Thomas Cichon
Cichon with VfL Osnabrück in 2008
Personal information
Full name Thomas Joachim Cichon
Date of birth (1976-07-09) 9 July 1976
Place of birth Ruda Śląska, Poland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1981–1985 BV Altenessen
1989–1990 Preußen Essen
1990–1995 Schwarz-Weiß Essen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2004 1. FC Köln 211 (8)
2004–2005 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 30 (0)
2005 Panionios 6 (0)
2006–2009 VfL Osnabrück 98 (16)
2009–2010 Moroka Swallows 23 (0)
Total 368 (24)
International career
1995–1998 Germany U-21 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Joachim Cichon (Polish: Tomasz Cichoń; born 9 July 1976) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[1]

Involvement in match-fixing

In June 2014 Cichon received a nine-month suspended sentence for accessory to fraud and tax fraud for his involvement in the 2009 European football match-fixing scandal. He admitted to having received €20,000 from the gambling mafia in exchange for not giving his full effort in VfL Osnabrück's 3–0 defeat to FC Augsburg on 17 April 2009.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Thomas Cichon at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Fußball-Wettskandal: Thomas Cichon wegen Beihilfe zum Betrug verurteilt". Die Welt (in German). 12 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2021.


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