*** Welcome to piglix ***

Heiko Herrlich

Heiko Herrlich
Heiko Herrlich.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-12-03) 3 December 1971 (age 45)
Place of birth Mannheim, West Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)
Playing position Centre Forward
Club information
Current team
SSV Jahn Regensburg (manager)
Youth career
1978–1984 FC Kollnau
1984–1986 FC Emmendingen
1986–1989 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Bayer Leverkusen 75 (6)
1993–1995 Borussia Mönchengladbach 55 (28)
1995–2004 Borussia Dortmund 128 (41)
Total 258 (75)
National team
1990–1993 Germany U-21 20 (17)
1995 Germany 5 (1)
Teams managed
2005–2007 Borussia Dortmund U-19
2007–2008 Germany U-17
2008–2009 Germany U-19
2009–2010 VfL Bochum
2011–2012 SpVgg Unterhaching
2013–2015 Bayern Munich U-17
2015– Jahn Regensburg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Heiko Herrlich (born 3 December 1971 in Mannheim) is a German football manager and former football centre forward. Since December 2015, he has managed Jahn Regensburg.

Herrlich played 258 matches (1989–2004) in the German Bundesliga and scored 75 goals for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund. With Borussia Dortmund he won the German championship in 1996 and 2002, the Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup in 1997. With Borussia Mönchengladbach he won the DFB-Pokal in 1995, which he had also won in 1993 with Bayer Leverkusen.

In autumn 2000, it was discovered that he had a malignant brain tumor. He was successfully treated with radiation therapy and returned to Bundesliga action 2001 but was not able to return to his former glory as a player. He ended his professional career in 2004 after several injuries.

In 1995 he played five matches for the German national team, all in qualifying matches for UEFA Euro 1996. He scored once, against Wales, but missed the final tournament, which Germany won, due to injury.

He received his coaching license in 2005 and began coaching the youth team of Borussia Dortmund. He also became the German spokesman for the 2006 World Cup for people with disabilities.

In July 2007, he was appointed as coach of the Germany U-17 team and won third place at the 2007 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in South Korea. On 27 October 2009, he was released from the German Football Association. He became later the head coach of VfL Bochum between 27 October 2009 and 29 April 2010. He finished with a record of four wins, eight draws, and 10 losses.


...
Wikipedia

...