Dieter Hoeneß facts for kids
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Hoeneß in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 7 January 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Ulm, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.88 m | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959–1967 | VfB Ulm | ||
| 1967–1973 | Ulm 1846 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1973–1975 | VfR Aalen | 103 | (46) |
| 1975–1979 | VfB Stuttgart | 105 | (44) |
| 1979–1987 | Bayern Munich | 224 | (102) |
| Total | 432 | (192) | |
| National team | |||
| 1979 | West Germany B | 2 | (2) |
| 1979–1986 | West Germany | 6 | (4) |
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Dieter Hoeneß (born January 7, 1953) is a famous German former football player and manager. He played as a forward and is best known for his time with Bayern Munich. After he stopped playing, Hoeneß continued to work in football as a manager for different clubs. He also played for the West Germany national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
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Playing for Clubs
Dieter Hoeneß was born in Ulm, West Germany. He started playing football as a goalkeeper for a local club called VfB Ulm when he was six years old. His father helped start this club. Dieter and his brother Uli even helped their team win a championship in 1960–61.
From 1967 to 1973, Hoeneß played for TSG Ulm 1846. In 1973, when he was 20, he moved to VfR Aalen. This team was in the third division of German football. He then became a professional player in 1975, joining VfB Stuttgart in the second division.
In his first year with Aalen, Hoeneß helped his team win the championship. He scored 23 goals that season. However, the league rules changed, so his team could not move up to a higher division. They won the championship again the next year but still could not get promoted.
In 1975, Hoeneß joined VfB Stuttgart. He played his first game for them on September 13, 1975. He scored his first goal for Stuttgart on October 15. After two seasons and 19 goals, he helped Stuttgart get promoted to the Bundesliga, which is Germany's top football league.
Hoeneß played his first Bundesliga game on August 6, 1977. It was an exciting 3–3 draw against his future team, Bayern Munich. He scored his first Bundesliga goal on August 31.
After the 1978–79 season, where he scored 16 goals and helped Stuttgart finish second, Hoeneß joined FC Bayern Munich. He had a lot of success at Bayern, winning five league titles and three German Cups. He was known as a strong striker who was very good at scoring with his head. He scored more than ten goals in five seasons with Bayern. In total, he scored 127 goals in 288 league games in Germany's top division.
He stopped playing football in 1987 at age 34. He had scored 102 goals in 224 Bundesliga games. He also scored 26 goals in 52 games for Bayern Munich in European competitions.
Hoeneß helped Bayern reach the semi-finals of the 1979–80 UEFA Cup and was the top scorer with seven goals. In 1982, he played in the European Cup final but his team lost to Aston Villa. He was again the top scorer in that tournament with seven goals.
During his time at Bayern, Hoeneß was known for his goal-scoring and his fighting spirit. In the 1982 DFB-Pokal Final, he got a head injury after bumping into another player. Even with a bandage around his head, he kept playing for almost an hour. He even scored a goal with his head in the 89th minute!
On February 25, 1984, Hoeneß scored five goals in just 21 minutes in a 6–0 win against Eintracht Braunschweig. His last European game was in 1987, when Bayern lost the Champions' Cup Final to FC Porto.
Playing for His Country
On March 28, 1979, Hoeneß played his first international game for the B national team. They won 3-0 against Norway. He scored a goal in that game. In his second game for the B team, he scored again, helping them win 2–1 against Italy.
Hoeneß played six times for the West Germany national team and scored four goals. He scored in his first game against the Republic of Ireland on May 22, 1979. He scored again the next month against Iceland. Both games were friendly matches that West Germany won 3-1.
Hoeneß did not play for the national team for seven years after that. But after a great season with Bayern in 1985–86, where he scored 15 league goals, he was chosen for the team going to the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He played twice in the World Cup, including in the final against Argentina. West Germany finished as runners-up. At 33 years old, he was the oldest player on the field in that final game.
After Playing Football
After stopping his playing career, Hoeneß first worked as a manager for a computer company called Commodore. This company was a big sponsor of Bayern Munich. He then became the head of sports marketing for the company.
Between 1990 and 1995, he worked as the general manager for his old club, Stuttgart. During this time, Stuttgart won the league title in the 1991–92 season. However, they missed out on more success later because their coach used too many foreign players in a European Cup game. This mistake caused them to be knocked out of the competition.
By 1995, some people criticized Hoeneß's management style. He was replaced by a previous manager.
In November 1995, the president of 1. FC Nürnberg tried to get Hoeneß to join their club, but Hoeneß decided to work for a television company instead. In April 1997, Hoeneß left the television company and became the vice-president of another Bundesliga club, Hertha BSC.
After Hertha BSC was promoted to the Bundesliga that summer, the team did very well. Under Hoeneß's leadership, they qualified for international competitions seven times in twelve seasons. They finished in the top six of the league eight times during this period. He later became the general manager and left the club in 2009 because of disagreements about how he managed things.
On December 21, 2009, Hoeneß became the new general manager at VfL Wolfsburg. However, his contract ended on March 17, 2011, when Felix Magath returned to the club.
Personal Life
Hoeneß went to high school in Ulm and finished in 1972. He then started studying to become a teacher of English, geography, and sports. As a supporter of his hometown, Ulm, Hoeneß helped a project called We Help Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He also supports an initiative called Respect! No place for racism. After his career as a football manager, Hoeneß moved back to Munich and started a consulting company in 2012.
Dieter's older brother, Uli, was also a successful football player and played for Germany. Dieter joined Bayern Munich when his brother Uli left. Uli then had a long career as a general manager and president for Bayern Munich. Both brothers enjoy playing golf in their free time.
Dieter's son, Sebastian Hoeneß, is a former football player and is now a manager. He played for youth teams at VfB Stuttgart and Hertha BSC. In Berlin, Sebastian was the captain of the U-23 team. In June 2019, after coaching youth teams, he became the head coach of FC Bayern Munich II, a team that had just been promoted to the third division. He immediately led them to win the third division championship. From July 2020 until the end of the 2021/22 season, he was the head coach of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.
Honours
As a player Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
- DFB-Pokal: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86; runner-up 1984–85
- European Cup: runner-up 1981–82, 1986–87
Individual
- Top scorer of the DFB-Pokal: 1979
- Top scorer of the UEFA Cup: 1980
- Top scorer of the UEFA Champions League: 1982
Germany
- FIFA World Cup: runner-up 1986
As a manager
- Bundesliga: 1991–92
- DFL-Supercup: winner 1992
- DFL-Ligapokal: winners 2001, 2002
See also
In Spanish: Dieter Hoeneß para niños
