Dieter Hoeneß

Dieter Hoeness (2006)

Dieter Hoeness ( born January 7, 1953 in Ulm ) is a former German footballer and football manager. Be a year older brother is former football player, manager and former president of FC Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeness.

• 3.1 As a player
• 3.2 The Manager

Career as a player

Clubs

Hoeness played from the sixth to fourteenth year in the on November 13, 1949 co-founded by his father Erwin VfB Ulm as a goalkeeper and won in the season 1960/61, together with his brother Uli the first district championship in the D- youth.

From 1967 to 1973 Hoeness played for the TSG Ulm 1846 - outgrown the youth - two years for the VfR basking in the 1st amateur league ( third-highest division). 1975 signed him the second division VfB Stuttgart, with which he rose to the Bundesliga after two seasons. He made his debut on 13 September 1975 ( 7th Round ) in the 0-2 defeat at home to the first FSV Mainz 05, he scored his first goal on 15 October (11th Round ) 2-0 - home win over Röchling Völklingen. In the Bundesliga, he made his debut on August 6, 1977 ( 1st Round ) at the tense 3-3 draw against his future club, the FC Bayern Munich. With the intermediate 1:1 at the 1-2 defeat at home to Hamburger SV on 31 August (5th Round ) he succeeded his first goal in the top division.

From 1979 to 1987 Hoeness played with great success for FC Bayern Munich. During his time in Munich, the center forward was feared for his scoring prowess, his specialty was head - gates, and was moreover a fighter. He consolidated this reputation yet, when in 1982, in the final of the DFB Cup after a clash with the Nuremberg Alois Reinhardt, despite a laceration on his head resembling a turban bandage still continued to play for almost an hour and the 4-2 final score with a header in the 89th minute goal. He succeeded on February 25, 1984 ( 23 Matchday) in a 6-0 home win over Bayern Eintracht Braunschweig the feat of scoring five goals in a row within a half in 21 minutes.

National

On March 28, 1979 Hoeness played his first international match in the jersey of the B- team, as the senior team defeated Norway 3-0 in Aachen, where he contributed a hit. In his second game in this selection team, on December 19, 1979 in Genoa, he added, with a goal in the 2-1 victory over the B- selection of Italy.

Nominated for the trip to Ireland and Iceland in the short term - - In the senior team Hoeness made ​​his debut on 22 May 1979 with a 3-1 victory over Ireland, in which he also scored a goal and two in the game on May 26 in Reykjavik, in a 3-1 victory over Iceland.

It was not until seven years later Hoeness played back in the national team; Team boss Franz Beckenbauer called him for the game on April 9, 1986 in Basel against Switzerland - he scored the "Golden " Gate. In the following match against Yugoslavia ( 1-1 on May 11, in Bochum) he stayed for the first time in an international match without scoring. For the cadres of the Football World Cup nominated in Mexico in 1986, Hoeness was substituted in the quarter- final against the hosts and in the final against the eventual champions Argentina. This left Hoeness without scoring, but stood to be a year older brother Uli ( at the World Cup 1974) also in a World Cup final. 1987 ended Hoeness his career as a footballer.

Career as manager

First Hoeness PR manager was computer manufacturer Commodore.

From 1990 to 1995 he was manager of VfB Stuttgart. In 1996 he took the post of chief representative of a TV company and was also vice president of Hertha BSC. In April 1997, he finished his commitment to the TV company and has since been manager at Hertha BSC. In June 2009, he left of his own accord the club after disagreements because of his leadership style, one year before his contract. Hoeness took over on January 15, 2010, management of the Bundesliga side VfL ​​Wolfsburg. On 18 March 2011, he was replaced at VfL by Felix Magath, who was also a coach. His contract was terminated by mutual agreement.

Sporting successes

As a player

As a manager

Awards

• Scorer of the month of March and September 1982

Others

Hoeness visited the Schubart -Gymnasium in Ulm and placed there in 1972 successfully passed the Abitur examination. In Tübingen, he began a teaching degree in the subjects of English, geography and sports.

He is married and has two sons. His son Sebastian was also active as a footballer and played for U-19 VfB Stuttgart, Hoffenheim and Second Team Hertha BSC. In Berlin, Sebastian Hoeness was captain of the U-23 team.

Hoeness supported as a city Godfather his home town of Ulm the social project "We help Africa " for the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa. He is an ambassador of the initiative respect! No place for racism.

After his career as Bundesliga Manager Hoeness has been living in Munich in 2012 and founded a consulting company.