Heiner Backhaus (born 4 February 1982) is a German

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coach and former professional player who coaches

BFC Dynamo Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...

. As a player, he was a

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who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

Witten Witten () is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Witten is situated in the Ruhr valley, in the southern Ruhr area. Bordering municipalities * Bochum * Dortmu ...

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

, Backhaus made his professional debut with

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...

on 12 August 2001, against

SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league B ...

, on the 61st minute replacing

Nebojša Krupniković Nebojša Krupniković (; born 15 August 1973) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer who played as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Arilje, Krupniković started out at Red S ...

. He played for

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 195 ...

, 1. FC Union Berlin,

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

DSC Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

and

Kickers Offenbach Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs in ...

in Germany, and

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

in Cyprus.„Ich wollte die Welt entdecken“
11freunde.de He played for

Valletta Valletta (, mt, il-Belt Valletta, ) is an Local councils of Malta, administrative unit and capital city, capital of Malta. Located on the Malta (island), main island, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east, i ...

from summer 2007 but left the club at the end of the season, after the championship success to join

Kitchee SC Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, in ...

of Hong Kong.

Honours

Valletta *

Maltese Premier League The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons with Bank of Valletta (colloquially known as ''Il-Kampjonat Premjer''), is the highest level of professional football in Malta. Managed by the Malta Football Associa ...

: 2007–08

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* * 1982 births Living people People from Witten Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) Association football midfielders German footballers 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players FC Schalke 04 players SV Werder Bremen players Rot-Weiss Essen players 1. FC Union Berlin players AEK Larnaca FC players Hannover 96 players Hannover 96 II players Borussia Mönchengladbach II players Arminia Bielefeld players Arminia Bielefeld II players Kickers Offenbach players Valletta F.C. players Kitchee SC players FC Sachsen Leipzig players Olympiakos Nicosia players APOP Kinyras FC players 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players Ħamrun Spartans F.C. players SC Westfalia Herne players Rabat Ajax F.C. players German football managers 3. Liga managers SG Sonnenhof Großaspach managers Berliner FC Dynamo managers German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong German expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong German expatriate sportspeople in Malta Expatriate footballers in Malta Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub