Heini Otto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hendrikus Heini Otto | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1977 | FC Amsterdam | ||
| 1977–1980 | FC Twente | 163 | (24) |
| 1981–1985 | Middlesbrough | 166 | (24) |
| 1985–1992 | ADO Den Haag | ||
| National team | |||
| Netherlands U23 | |||
| 1975 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–2000 | Ajax Amsterdam (assistant manager) | ||
| 2000–2002 | HFC Haarlem | ||
| – | Ajax (youth coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Heini Otto (born 24 August 1954 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a retired football player from the Netherlands.
Otto worked for his father-in-law in the gold business, and then in a whisky distillery before becoming a professional footballer. He began his career playing for FC Amsterdam between 1974 and 1977, followed by a move to FC Twente until 1980, where he had replaced Arnold Mühren after he left for Ipswich Town.
Otto played several times for the Netherlands Under-23 side, earning only one cap for the full national side. His solitary cap came in a very unusual way. He gave his teammate Jan Jongbloed a ride to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, for a match against Yugoslavia on 30 May 1975. At the airport, manager George Knobel noticed that Willem van Hanegem hadn't showed up so he asked Otto to go home as fast as he could to get his football belongings and return to the airport. At 71 minutes into the match, Otto replaced Peter Arntz and played his first and only match for the national team. Five years later he was included in the UEFA Euro 1980 squad but didn't feature.
In the summer of 1981, Otto played three friendly games for English side Middlesbrough, with a view to a permanent transfer. He impressed manager Bobby Murdoch and signed a two-year contract in August. He made a scoring debut in the Football League, against Tottenham Hotspur at Ayresome Park, but the team lost 3–1. Otto was joint top scorer with a meagre five goals when Middlesbrough dropped into the Second Division in 1982. He stayed at the club for the next few seasons.
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