Roman Prokoph

Roman Prokoph (born 6 August 1985) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for SC Fortuna Köln.[1][2]

Roman Prokoph

Personal information
Full name	Roman Prokoph
Date of birth	6 August 1985
Place of birth	Berlin, West Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Fortuna Köln
Number	9
Youth career
0000–1995	SV Berlin-Chemie Adlershof
1995–2004	Union Berlin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	Union Berlin	39	(4)
2006	Ludwigsfelder FC	7	(3)
2006–2007	FC St. Pauli	10	(0)
2006–2008	FC St. Pauli II	56	(23)
2008–2011	VfL Bochum II	58	(20)
2009–2011	VfL Bochum	25	(0)
2011–2012	Kapfenberger SV	10	(0)
2012	SpVgg Unterhaching	9	(1)
2012–2013	Sportfreunde Lotte	37	(8)
2013–2014	VfL Osnabrück	6	(1)
2014–2016	Hannover 96 II	74	(39)
2016–2019	FC Köln II	96	(39)
2019–	Fortuna Köln	23	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2020

Career

Born in Berlin,[3] Prokoph began his career with SV Berlin-Chemie Adlershof and joined in 1995 the youth team of 1. FC Union Berlin.[2] After nine years, he was promoted to the first team of Union Berlin and there he played 46 matches and scored eleven goals. On 1 January 2006, he left his team and signed for Ludwigsfelder FC. Here he earned only seven caps and scored three goals in six months.

In summer 2006, he signed for FC St. Pauli.[4] He played ten games in the Regionalliga Nord for St. Pauli and was a key player of the reserve.[5] In July 2008, he signed for the reserve team of VfL Bochum and became the team captain during the 2008–09 season. On 23 November 2009, he earned his first Bundesliga match against Hamburger SV[6] and signed his first professional contract with the Ruhrpott club on 9 February 2010.[7]

On 10 June 2019, it was confirmed, that Prokoph would join SC Fortuna Köln ahead of the 2019–20 season.[8]

Career statistics

As of 1 August 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Union Berlin	2004–05[9]	Regionalliga Nord	29	2	1	0	–		30	2
	2005–06	Oberliga NOFV-Nord	10	2	—		–		10	2
	Total		39	4	1	0	0	0	40	4
Ludwigsfelder FC	2005–06	Oberliga NOFV-Nord	7	3	—		–		7	3
FC St. Pauli	2006–07[9]	Regionalliga Nord	10	0	0	0	–		10	0
FC St. Pauli II	2006–07[9]	Oberliga Nord	24	7	—		–		24	7
	2007–08[9]		32	16	—		–		32	16
	Total		56	23	0	0	0	0	56	23
VfL Bochum II	2008–09[9]	Regionalliga West	31	12	—		–		31	12
	2009–10[9]		15	2	—		–		15	2
	2010–11[9]		12	6	—		–		12	6
	Total		58	20	0	0	0	0	58	20
VfL Bochum	2009–10[9]	Bundesliga	15	0	0	0	–		15	0
	2010–11[9]	2. Bundesliga	10	0	1	0	–		11	0
	Total		25	0	1	0	0	0	26	0
Kapfenberger SV	2011–12[9]	Austrian Bundesliga	10	0	1	0	–		11	0
SpVgg Unterhaching	2011–12[10][11]	3. Liga	9	1	0	0	–		9	1
Sportfreunde Lotte	2012–13[9]	Regionalliga West	37	8	0	0	2	0	39	8
VfL Osnabrück	2013–14[9]	3. Liga	6	1	1	0	–		7	1
Hannover 96 II	2013–14[9]	Regionalliga Nord	14	6	—		–		14	6
	2014–15[9]		29	15	—		–		29	15
	2016–16[9]		31	18	—		–		31	18
	Total		74	39	0	0	0	0	74	39
1. FC Köln II	2016–17[9]	Regionalliga West	32	20	—		–		32	20
	2017–18[9]		32	11	—		–		32	11
	2018–19[9]		32	8	—		–		32	8
	Total		96	39	0	0	0	0	96	39
Fortuna Köln	2019–20[9]	Regionalliga West	23	7	—		–		23	7
	2020–21[9]		0	0	—		–		0	0
	Total		23	7	0	0	0	0	23	7
Career total			450	145	4	0	2	0	456	145

References

1. "Roman Prokoph" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
2. "Prokoph, Roman" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
3. Ritter, Ralf (28 January 2010). "Roman Prokoph - der Aufsteiger beim VfL" [Roman Prokoph - The promoted one at the VfL] (in German). WAZ-Mediengruppe. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
4. "Roman Prokoph" (in German). Hell of FC St. Pauli. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
5. Bunkus, Mathias (11 December 2009). "Roman Prokoph lebt einen Traum" [Roman Prokoph lives a dream] (in German). Berliner Kurier. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
6. Jagusch, Martin (23 November 2009). "Roman Prokoph feiert super Einstand" [Roman Prokoph makes superb debut] (in German). Ruhrnachrichten. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
7. "Profivertrag für Roman Prokoph" [Pro-contract for Roman Prokoph] (in German). VfL Bochum. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
8. Fortuna Köln: Roman Prokoph kommt vom 1. FC Köln, ksta.de, 10 June 2019
9. "Roman Prokoph » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
10. "Roman Prokoph". kicker (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
11. "R. Prokoph". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

External links

• Roman Prokoph at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Roman Prokoph at Fupa