Patrick Helmes
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| Patrick Helmes | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Patrick Helmes | |
| Date of birth | March 1, 1984 (age 23) | |
| Place of birth | Cologne, Germany | |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 12 in) 78 kg (172 lb) |
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| Nickname | Moppel | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | 1. FC Köln | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005 - Present | 1. FC Köln | 18 (11) |
| National team | ||
| 2007–present | Germany | 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Patrick Helmes (born March 1, 1984 in Cologne, Germany) is a German footballer who currently plays as a striker for 1. FC Köln. He started his career with Sportfreunde Siegen. He debuted in the Bundesliga in 2005 and scored his first goal in his second game, against rivals Bayer Leverkusen. After his club was relegated into the second division, Helmes became one of the most important players for his side, scoring 7 times in his first 5 games of the season and keeping Köln at the top of the table. However, he scored the last of those goals with a broken foot. The injury kept him out of the squad for the following 4 months, during which his team performed extremely poor and lost all chances to return to first division.
Six weeks after his comeback, Helmes was nominated for the national team for the first time by Joachim Löw. He made his international debut for the Germany national football team in a friendly against Denmark on 28 March 2007.
| 1. FC Köln - Current Squad |
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2 Cullmann | 3 Johnsen | 4 Matip | 5 Alpay | 6 Haas | 7 Lagerblom | 8 Scherz | 9 Helmes | 10 Broich | 11 Madsen | 12 Tripodi | 14 Alushi | 15 Cabanas | 16 André | 17 Weiser | 18 Gambino | 19 Tiago | 20 Sinkiewicz | 21 Novakovič | 22 Ehret | 23 Nickenig | 24 Akın | 25 Schöneberg | 26 Mitreski | 30 Kulaksızoğlu | 31 Finke | 32 Paucken | 33 Wessels | 36 Chihi | 50 Fábio Luciano | Manager: Daum |
