Patrick Kohlmann
Patrick Kohlmann ( born February 25, 1983 in Dortmund ) is a German - Irish football player.
Career
In the club
The son of a German father and an Irish mother, grew up in the district of Dortmund Wickede and thus began at BV Westfalia Wickede playing football. Later he joined the youth team of the TSC Eintracht Dortmund before moving to Borussia Dortmund in 1993. BVB Kohlmann remained 14 years in which he made the jump from youth in the second men's team. With the Dortmund amateurs he played from 2002 to 2007 in the Regionalliga Nord, with the exception of the 2005/06 season, when the team was relegated to the Oberliga Westfalen.
In the season 2004/ 05 Kohlmann succeeded in rising to the first team of the Bundesliga and he celebrated in November 2004, his debut in the first team. In the match against 1.FC Kaiserslautern he stood in the starting line-up, but was replaced at half-time due to a serious knee injury. Officially Kohlmann only in the 2004/05 season in the first team squad. However, he also coached then temporarily in the pros with and sat a few times in league games on the bench.
For the season 2007/ 08 changed Kohlmann of Dortmund II to league rivals FC Rot -Weiß Erfurt. With the Erfurt he made this season to qualify for the newly created third league, but moved to the end of season for Premier League rivals 1.FC Union Berlin. In his first year he won the championship with Union the third division and was promoted to the second division. Since then, he heard the Berliners to the root formation.
In the National Team
Kohlmann has in addition to German and Irish nationality, as his mother is from there. That's why he played a total of five games for the Irish U-21 national team and made his debut on 19 August 2003 in the match against Poland.
Achievements
- Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga 2009 with Union Berlin