Jörg Heinrich (born 6 December 1969) is a German professional football manager and former player. A highly versatile player, he was employed in a variety of positions in defense ( centre-back and

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) and

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( left and

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). He is the assistant manager of

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Club career

After spells with various small clubs in

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, Heinrich joined amateur side Kickers Emden in the summer of 1990 and played for the club in the following four seasons, three of which were in the third division. In the summer of 1994, he left Kickers Emden for

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side

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and started his professional career at the club. He made his Bundesliga debut on 20 August 1994 as a second-half substitute in SC Freiburg's opening match of the 1994–95 Bundesliga season, a 0–2 defeat away against

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. He went on to become a regular in the Freiburg team during his first season with the club and appeared in 33 out of possible 34 Bundesliga matches that season, also scoring seven goals for the club in the league and helping the team to a surprising third-place finish in the league that season. He scored his first Bundesliga goal already in his second appearance for SC Freiburg in the league, netting the final goal in the club's surprising 5–1 home victory over FC Bayern Munich. He appeared in another eight Bundesliga matches for SC Freiburg in the following season and went on to leave the club for

in January 1996. He went on to appear for Borussia Dortmund in all 17 Bundesliga matches until the end of the 1995–96 season and also won the Bundesliga champions title with the club that season. He was also a regular in the following two seasons, appearing in 64 out of possible 68 Bundesliga matches. He scored 11 Bundesliga goals for Borussia Dortmund in two and half seasons with the club. In 1997, he also won the

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with Borussia Dortmund, playing all 90 minutes in their 3–1 victory over

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in the Final. In the summer of 1998, Heinrich moved to Italian club ACF Fiorentina and continued to play there in the following two seasons before returning to Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2000. In two seasons with Fiorentina, he made 57

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appearances and scored five goals for the club in the league. He subsequently played three seasons for Borussia Dortmund, but was a regular only in the first of these three seasons. In 2002, he won another Bundesliga champions title with the club. Between 2000 and 2003, Heinrich made 63 Bundesliga appearances for Borussia Dortmund and scored seven goals for the club in the league. He also participated with Borussia Dortmund in the

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season and made seven appearances in the competition. In the summer of 2003, Heinrich left Borussia Dortmund for 1. FC Köln and appeared in 20 Bundesliga matches for the club in the following season before finishing his professional career in the spring of 2004. He played his last Bundesliga match in 1. FC Köln's 3–0 defeat away against SC Freiburg, his first professional club, on 27 March 2004. After retiring from professional football, he continued to play as an amateur in the fourth-division Oberliga NOFV-Nord, spending one season with

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and one half-season with

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, where he finished his playing career in December 2005 and continued to work for the club as their sports director. Beginning in August 2006, he also played occasionally for fifth-division side

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International career

Heinrich was a member of the Germany national team between 1995 and 2002, winning 37 international

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and scoring two goals for the team. He made his international debut in Germany's friendly match against

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on 21 June 1995. He was a member of the German squad at the 1998 World Cup finals in France and appeared in all five matches before the team was surprisingly eliminated by

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in the quarterfinals. He also appeared for Germany in all of their three matches at the

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in Mexico, where the team was eliminated in the group stage.

Honours

Borussia Dortmund *

: 1995–96, 2001–02 * DFL-Supercup: 1996 *

: 1996–97 * Intercontinental Cup:

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runner-up: 2001–02

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heinrich, Jörg 1969 births Living people People from Rathenow People from Bezirk Potsdam German footballers East German footballers Footballers from Brandenburg Germany international footballers German expatriate footballers SC Freiburg players Borussia Dortmund players ACF Fiorentina players 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Union Berlin players 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players Bundesliga players Serie A players Expatriate footballers in Italy German expatriate sportspeople in Italy Kickers Emden players Association football defenders Association football midfielders Association football utility players UEFA Champions League winning players FSV Optik Rathenow players