Thomas Allofs (born 17 November 1959) is a German former professional

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who played as a striker. The younger brother of another footballer,

Klaus Allofs Klaus Allofs (born 5 December 1956) is a German former professional Association football, football player, manager, and executive. A Forward (association football)#Striker, striker, Allofs was a prolific goalscorer for club and country. He ama ...

, he was a prolific goalscorer, scoring nearly 200 overall goals as a professional, always playing in the

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(a brief spell in France notwithstanding). Allofs represented

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at the

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Club career

Born in

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, Allofs started his professional career aged 19, netting five goals in 17 contests with local giants

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

. In his first year, he combined with sibling

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for 29 team goals (out of 70, league's third-best), as Fortuna finished seventh; he also played in five matches in the club's

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runner-up run, including the

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loss against

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. In 1982, Allofs joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he proceeded to score at an impressive rate (an average of 15 per season), although the team did not win any silverware. Subsequently, he moved to 1. FC Köln, rejoining with his brother in 1986–87, and being crowned the league's top scorer in his third season, with the team finishing second. Allofs wrapped up his career in 1992 at his first club, after an unassuming five-month stint in France with

RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...

in the 1989–90 season. He stayed connected with Fortuna as a director.

International career

Allofs was an uncapped (an unused) member for

in the

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campaign, which ended with runner-up honours. He would receive two caps during three years, the first coming on 16 October 1985 in a 1–0 defeat in Stuttgart against

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in a

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Honours

Fortuna Düsseldorf *

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: 1978–79, 1979–80 *

runner-up: 1978–79 West Germany *

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: runner-up

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Individual *

top scorer: 1988–89 *''

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Team of the Season: 1990–91

References

External links

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Thomas Allofs Fussballschule
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allofs, Thomas 1959 births Living people Footballers from Düsseldorf German footballers West German footballers Association football forwards Bundesliga players Fortuna Düsseldorf players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players 1. FC Köln players Ligue 1 players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Germany international footballers Germany B international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players German expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Kicker-Torjägerkanone Award winners