Thomas von Heesen (born 1 October 1961) is a former German
football
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attacking midfielder
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, and a current coach.
Most of his professional career was spent, as a player, with
Hamburger SV
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, with which he won several accolades, both domestic and continental, appearing in nearly 400 official games for the club.
Playing career
Born in
Höxter
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, North Rhine-Westphalia, von Heesen made his professional – and
Bundesliga
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– debuts in
1980–81 with
Hamburger SV
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, then went on to feature prominently for the club in the following two seasons, as the club won in that timeframe two leagues and the
1982–83 European Cup (during that campaign, he netted twice in just five matches, and appeared 34 minutes in the 1–0
final
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win against
Juventus
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).
Von Heesen remained with Hamburg until 1994, with exactly 99 first division goals scored. He then switched, at nearly 33, to
Arminia Bielefeld
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, being very important in the club's
return to the topflight. In the following campaign, although appearing very rarely, he found the net on 28 August 1996, in a 1–1 home draw against
MSV Duisburg
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, for his 100th, retiring at season's end.
Coaching career
Subsequently, von Heesen took up coaching. Von Heesen became interim head coach of
Arminia Bielefeld
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after
Ernst Middendorp
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was sacked on 17 August 1998.
He was head coach for the remainder of the season when
Hermann Gerland
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Playing career
Born in Bochum, Gerland spent his entire ...
took over.
His final match as head coach was a 5–3 win against 1. FC Köln where they won the
2. Bundesliga championship.
He finished his tenure with a record of 20 wins, seven draws, and six losses in 33 matches.
He became head coach of
1. FC Saarbrücken on 29 November 2000.
His first match was a 1–0 win against
Stuttgarter Kickers
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In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südk ...
.
He was head coach of Saarbrücken until 17 September 2001 when he became the Sporting Director for Aminia Bielefeld.
His final match as Saarbrücken's head coach was a 1–0 against
MSV Duisburg
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.
He was also be interim head coach of the club from 17 February 2004 when
Benno Möhlmann
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Playing career
Möhlmann began his senior career in 1972 as a midfielder with Preußen ...
left for
Greuther Fürth to 1 March 2004 when
Uwe Rapolder
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1958 births
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was appointed the new head coach
and from 11 May 2005 when Rapolder was sacked
to 11 February 2007 when he resigned.
He finished his second tenure with one win and one draw in two matches and his third tenure with a record of 18 wins, 16 draws, and 26 losses in 60 matches.
Von Heesen was appointed as the head coach of
1. FC Nürnberg on 12 February 2008.
He resigned on 28 August 2008.
He finished his Nürnberg tenure with a record of four wins, eight draws, and eight losses.
Two and a half weeks later, von Heesen joined
Apollon Limassol
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.
His first match was a 2–1 win
AEP Paphos
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on 15 September 2008.
He helped the club to a fifth place in his
debut season. After almost two years with the club, on 29 January 2010, he was fired.
His final match was a 2–1 win against
AEL Limassol
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AEL also maintain ...
.
On 29 November 2011, he was appointed as manager of the
Austrian Bundesliga
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side
Kapfenberger SV
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until the end of the
2011–12 season.
His first match was a 0–0 draw against
Rapid Wien
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.
Von Heesen got a three-year contract extension despite Kapfenberg being relegated. On 10 November 2012, von Heesen was promoted to Sporting Director and
Klaus Schmidt became the new head coach.
His final match was a 4–2 loss to
Lustenau
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.
Coaching record
Honours
Player
HSV
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European Cup
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:
1982–83
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Bundesliga
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:
1983–84
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DFB-Pokal
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:
1986–87
Manager
Arminia Bielefeld
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2. Bundesliga:
1998–99
References
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Thomas von Heesenat kicker.de
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1961 births
Living people
People from Höxter
Sportspeople from Detmold (region)
German footballers
Association football midfielders
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Hamburger SV players
Arminia Bielefeld players
Germany under-21 international footballers
German football managers
German expatriate football managers
Bundesliga managers
Arminia Bielefeld managers
1. FC Nürnberg managers
Apollon Limassol FC managers
Kapfenberger SV managers
Lechia Gdańsk managers
Expatriate football managers in Austria
Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
2. Bundesliga managers
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia