Bernd Hölzenbein

Bernd Hölzenbein (2010)

Bernd Hölzenbein ( born March 9, 1946 in Dehrn ) is a German former football player and current football official. His biggest success to his playing days was the title at the 1974 World Cup.

Life

After finishing high school Hölzenbein learned the trade of the merchant, then moved but a full- on football matches. In the Bundesliga he played from 1967 to 1981 420 times for Eintracht Frankfurt and was with the team in 1974, 1975 and 1981 DFB Cup winner and 1980 winner of the UEFA Cup. His 160 Bundesliga goals are club record to this day. Bernd Hölzenbein is honorary captain of Eintracht Frankfurt.

After the cup final on May 2, 1981 Hölzenbein joined the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the United States. With the Memphis Americans ( 1983/84 ) and the Baltimore Blasts, for he 1985 U.S. Indoor Round denied he was active for another U.S. clubs. At the end of his career in 1986 he returned to Germany and played from January to June 1986, the FSV Salmrohr in the Oberliga West. Here he helped the club in 1986 to the rise in the 2nd Bundesliga.

After his playing career, he was briefly assistant coach at Viktoria Aschaffenburg before to November 1994 was Vice President of Eintracht Frankfurt from November 1988. From 1 December 1994 to November 4, 1996 Hölzenbein was employed as a manager at Eintracht Frankfurt. In addition, he was at that time owner of a tennis and squash center in Sprendlingen.

Since 2004 he has worked as a sports consultant and chief scout at Eintracht Frankfurt. He is also the official FIFA World Cup ambassador and support as patron of the research project STOCCER World Cup.

Bernd Hölzenbein now lives in Neu-Isenburg Grave break. He is married and has two children.

National

Hölzenbein played from 1973 to 1978 forty times in the German national team and scored five goals. In 1974 he was in Munich with the national team won the World Cup. After Hölzenbein was brought in the World Cup final against the Netherlands in the area by Wim Jansen to case, a penalty shot Paul Breitner the gateway to the intermediate 1:1. Views on the authorization of the penalty kick broke up after consideration of the slow motion. The Bild newspaper claimed a few weeks after the finale, Hölzenbein had admitted that he had allowed to fall, but this claim had to withdraw later with the print a correction. Hölzenbein strongly denied ever having made ​​this statement. He also pointed out that newer technology ( DVD) it enables everyone to understand the challenge and thus the legitimacy of the penalty kick. However, found the name " swallow" by this incident input in the Dutch language.

Bernd Hölzenbein serves on the Board of Trustees of the youth football foundation. The Youth Soccer Foundation was established in 2000 by Jürgen Klinsmann, another successful national team as well as the lecturers of the football coach - special course.

Trivia

The episode " simply mind-boggling " ( Season 4, Episode 7) RTL sitcom Alles Atze revolves around a collective image of Bernd Hölzenbein.