Thomas Cichon

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)
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.

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.

External links

• Thomas Cichon at kicker (in German)
• Thomas Cichon at fussballdaten.de (in German)