Thomas Cichon | |
Fullname: | Thomas Joachim Cichon |
Birth Date: | 9 July 1976 |
Birth Place: | Ruda Śląska, Poland |
Height: | 1.85 m |
Position: | Centre-back |
Youthyears1: | 1981–1985 |
Youthclubs1: | BV Altenessen |
Youthyears2: | 1989–1990 |
Youthclubs2: | Preußen Essen |
Youthyears3: | 1990–1995 |
Youthclubs3: | Schwarz-Weiß Essen |
Years1: | 1995–2004 |
Clubs1: | 1. FC Köln |
Caps1: | 211 |
Goals1: | 8 |
Years2: | 2004–2005 |
Clubs2: | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
Caps2: | 30 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2005 |
Clubs3: | Panionios |
Caps3: | 6 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2006–2009 |
Clubs4: | VfL Osnabrück |
Caps4: | 98 |
Goals4: | 16 |
Years5: | 2009–2010 |
Clubs5: | Moroka Swallows |
Caps5: | 23 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 368 |
Totalgoals: | 24 |
Nationalyears1: | 1995–1998 |
Nationalteam1: | Germany U-21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 20 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Thomas Joachim Cichon (Polish: Tomasz Cichoń; born 9 July 1976) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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.[1]