Dieter Hoeneß
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Dieter Hoeneß, (alternative spelling: Hoeness), (b. 7 January 1953, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) was a German football (soccer) player and is now general manager of the football club Hertha BSC Berlin.
Dieter Hoeneß played on amateur level for VfB Ulm and SSV Ulm 1846 before he started a professional career in the German Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart. There he played for two years between 1977 and 1979. After this he transferred to Bayern Munich. There he had his most successful time and won five German championships (1980, 81, 85, 86, 87) and three German Cups (1982, 84, 86). The striker, whose strength were headers, scored 127 goals in 258 league matches, before he ended his career in 1987.
Between 1979 and 1986 Dieter Hoeneß also played six times for the German national football team for which he scored 4 goals. He took part in the German 1986 FIFA World Cup campaign in Mexico, where the team finished as runner up. There he obtained the distinction of having been the oldest player in the final with 33 years and 173 days.
After his years on the pitch he first took on a position as PR manager with computer manufacturers Commodore, which were then a major sponsor of Bayern Munich. Between 1990 and 1995 he was appointed as commercial/general manager with his former club VfB Stuttgart. In 1996 he became vice president of league rivals Hertha Berlin where, after a year, he switched into the job as commercial/general manager.
Dieter Hoeneß is the brother of Uli Hoeneß, who was also a successful player in the Bundesliga and who is now commercial/general manager with Bayern Munich.
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West Germany squad - 1986 World Cup Runner-up | |
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1 Schumacher | 2 Briegel | 3 Brehme | 4 Förster | 5 Herget | 6 Eder | 7 Littbarski | 8 Matthäus | 9 Völler | 10 Magath | 11 Rummenigge | 12 Stein | 13 Allgöwer | 14 Berthold | 15 Augenthaler | 16 Thon | 17 Jakobs | 18 Rahn | 19 Allofs | 20 Hoeneß | 21 Rolff | 22 Immel | Coach: Beckenbauer |
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