since January 2013 at Werder Bremen. In April of the following year, he signed a contract until July 2018 as sports director for the reserve team. International career Borowski gained his first cap for Germany on 21 August 2002, appearing as a late substitute in a 2–2 friendly draw with Bulgaria in Sofia. He was selected by manager Jürgen Klinsmann for the 2006 FIFA World Cup on home soil, filling in for captain Michael Ballack in the opener against Costa Rica (4–2 triumph). Borowski then proceeded to collect a further four substitute appearances: in the quarter-final against Argentina he made a superb assist for Bremen teammate Miroslav Klose to score the equalizing goal for Germany, and also converted his penalty shootout attempt as it ended 4–2 for the hosts. He started in the following match against Italy, leaving injured in an eventual 0–2 loss. Borowski also participated at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup (three minutes against Brazil in the semi-finals) and UEFA Euro 2008 (two substitute appearances for the runners-up). Post-playing career Next to manager Florian Kohfeldt, Borowski became part of the coaching team in 2017. Prior to this, he assisted at one of the club's youth level teams (U17). He worked to acquire the fourth and final DFB manager license in 2020. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Borowski goal. Honours Werder Bremen Bundesliga: 2003–04 DFB-Pokal: 2003–04; runner-up: 2009–10 DFB-Ligapokal: 2006; runner-up: 2004 Germany UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2008 FIFA World Cup third place: 2006 FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005 References External links 1980 births Living people People from Neubrandenburg Footballers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania German footballers Association football midfielders Bundesliga players SV Werder Bremen II players SV Werder Bremen players FC Bayern Munich footballers Germany under-21 international footballers Germany B international footballers Germany international footballers 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2008 players SV Werder Bremen non-playing staff