2016. September 16 (7th Round ) he scored in a 4-0 win over Energie Cottbus in his first game 1-0 and prepared it 2-0 by Anthony Ujah ago. With six goals and five assists in 13 games he played a very successful season so far and was involved in the sovereign autumn championship of Cologne, who want to return to the First League. On December 13, 2013, he scored in a 3-1 win over Dynamo Dresden two hits. His volley to make it 1-0 was chosen for goal of the month later.

National

Helmes played from 2005 to 2006 in the U- 21 team of the DFB. As part of the European Championship qualifier he succeeded in the German U- 21 team on 5 September 2006 against Romania in a brace to make it 2-0 or 3-0 ( the game ended 5:1).

On 25 March 2007, he was first in the A-team of the German national team for the friendly against Denmark, which took place in Duisburg on 28 March in Wedaustadion appointed and well used. Helmes was appointed on 16 May 2008 in the preliminary squad for the 2008 European Football Championship, but not included in the eventual EM- squad on May 28, along with Jermaine Jones and Marko Marin of Joachim Löw.