Oliver Held

Oliver Held ( born September 10, 1972 in Kiel ) is a German football player. He played as a midfielder and full-back. He is best known for when he 27 on game day with Schalke against 1 FC Köln deflected in the 1997/1998 Bundesliga season in a shot on the goal line with his hand and stated to demand the referee played the ball off with his head have to.

Career

Held first professional clubs were Friedrichsort SV Holstein Kiel and in 1995 he moved to FC Schalke 04 he played in six years at the club 96 times in the Bundesliga, scoring four goals. In 1997 he also won the UEFA Cup with Schalke. In 2001 he joined the then Bundesliga team FC St. Pauli, where he remained two years. Reach him at 36 games two goals. For the season 2003/ 04 he moved to TSV Kropp, where he ended his career in 2011.

During his time at Schalke 04 Oliver Held gained nationwide attention especially since it became a precedent in the history of the DFB sports court. Matchday 27 of the 1997/1998 season in the game Schalke 04 against 1 FC Cologne he struggled in 81 minutes with the score at 0-0 in a shot of relegation-threatened Cologne on the goal line with your hand, but gave up the demand arbitrator to Uwe Kemmling to have played the ball with his head. Kemmling decided accordingly not a penalty, but corner. In the final minute Köln conceded nor the 0:1 and rose as a result of this defeat at the end of the season for the first time in their history in the 2nd Bundesliga from. Following the game hero has been banned for two games for unsportsmanlike conduct and was thus the first professional who was penalized for a false statement. Toni Polster, Austrian striker in the service of the 1st FC Cologne, Oliver Held wished after the game that he was " all his life no better luck " should.