Eugen Bopp
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| Eugen Bopp | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eugen Bopp | |
| Date of birth | September 5, 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Kiev, Soviet Union | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000-2001 2001-2006 2006-2007 2007-2009 |
Bayern Munich Nottingham Forest Rotherham United Crewe Alexandra |
0 (0) 77 (8) 29 (5) 17 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Eugen Bopp (born 5 September 1983) is a Ukrainian-born German footballer who most recently played for Crewe Alexandra. He was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR but has German nationality. He is an attacking midfield player with a reputation for scoring spectacular goals from long distance.
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[edit] Football career
[edit] Nottingham Forest
Eugen Bopp moved to Germany when he was very young and joined Bayern Munich as a youth. Bopp, knowing that he would find it hard to get in to the Bayern first team, happily switched life in Munich to join Nottingham Forest. Despite not playing a great deal of games in his Forest career he became something of a cult figure at Forest, and is still a favourite with the fans.
He played over 60 games for Nottingham, but only half of those were in the starting line-up in his four years at the club gaining 11 goals in total. He is probably best known during his time at Forest, for when he came on as a late substitute against Gillingham on the last day of the 2004-05 season to score a goal, which ultimately took Gillingham down to the third tier of English football along with previously relegated Nottingham Forest and Rotherham United.
[edit] Rotherham United
Following his release from Nottingham Forest, he was taken on trial by Rotherham United for the majority of the South Yorkshire club's pre-season. After an impressive trial spell he signed a short term contract on 3 August 2006 and was given the number 25 shirt. As a result of his continued excellent performances on the pitch (and one spectacular goal against Scunthorpe United F.C.), Bopp was offered a contract extension until the end of the season. He played in 30 games for the Millers (24 league, 5 FA Cup, and 1 League Cup matches) and scored 5 goals.
[edit] Crewe Alexandra
Bopp was signed by Crewe Alexandra on 30 May 2007.[1] He initially struggled to fit into the team, and was available for transfer during the January window.[2] However, he returned to the side for a match against Brighton, and did well enough to retain his place. Crewe have now indicated that they wish to retain him. Once again, speculation about Bopp's future has arisen as started to only make the bench at best. Bopp has now been released by Crewe a year earlier than the contract was expected to expire by means of mutual termination. On the 7th May, Crewe announced that Bopp's contract had been terminated by mutual consent, as he failed to play a single game under new manager Gudjon Thordarson[3].
[edit] Personal life
Eugen's younger brother, Viktor, is currently part of the youth system at Bayern Munich.
[edit] References
- ^ "Bopp departs Rotherham for Crewe". BBC Sport. 30 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/6705117.stm. Retrieved on 30 May 2007.
- ^ "Crewe open way for Bopp to leave". BBC Sport. 8 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/7177511.stm. Retrieved on 8 January 2008.
- ^ "Bopp Leaves Crewe". The Sentinel. 7 May 2009. http://www.superalex.co.uk/news/Crewe-Alex-Bopp-latest-leave-Crewe/article-972280-detail/article.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-16.
- Eugen Bopp player profile at crewealex.net
- Eugen Bopp career stats at Soccerbase
