Heinz Höher (11 August 1938 – 7 November 2019) was a German football player and manager.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Heinz Höher
Höher with FC Twente
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-08-11)11 August 1938
Place of birth Leverkusen, Germany
Date of death 7 November 2019(2019-11-07) (aged 81)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Striker
Youth career
1948–1957 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1963 Bayer Leverkusen 155 (60)
1963–1965 Meidericher SV 20 (0)
1965–1966 FC Twente 21 (2)
1966–1970 VfL Bochum 70 (20)
Total 266 (82)
International career
1959–1962 West Germany Olympic 9 (4)
Managerial career
1970 VfL Bochum (assistant)
1970–1972 Schwarz-Weiß Essen
1972–1979 VfL Bochum
1979–1980 MSV Duisburg
1980–1981 Fortuna Düsseldorf
1981 Ethnikos Piraeus
1981–1983 PAOK
1983 Olympiacos
1984–1988 1. FC Nürnberg
1988–1989 Al-Ittihad
1996 VfB Lübeck
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Höher played for Bayer Leverkusen, Meidericher SV, FC Twente and VfL Bochum.[8]

Coaching career

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Höher coached Schwarz-Weiß Essen, VfL Bochum, MSV Duisburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.,[9] PAOK,[10] Olympiacos and 1. FC Nürnberg.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayer Leverkusen 1957–58 2. Oberliga West 26 8 26 8
1958–59 28 15 28 15
1959–60 22 9 22 9
1960–61 27 11 27 11
1961–62 27 15 27 15
1962–63 Oberliga West 25 2 25 2
Total 155 60 0 0 0 0 155 60
Meidericher SV 1963–64 Bundesliga 10 0 0 0 10 0
1964–65 10 0 0 0 10 0
Total 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
FC Twente 1965–66 Eredivisie 21 2 2 1 23 3
VfL Bochum 1966–67 Regionalliga West 18 3 18 3
1967–68 19 7 3 0 22 7
1968–69 26 10 26 10
1969–70 7 0 5[a] 1 12 1
Total 70 20 3 0 5 1 78 21
Career total 266 82 5 1 5 1 276 84
  1. ^ Appearances in Regionalliga promotion playoffs

References

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  1. ^ "Heinz Höher". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Heinz Höher" (in Dutch). FC Twente. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Heinz Höher" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Höher, Heinz" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  5. ^ Formann, Heinz; Homann, Ulrich; Pohl, Günther; Rövekamp, Georg (1994). Tief im Westen: Das Phänomen VfL Bochum (in German). Klartext. ISBN 3-88474-177-2.
  6. ^ Vilbusch, Friedhelm (2012). Fußball in Westdeutschland 1952-1958 (in German). Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken.
  7. ^ Vilbusch, Friedhelm (2013). Fußball in Westdeutschland 1958-1963 (in German). Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken.
  8. ^ "Heinz Höher ist tot". kicker.de (in German). 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  9. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (19 June 2003). "Greece 1980/81". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  10. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (21 March 2004). "Greece 1982/83". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
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