Thomas Cichon

Thomas Cichon
	Cichon with VfL Osnabrück in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Joachim Cichon
Date of birth	9 July 1976 (age 48)
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
1995–2004	1. FC Köln
2004–2005	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
2005	Panionios
2006–2009	VfL Osnabrück
2009–2010	Moroka Swallows
Total
International career
1995–1998	Germany U-21
	*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

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

External links

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

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[wf-1] Thomas Cichon at WorldFootball.net

[welt-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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