Heiko Herrlich

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Heiko Herrlich
Heiko Herrlich, August 2018.jpg
Heiko Herrlich, 2018
Personnel
birthday 3rd December 1971
place of birth Mannheim ,  Germany
size 186 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1978-1984 FC Kollnau
1984-1986 FC Emmendingen
1986-1989 Sc freiburg
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1993 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 75 0(6)
1993-1995 Borussia Monchengladbach 55 (28)
1995-2004 Borussia Dortmund 128 (40)
2002-2004 Borussia Dortmund amateurs 17 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1988-1989 Germany U17 9 0(6)
1989-1990 Germany U18 4 0(2)
1989-1991 Germany U19 4 0(3)
1990-1993 Germany U21 20 (17)
1990-1992 Germany Olymp. Games 5 0(0)
1995 Germany 5 0(1)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2005-2007 Borussia Dortmund U19
2007-2008 Germany U17
2008-2009 Germany U19
2009-2010 VfL Bochum
2011–2012 SpVgg Unterhaching
2013-2015 FC Bayern Munich U17
2016-2017 SSV Jahn Regensburg
2017-2018 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2020– FC Augsburg
1 Only league games are given.

Heiko Herrlich (born December 3, 1971 in Mannheim ) is a former German soccer player and today's coach . From 1989 to 2004 he played 258 times in the Bundesliga for Bayer 04 Leverkusen , Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund and scored 76 goals. In 1995 he made five appearances for the senior national team , having previously played in various DFB youth teams.

After his active career, he took on coaching activities for various youth teams in clubs and the DFB. In the men's area, he mainly coached VfL Bochum , SpVgg Unterhaching , Jahn Regensburg and Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

He has been the head coach of Bundesliga club FC Augsburg since March 10, 2020 .

Career as a player

Herrlich grew up in Kollnau in southern Baden and played for SC Freiburg as a teenager .

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

For the 1989/90 season he was signed by Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen . He made his Bundesliga debut at the age of 17 on matchday five against Karlsruher SC when he was substituted on by coach Jürgen Gelsdorf for Marek Lesniak ten minutes before the end of the game . The game ended 1-1. In his first year as a professional, Herrlich made 16 league appearances, mainly as a substitute. The then 18-year-old had his first game over the entire 90 minutes on matchday 32 in the 2-0 defeat against Fortuna Düsseldorf .

In the following season, Herrlich played more and scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2-2 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt . In the 1991/92 season , Herrlich made 28 appearances and scored three goals. However, he was never a regular player: he was substituted on or off 24 times. In the following year he was unable to push Ulf Kirsten or Andreas Thom out of the starting line-up as a striker. In the DFB Cup , the team reached the final in the 1992/93 season , where they defeated the Hertha BSC amateurs 1-0. It was Herrlich's first national title. However, he was not used in the final.

Borussia Monchengladbach

In mid-1993 Herrlich moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach . In his first year he was the club's second best shooter behind Martin Dahlin with eight goals together with Martin Max and Karlheinz Pflipsen . With 65 goals, the team presented the second best offensive in the league this season and reached tenth place.

A year later, Herrlich was the best scorer in his team and, with 20 goals scored, received the title of top scorer , which he shared with Mario Basler from Werder Bremen . The team improved to fifth place and qualified for the UEFA Cup . In the DFB Cup, Herrlich scored six goals in six games up to the final; Herrlich scored the decisive goals of his team both in the quarter-finals in the 3-2 win against FC Schalke 04 and in the semifinals in the 1-0 win against 1. FC Kaiserslautern . He also scored a goal in the 3-0 win in the final against VfL Wolfsburg . He won the title for the second time.

Change affair

In 1995, Herrlich wanted to move from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund prematurely, despite an ongoing contract, relying on an alleged verbal commitment from the Mönchengladbach manager Rolf Rüssmann . However, he denied having made such a promise. Herrlich then refused to train with his employer and instead kept fit with the then second division SC Fortuna Köln . However, he gave up when he was made aware of the subject of unresolved insurance issues. Mönchengladbach insisted on the fulfillment of the contract and there was a labor court appointment in which the judge reminded the player of his contractual obligations, but without already giving a judgment. However, Herrlich refused to work in Mönchengladbach. With the mediation of the DFB, Mönchengladbach and Dortmund finally agreed on a transfer and the highest domestic German transfer fee that had been paid up to then, around eleven million DM .

Borussia Dortmund

Heiko Herrlich's stone on the
BVB Walk of Fame

In his first year as a Dortmund resident, Herrlich only made 16 missions due to injuries, among other things. With seven hits, however, he was tied with Karl-Heinz Riedle as BVB's best attacker. Dortmund defended the German championship title it had won the previous year, and Herrlich won his first championship. In the 1996/97 season he scored eight Bundesliga goals, seven of them in the first half of the season. In the 3-1 win against Juventus Turin in the final of the Champions League , he came on immediately after Juventus' goal in 67th minute for the two-time goalscorer Riedle.

The 1997/98 season played Herrlich as a regular striker. When Dortmund won the World Cup against Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte , he scored the 2-0 final score in the 85th minute. As in his first season for Dortmund, he scored seven goals in the Bundesliga. More goals were prevented this time by an injury that almost completely missed the final phase of the season. In the first half of the following season, regular injuries prevented Herrlich from regaining his place in the starting line-up. In the second half of the season he was spared injuries and scored six goals as a regular player.

In autumn 2000, the diagnosis of a brain tumor ended the 2000/01 season for Herrlich. Although he played his last game on the eleventh day of the season, he remained the club's top scorer with seven goals this season until the 28th day of the season.

On September 15, 2001, the 7th matchday of the following season, Herrlich made his comeback after almost a year out in the Revierderby against FC Schalke 04 when he was substituted on in the 77th minute. He was received with applause from fans of FC Schalke 04. Almost two months after his return, Borussia Dortmund extended Herrlich's contract term to 2005, as announced during his illness. Also in November, Herrlich secured stoppage time in the first leg of the third round of the UEFA Cup , in which he was only substituted at half time , his club a 1-0 victory over FC Copenhagen . The second leg against Copenhagen was his last international appearance in the season that culminated in the final of the UEFA Cup for Dortmund. The 2001/02 Bundesliga season ended for Herrlich with another win in the German championship.

In the 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons Herrlich only made five other Bundesliga appearances. His goal against FC Bayern Munich in his last game before he got cancer should be his last Bundesliga goal. In return, Herrlich played 17 games for the club's second team in the two years, scoring a total of four goals. At the beginning of April 2004, Herrlich finally ended his career as a player. His contract with Borussia Dortmund, which ran for another year, was terminated.

National team

In 1995 he wore the jersey of the German national team five times and scored one goal. He made his debut for the DFB on March 29, 1995 against Georgia . In the 2-0 win, he was on the field for the full playing time. After the game, Jürgen Klinsmann commented on Herrlich's debut as follows: "My neighbor Heiko Herrlich struggled on his debut, but was a bit unhappy at the end."

A month later, in the 1-1 draw against Wales , Herrlich scored the equalizer in the 42nd minute and thus his first and only goal for the German selection. In the second leg on October 11, he played his last game for the selection. Herrlich completed all five missions in qualifying matches for the European Championship in 1996 . Due to injuries, he missed his appointment to the tournament squad.

illness

In autumn 2000, Herrlich was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor ( germinoma in the midbrain), which could be successfully fought with radiation therapy . In 2001 Herrlich made his comeback in the Bundesliga, but failed to regain the shape of days gone by and ended his career as a professional footballer in 2004 after further injuries.

Career as a coach

Wonderful as the coach of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 2017

In 2005 Wonderfully acquired his DFB - coaching license and has since A-youth trainer at Borussia Dortmund. He won the Westphalia Cup as a coach with BVB's A-youth team in 2007 after an 8: 7 against Ruhr rivals FC Schalke 04.

On July 1, 2007, Herrlich took over the role of U17 selection coach within the DFB. With the U17 he finished third at the 2007 World Cup in South Korea , the best result of a German U17 (or U16) national selection since reaching the finals in China in 1985 . In August 2008 he took over as coach of the U19 juniors . At the beginning of 2009, Herrlich was traded as the successor to Dieter Eilts to train the U21 team. Herrlich declined this offer on the grounds that he wanted to concentrate on the U19s.

From October 27, 2009, Herrlich was head coach at VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga. After falling to 16th place, Herrlich was released on April 29, 2010, two days before the penultimate matchday of the 2009/10 season. For the 2011/12 season he took over the coaching position at SpVgg Unterhaching , where he was only in charge of training from September 1, 2011 due to existing employment contracts. At the end of the 2011/12 season, he resigned for personal reasons.

For the 2013/14 season, Herrlich took over the FC Bayern Munich U17 team . He trained this until the end of the 2014/15 season.

On December 20, 2015, Herrlich became a trainer at SSV Jahn Regensburg . In 2016 he rose with the team in the 3rd division , in the following season 2017 directly in the 2nd division .

From July 2017 to December 2018, Herrlich was the head coach at Bayer 04 Leverkusen . The 2017/18 season ended in fifth place in the table and qualified for the Europa League . In this, the team reached first place in the table in the group stage with 13 points. In the national cup competition you drove two wins and reached the second round. In the Bundesliga they earned 24 points and finished the first half of the season in ninth place in the table, although they had to accept four more defeats than at the same time in the previous season.

Although his team was able to get 16 points from the last 7 Bundesliga games and finished the Europaleague group stage in 1st place, the club declared on the day after the last first round match against Hertha BSC , which Herrlich's team had won 3-1, that Herrlich von his job as head coach had been released. The club management recognized "a stagnation in the development of the team" in combination with an "overall unsatisfactory semi-series".

On March 10, 2020, FC Augsburg presented Herrlich as the new head coach. He succeeded Martin Schmidt , who had to leave the club lying in 14th place, whereby the lead on the relegation place was 5 points. Even before Herrlich could stand on the sidelines for a game, the 2019/20 season was interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic before the 26th matchday, which would have taken place from March 13th to 16th.

social commitment

The ambassador for the “Movement Against Cancer” campaign of the German Olympic Sports Confederation , the German Sport University Cologne , the German Disabled Sports Association and the German Cancer Aid Foundation is wonderful . He explains his commitment to the non-profit health campaign: "Because I want to motivate cancer patients who are in the same situation as I was back then to be physically active". Herrlich also acted as an ambassador for the 2006 World Cup for people with disabilities in Germany.

In the film And God Helps Front by David Kadel from 2016, Herrlich takes on the role of a leading actor.

Sporting successes

Web links

Commons : Heiko Herrlich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Match statistics Bayer Leverkusen - Karlsruher SC 1: 1 (1: 0) from 23 August 1989 on fussballdaten.de
  2. ^ The games of the Bundesliga 1989/90 for Bayer Leverkusen on fussballdaten.de
  3. ^ Match statistics Fortuna Düsseldorf - Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 (0-0) from May 2, 1990 on fussballdaten.de
  4. ↑ Match statistics Bayer Leverkusen - Eintracht Frankfurt 2: 2 (0: 1) from November 24, 1990
  5. ↑ Bayer Leverkusen: Der Kader 1992/1993 ( Memento from August 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on fussballdaten.de
  6. ↑ Table of the Bundesliga 1993/1994 on matchday 34 on fussballdaten.de
  7. ↑ Borussia Dortmund: The Kader 1995/1996 ( Memento from December 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on fussballdaten.de
  8. ↑ Heiko Herrlich on the worst time of his life »It was all about surviving« 11freunde.de, August 27, 2014, accessed on March 8, 2015
  9. ↑ Borussia Dortmund extends contract with Heiko Herrlich mopo.de, November 5, 2001, accessed on March 8, 2015
  10. ↑ Heiko Herrlich: Ein Stehaufmännchen tagesspiegel.de, November 23, 2000, accessed on March 8, 2015
  11. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Heiko Herrlich - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. June 4, 2015. Accessed June 11, 2015.
  12. ↑ Heiko Herrlich ends career kicker.de, April 1, 2004, accessed on March 8, 2015
  13. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Heiko Herrlich - International Appearances . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. June 4, 2015. Accessed June 11, 2015.
  14. ^ Match statistics Georgia - Germany 0: 2 (0: 2) from March 29, 1995 on fussballdaten.de
  15. ^ Second goals and critical tones from March 30, 1995 on berlinonline.de
  16. ^ Match statistics Germany - Wales 1: 1 (1: 1) from April 26, 1995 on fussballdaten.de
  17. ↑ Match statistics Wales - Germany 1: 2 (0: 0) from October 11, 1995 on fussballdaten.de
  18. ↑ Heiko Herrlich: With the roller coaster through life from June 26, 2007 on spiegel.de
  19. ↑ The mirror 38/2001 of 15 September 2001: Idols - The public cancer
  20. ↑ New items for DFB trainers from August 1, 2008 on transfermarkt.de
  21. ↑ Gorgeous says Sammer from January 8, 2009 on kicker.de
  22. ↑ The new trainer in Bochum is wonderful . Die ZEIT, article from October 28, 2009, accessed on June 9, 2020.
  23. ^ Heiko Herrlich fired Bild-Zeitung, April 29, 2010.
  24. ↑ Heiko Herrlich new coach of the SpVgg Unterhaching ( memento from August 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), club homepage of the SpVgg Unterhaching from June 16, 2011
  25. ↑ Coach Herrlich leaves third division Unterhaching . , Weserkurier, May 25, 2012.
  26. ↑ Heiko Herrlich new U17 coach . fcbayern.de. June 21, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  27. ↑ Sport1.de: FC Bayern Munich is setting the course in the youth field. In: sport1.de. May 31, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015 .
  28. ↑ Sport1.de: Heiko Herrlich is the new coach at regional league team Jahn Regensburg. (No longer available online.) In: sport1.de. December 20, 2015, archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; Retrieved December 20, 2015 .
  29. ↑ Heiko Herrlich becomes a trainer in Leverkusen . Die ZEIT, article from June 9, 2017, accessed on June 10, 2020.
  30. ↑ Peter Bosz takes over coaching position from Heiko Herrlich ; bayer04.de, published and accessed on December 23, 2018
  31. ↑ "Was at his house yesterday": Völler explains Herrlich-Aus ; kicker.de, video file, 1:56 minutes, from December 23, 2018, accessed on January 1, 2019
  32. ↑ Heiko Herrlich is the new head coach at FC Augsburg , Bundesliga.de, accessed on March 10, 2020
  33. ↑ Heiko Herrlich: Sport helps in every situation . Press release of the German Cancer Aid, November 7, 2016. Accessed June 10, 2017
  34. ↑ Interview in the German Cancer Aid magazine No. 1/2017
  35. ^ Website of the film.
personal data
SURNAME Wonderful, Heiko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim , Germany