Horst Heldt

Horst Heldt ( born December 9, 1969 in King Winter ) is a former German football player and current football official.

  • 2.1 VfB Stuttgart
  • 2.2 FC Schalke 04
  • 3.1 As a player
  • 3.2 The Director of Sport

Player

Association

His professional career began at the 1 FC Cologne Heldt, for which he was active from 1990 to 1995 and for whom he scored 13 goals in 144 games. With the team to Bodo Illgner and Henrik Andersen Heldt 1991 reached the final of the DFB Cup, but lost the team after a penalty shoot-out against Werder Bremen. He then played four years for the TSV 1860 Munich for the Bundesliga he stood on the court 111 times. In 1999 he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt. This club left Heldt after relegation in 2001 to Austria for SK Sturm Graz. In January 2003, he was taken by Felix Magath to VfB Stuttgart, where he was used mainly as an attacking midfielder. With over 350 league games Heldt was one of the most experienced players at VfB. Horst Heldt made ​​on 23 April 2005, the last game of his career. When you draw on Matchday 30 of the 2004/05 season against VfL Wolfsburg Heldt was substituted 14 minutes from time for Christian Tiffert. In the season 2005/2006 Heldt came out no longer on the reserve player and played a single league game.

National

On 19 April 1999 Horst Heldt was first nominated by national coach Erich Ribbeck to the national team of Germany for the European Championship qualifier on April 28, against Scotland. He stood in the starting eleven. On July 18, 1999 Heldt was nominated for the squad for the Confederations Cup in 1999. The last group match on 30 July 1999 against the United States was Heldts single insert in the tournament and his last international game.

Team Manager

VfB Stuttgart

On January 3, 2006, he ended his playing career and has since sports director of the VfB Stuttgart. At the start of his managerial career, he dismissed his old coach Giovanni Trapattoni and presented as new coach Armin Veh one. With the championship title for VfB him in 2007 achieved a great success. On 19 June 2007 he extended his contract until 2012. 1 July 2009 Heldt moved to the board of VfB Stuttgart. There he was responsible for the board sports. Since, according to the Statute of the VfB Stuttgart a board member is always there for at least four years appointed to the Board, Heldt extended his contract at VfB until June 2013.

FC Schalke 04

In July 2010, Heldt joined the board of FC Schalke 04 and took over the area of ​​sports / marketing. After the sacking of Felix Magath from the board he took over in the spring of 2011, the field of sport and communication. As the successor of Magath as manager Heldt committed in March 2011 Ralf Rangnick. The 2010/11 season concluded from Schalke by winning the DFB Cup.

For the 2011/12 season Heldt reduced the squad of players. 16 players left the team, some of them on loan. Among other things Manuel Neuer was sold to Bayern Munich. In turn, undertook Heldt both young players like Marco Hoger or Teemu Pukki and experienced Bundesliga players like Christian Fuchs. In September Ralf Rangnick resigned because of a burnout syndrome as a coach, he was succeeded by Huub Stevens. In response to the injury of goalkeeper Ralf Heldt ferryman took in October 2011, the unsigned Timo Hildebrand. At the end of the season Schalke was in third place and qualified for the Champions League.

For the 2012/13 season Heldt committed free transfer Tranquillo Barnetta and Roman Neustadter. In addition, Ibrahim Afellay was loaned for one year from FC Barcelona. Following the weak at the end of the first round Stevens was suspended in December 2012. Was succeeded by Jens Keller, had worked with the already Heldt VfB Stuttgart. After the dismissal Stevens ' Heldt was criticized in public for the succession decision and obligations for players like Barnetta, Chinedu Obasi Ciprian Marica or.

Achievements

As a player

  • DFB Cup final: 1991
  • German Vice-Champion: 2003
  • League Cup final: 2005

As Director of Sport

  • German Masters: 2007
  • DFB Cup final: 2007
  • DFB Cup: 2011

Private

Heldt is a qualified motor mechanic.

1990–91 DFB-Pokal 2005 DFL-Ligapokal 2006–07 DFB-Pokal 2010–11 DFB-Pokal
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