Timo Heinze (born 23 February 1986 in

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) is a German retired

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who last played for

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Career

Heinze began his career with SC Westerndorf before joining

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. In 1998, after six years with TSV 1860 Rosenheim he signed a

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contract with

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and was promoted to the

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in 2004. In 2009, Heinze left

the club and signed for local rivals SpVgg Unterhaching on a three-year contract.Unterhaching holt Außenverteidiger Heinze
/ref> He left the club after one year. After a year without a club, he signed for

in 2011. He retired after the season.

International career

Heinze is former Germany national youth football team member and played 23 games.

Personal life

Heinze was born in

. Heinze wrote a book called "Injury time. An unfinished football career."

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1986 births FC Bayern Munich II players SpVgg Unterhaching players SC Fortuna Köln players German footballers Germany youth international footballers Living people Association football defenders 3. Liga players Regionalliga players People from Rosenheim Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria Footballers from Bavaria {{germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub