Karl-Heinz Thielen

Karl-Heinz Thielen
Karl-Heinz Thielen after the coin toss in Rotterdam (1965)
Personnel
birthday	April 2, 1940
place of birth	Ariendorf ,  Germany
size	188 cm
position	Winger
Juniors
Years	station
0000-1959	TSV Rodenkirchen
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1959-1973	1. FC Cologne	294 (99)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Germany U-23	2 0(1)
1964-1965	Germany	2 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Karl-Heinz Thielen (born April 2, 1940 in Ariendorf ) is a former German football player .

He played in the position of right winger in the team of 1. FC Cologne , which was a founding member of the 1. Bundesliga in 1963 . In the first year he was German champion with 25 appearances and 15 goals. Overall, Thielen, who had played for FC in the Oberliga West since 1959 , made 221 Bundesliga appearances between 1963 and 1973 and scored 55 goals. On December 7, 1963, he was the first of 14 players to score five goals in a Bundesliga game in a 5-1 win by 1. FC Köln against 1. FC Kaiserslautern . In the national team he played twice in the mid-1960s.

After finishing his active career, he became a football manager and had a share in the commitment of trainer Hennes Weisweiler , with whom 1. FC Cologne won the German Cup in 1976/77. In 1977/78 he won the double with 1. FC Köln (German champion / DFB cup winner). He later also served as treasurer, managing director and vice president. From 1989 to 1991 he was sports director at Fortuna Düsseldorf . From the end of 1992 to September 1993 he returned as a manager at 1. FC Köln, which was at risk of relegation at the time. In the same year he became German indoor champions with 1. FC Köln.

Karl-Heinz Thielen was elected President at the founding meeting of the "German Football Players' Agents Association" (DFVV). He held this office until his age-related resignation on April 2, 2015.

Today Karl-Heinz Thielen works as a players agent.

societies

• until 1959 TSV 06 Rodenkirchen
• 1959–1973 1. FC Cologne

after the active career

• 1973–1986 1. FC Köln, in various functions (see text)
• 1989–1991 Sports Director Fortuna Düsseldorf
• 1992–1993 manager at 1. FC Köln

statistics

• 2 international matches for Germany
• 2 U23 internationals; 1 goal
• 1st National League

  221 games; 56 goals

• Oberliga West

  73 games; 43 goals

• Final round of the German championship

  18 games; 16 goals

• DFB Cup

  25 games; 6 goals

• West Cup

  12 games; 8 goals

• European Champion Clubs' Cup ; European Cup Winners' Cup ; Uefa cup

  45 games; 15 goals

successes

• German champion (2): 1962 , 1964
• German runner-up (4): 1960 , 1963 , 1965 , 1973
• DFB Cup Winner (1): 1968
• DFB Cup finalist (3): 1970 , 1971 , 1973
• Top scorer of the trade fair cup : 1966

Web links

• Karl-Heinz Thielen in the database of fussballdaten.de
• 70th birthday of the title collector fc-koeln.de
• 50 years of FC stories with Karl-Heinz Thielen