Tom Starke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tom Starke
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 18, 1981(1981-03-18)
Age	43
Birthplace	Freital
Country	Germany
Birth City	Saxony
Horoscope	Pisces

Tom Starke Biography

Tom Starke is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on March 18, 1981 in Freital, Saxony, Germany. Tom Peter Starke (born 18 March 1981) is an ex- German goalkeeper in football. Starke was a goalkeeper in the six German Bundesliga clubs throughout his career which lasted 18 seasons. Starke is currently an assistant goalkeeper coach with his club’s Bayern Munich youth teams.

In January of 2004, Starke was loaned by Hamburger SV for the rest of the 2003-04 season. Following the club’s top choice goalkeeper, Stefan Wachter, suffered an injury, Starke took on the Hamburger SV debut on 13 March 2004 in a match against Hertha BSC and helped the team keep a clean sheet with a 2-0 win. The following day, on May 1, 2004 Starke was back for his first appearance with Hamburger SV, as they were defeated 6-0 by Werder Bremen. Following the game, Uli Hoeness criticised his performance. The incident also cost him the chance to make the Germany U21 team at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. At the time of his departure from the club towards the end of the 2003-04 season Starke had made two appearances in the SV Hamburger SV. Hamburger SV.

It was announced that Starke joined Paderborn 07 on 6 January 2006, signing a two–year contract, with Bayer Leverkusen including a buyback clause.

Starke made his MSV Duisburg debut, in a 4–0 win against SV Babelsberg 03 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. Seven days later on 12 August 2007, he made his league debut for the club, in a 3–1 win against Borussia Dortmund in the opening game of the season. Starke quickly became first choice goalkeeper. In the next two matches against 1. FC Nürnberg and FC Bayern Munich he kept two clean sheets. Starke started in every match since the beginning of the 2007–08 season until he suffered a foot injury that kept him out for a month. On 23 February 2008, Starke returned to the starting line–up and helped the side keep a clean sheet, in a 2–0 win against Arminia Bielefeld. Since returning from injury, he regained his place as the club’s first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the season. However, Starke was unable to help the club avoid relegation after losing 3–2 against Bayern Munich on 10 May 2008. In his first season at MSV Duisburg, Starke went on to make thirty–three appearances in all competitions.

Starke played for the Germany youth level. From 2002 until 2004 he was picked in the Germany U21 team.

Tom Starke Net Worth

Tom Starke is one of the richest Association Football Player from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tom Starke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In Freital, East Germany, Starke was not a football player in his early years; Instead, he played handball to be goalkeeper. Additionally, he ran long distances at Spartakiad. It wasn’t until the month of August that Starke began to play football after Stahl Freital were seeking players.He was appointed goalkeeper by the trainer of the club. Starke then was signed by Dynamo Dresden and Bayer Leverkusen.

Starke was a part of the Bayer Leverkusen debut on 25 August 2000. He played all of the game in a 2-1 defeat to St. Pauli in the first round of the DFB- Pokal the tournament, his sole appearance for the club. While he spent the majority during the period 2000-01 with the reserve team, Starke was called up to the first team, playing as an uninvolved substitute for the remainder of the season. Even though he was not in the team during the UEFA Champions League Final against Real Madrid, Starke revealed that he received an award for runner-up and stated: “Maybe it was simplistic political reasons that I never got used.” In the course of his time at Bayer Leverkusen, Starke continued to serve as a backup behind Hans-Jorg Butt. He was a player as a non-sensible substitute in the meantime playing regularly with Bayer Leverkusen II. Bayer Leverkusen II.

Starke made his Paderborn 07 debut, playing the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against SpVgg Unterhaching on 20 January 2006. He then helped the side keeping four clean sheets in the next four matches. Stark quickly became the first choice goalkeeper for the side and made an impression. He was booked once for giving away a penalty during a match against Alemannia Aachen on 21 April 2006, in which he failed to save a penalty despite winning 3–1. At the end of the 2005–06 season, Starke had made seventeen appearances in all competitions.

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Starke made his 1899 Hoffenheim debut in a 4–1 win against Hansa Rostock in the first round of the DFB.Pokal. He later started the next three matches for the side before suffering a calf injury that saw him missing two matches. On 23 September 2010, Starke returned to the first team in a 1–1 draw against 1. FC Köln. He then appeared in the next five matches before suffering a torn muscle that kept him out for months. On 15 January 2011, Starke returned to the starting line–up in a 2–1 loss against Werder Bremen. After his injury he regained his first team place as the club’s first choice goalkeeper and quickly made an impression for the side. Starke then captained the side for the first time in his career against Eintracht Frankfurt on 16 April 2011 and kept a clean sheet as TSG 1899 Hoffenheim won 1–0. In his first season at the club, he made twenty-eight appearances in all competitions. For his performance, Starke was nominated for the club’s Player of the Year award but lost out to Gylfi Sigurðsson.

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However, Starke became a second choice goalkeeper for Bayern Munich behind Manuel Neuer and appeared on the substitute bench for most of the 2012–13 season He made his first appearance for the club on 31 October 2012 during a DFB-Pokal match against 1. FC Kaiserslautern without conceding any goals. Starke’s Bundesliga debut for Bayern Munich came in a 1–0 away win at his previous team TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on 3 March 2013, and on his second Bundesliga appearance, in a match against 1. FC Nürnberg on 13 April, he saved a penalty from Timmy Simons with his face. Starke’s third appearance for the club came against SC Freiburg on 27 April 2013, keeping a clean sheet, as they won 1–0, breaking a Bundesliga record with 84 points (which they eventually finished the season with 91). In his first season at Bayern Munich, he was a member of Bayern Munich squad that won the Bundesliga, Champions League and DFB-Pokal. At the end of the 2012–13 season, Starke went on to make four appearances in all competitions.