Daniel Simmes

Daniel Simmes ( born August 12, 1966 in Dortmund ) is a former German football player.

Career

Simmes began playing football at the DJK Karl luck Dorstfeld before moving to Borussia Dortmund in 1979. In 1988 he played for Karlsruher SC in the Bundesliga. Overall, he was from 1984 to 1991 166 time in the German top flight is active. In addition, he played 1986-1987 three games for the German U -21 national football team.

With a solo run over 70 meters of the striker scored on 5 October 1984 at the BVB game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen goal of the year. It is thus at age 18 the youngest scorer of the year.

Berti Vogts, then DFB youth coach, promised at that time that he wanted to make him a national player if he is national coach. To this end, it never came.

In October 1990 Simmes made ​​as a player of the Karlsruhe SC a momentous statement: "The fans get ready, laugh at me every touch That makes no sense. . " Simmes never played then again in the Bundesliga. He played the mid-1990s for the regional division Alemannia Aachen and Wuppertal SV. Reason for his descent was a congenital heart defect, by which he was suffering from heart rhythm disorders that affected his circulation. This cause, however, was not discovered until after his active career in 2003 by Belgian doctors. His situation he describes with the words: "I was always so abgeschlafft Before each game I have always felt as if I had been ninety minutes in his legs.. "

After the end of his career as an active player in 2003, he initially worked as coach of the U14 team of RSC Anderlecht. Since 2009, he coached the U15 Youth at Lierse SK. Meanwhile Simmes since July 2011 Trainer of the KV Turnhout.

Achievements

• U-16 European Champion 1984