Michael Görlitz

Michael Görlitz (born 8 March 1987) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Michael Görlitz
Görlitz with Halmstad in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-08) 8 March 1987
Place of birth Nuremberg, West Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
SB Phönix Nürnberg
FC Holzheim Neumarkt
0000–2002 1. FC Nürnberg
2002–2005 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Bayern Munich II 36 (4)
2008–2011 Halmstads BK 103 (13)
2012–2014 FSV Frankfurt 69 (11)
2014–2015 FC St. Pauli 12 (0)
2015FC St. Pauli II 4 (1)
2015–2017 Arminia Bielefeld 46 (3)
2018 1860 Munich 6 (0)
2018 1860 Munich II 1 (0)
2019 SC 04 Schwabach 11 (0)
2019–2022 ASV Neumarkt
International career
2002–2003 Germany U-16 9 (1)
2003–2004 Germany U-17 12 (1)
2004–2005 Germany U-18 4 (0)
2006 Germany U-19 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:36, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Career

Görlitz began his career with SB Phönix Nürnberg and joined later FC Holzheim Neumarkt. He was then scouted from 1. FC Nürnberg and signed in 2002 with Bayern Munich.[1]

Earlier in his career, he played for Bayern Munich II, but never played for Bayern Munich's senior team.

On 8 June 2008, he went on a week-long trial with Halmstads BK[2] and on 23 July 2008, Halmstads BK confirmed that they signed a contract with Görlitz.[3] He made his debut for Halmstads BK on 11 August against Helsingborgs IF, both receiving a yellow card and scoring a goal, 2–0, in the first 10 minutes, he was later chosen man of the match, the game ended 3–1.[4]

Görlitz was selected player of the year for Halmstads BK 2008 on 22 November.[5]

After Halmstad's relegation to Superettan, Görlitz contract expired and he left the club, to return to Germany signing for FSV Frankfurt.[6]

During the summer break of 2014 he moved to FC St. Pauli, signing a two-year contract with the Hamburg based 2. Bundesliga club.[7][8]

On 12 June it was confirmed, that Görlitz had signed a contract with Arminia Bielefeld valid from 1 July 2015.[9] In June 2017, after two years with Bielefeld, his expiring contract wasn not extended and he left the club.[10]

In January 2018, Görlitz joined fourth-tier side 1860 Munich signing a contract until the end of the season with the option of an extension.[11]

International

Görlitz has played 31 international games for Germany between U16 and U19 level.

Career statistics

As of 26 April 2018[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II2005–06Regionalliga Süd101101
2006–07101101
2007–08162162
Total364364
Halmstads BK2008Allsvenskan133133
2009303303
2010303303
2011304304
Total1031310313
FSV Frankfurt2011–122. Bundesliga14400144
2012–1334620366
2013–1434320363
Total8213408613
FC St. Pauli2014–152. Bundesliga12000120
FC St. Pauli II2014–15Regionalliga Nord4141
Arminia Bielefeld II2015–16Oberliga Westfalen2020
Arminia Bielefeld2015–162. Bundesliga23300233
2016–1723040270
Total46340503
1860 Munich2017–18Regionalliga Bayern4040
1860 Munich II2017–18Bayernliga Süd1010
Career total290348029834

Honours

Bayern Munich II

Individual

  • Halmstads BK Player of the year: 2008, 2009[13]

References

  1. "Görlitz, Michael" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. "Tysk U-landslagsman testas i HBK" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
  3. "Tysk talang till HBK" (in Swedish). HBK.se. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  4. "Hårresande bra debut av Michael Görlitz" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
  5. "Årets Spelare 2008" (in Swedish). HBK.se. 22 November 2008. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
  6. "FSV holt Görlitz" [FSV gets Görlitz] (in German). DFL. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  7. "FC St. Pauli verpflichtet Michael Görlitz". FC St. Pauli (in German). 5 May 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  8. "Zweijahresvertrag: Michael Görlitz unterschreibt bei St. Pauli". MOPO (in German). 5 May 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  9. "Aufsteiger Bielefeld verpflichtet Duo" (in German). sport1.de. 12 June 2015.
  10. "Heute: Neue Gesichter beim Arminia-Auftakt – Görlitz verlässt den DSC" (in German). westline.de. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  11. "Offiziell: Görlitz unterschreibt bei 1860". kicker Online (in German). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. "Michael Görlitz | Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  13. "Görlitz Årets Elitspelare" (in Swedish). hbk.se. 15 November 2009. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2011.


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