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Heiko Herrlich
	Herrlich managing Bayer Leverkusen in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	3 December 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Mannheim, West Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1978–1984	FC Kollnau
1984–1986	FC Emmendingen
1986–1989	SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1993	Bayer Leverkusen
1993–1995	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1995–2004	Borussia Dortmund
Total
International career
1990–1993	Germany U-21
1995	Germany
Managerial career
2007–2008	Germany U-17
2008–2009	Germany U-19
2009–2010	VfL Bochum
2011–2012	SpVgg Unterhaching
2015–2017	Jahn Regensburg
2017–2018	Bayer Leverkusen
2020–2021	FC Augsburg
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Germany (as manager)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heiko Herrlich (born 3 December 1971) is a German football manager and former player who played as a striker.

Club career

Herrlich played 258 matches (1989–2004) in the Bundesliga and scored 75 goals for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund.^[2] With Borussia Dortmund he won the German championship in 1996 and 2002, the Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup in 1997. With Borussia Mönchengladbach he won the DFB-Pokal in 1995, which he had also won in 1993 with Bayer Leverkusen.

In autumn 2000, it was discovered that he had a malignant brain tumor. He was successfully treated with radiation therapy and returned to Bundesliga action 2001 but was not able to return to his former glory as a player. He ended his professional career in 2004 after several injuries.

International career

In 1995, Herrlich played five matches for the Germany national team, all in qualifying matches for UEFA Euro 1996.^[3] He scored once, against Wales, but missed the final tournament, which Germany won, due to injury.

Coaching career

Herrlich received his coaching license in 2005 and began coaching the youth team of Borussia Dortmund. He also became the German spokesman for the 2006 INAS World Football Championships.

In July 2007, he was appointed as coach of the Germany U-17 team and won third place at the 2007 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in South Korea.^[4] On 27 October 2009, he was released from the German Football Association.^[5] He became later the head coach of VfL Bochum between 27 October 2009 and 29 April 2010.^[6] He finished with a record of four wins, eight draws, and 10 losses.^[6]

At the beginning of the 2011–12 season, he was named new manager of SpVgg Unterhaching.^[7] He left the club on 25 May 2012 for personal reasons.^[8] He finished with a record of 13 wins, eight draws, and 19 losses.^[7]

On 21 June 2013, he became the manager for the Bayern Munich U-17 team.^[9] In June 2015, Bayern Munich restructured their youth department and Herrlich left Munich.^[10]

On 20 December 2015, he took over Jahn Regensburg.^[11] His contract was scheduled to run up to the end of the 2015–16 season, with an extension for another year if the Jahn achieved promotion to the 3. Liga.^[12] The Ratisbon based club achieved back to back promotions under Herrlich's reign, returning to 2.Liga at the end of the 2016–17 season.

On 9 June 2017, it was announced that Herrlich will return to Leverkusen as new head coach.^[13]

On 23 December 2018, Bayer Leverkusen announced they would be parting ways with Herrlich, citing bad tactics and poor overall performance.^[14]

He was appointed as the new head coach of FC Augsburg on 10 March 2020.^[15] On 26 April 2021, he was sacked.^[16]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[17]
Club	Season	League			German Cup		Europe^[a]		Other^[b]		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bayer Leverkusen	1989–90	Bundesliga	16	0	1	0	—		—		17	0
	1990–91		18	3	1	0	3	1	—		22	4
	1991–92		28	3	5	2	—		—		33	5
	1992–93		13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
	Total		75	6	7	2	3	1	0	0	85	9
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1993–94	Bundesliga	23	8	2	0	—		—		25	8
	1994–95	Bundesliga	32	20	6	6	—		—		38	26
	Total		55	28	8	6	0	0	0	0	63	34
Borussia Dortmund	1995–96	Bundesliga	16	7	4	1	6	1	—		26	9
	1996–97		23	8	1	1	9	3	—		33	12
	1997–98		21	7	3	2	7	2	3	1	34	12
	1998–99		21	6	2	0	—		—		23	6
	1999–2000		22	6	1	0	9	1	1	0	33	7
	2000–01		10	7	2	3	—		—		12	10
	2001–02		10	0	0	0	3	1	—		13	1
	2002–03		5	0	2	0	2	0	—		9	0
	Total		128	41	15	7	36	4	4	1	183	53
Career total			258	75	30	15	39	5	4	1	331	96

^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and Europa League
^ Appearances in German League Cup and Intercontinental Cup

International

Score and result list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Herrlich goal.

International goal scored by Heiko Herrlich
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 April 1995	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany	Wales	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying

Managerial

As of match played 23 April 2021

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
Bochum	27 October 2009	29 April 2010	22	4	8	10	018.18	^[6]
Unterhaching	1 July 2011	25 May 2012	40	13	8	19	032.50	^[7]
Jahn Regensburg	20 December 2015	30 June 2017	59	28	13	18	047.46	^[11]
Bayer Leverkusen	1 July 2017	23 December 2018	64	32	14	18	050.00
FC Augsburg	10 March 2020	26 April 2021	42	12	9	21	028.57
Total			226	88	52	86	038.94	—

Honours

As a player

Bayer Leverkusen

DFB-Pokal: 1992–93^[18]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

DFB-Pokal: 1994–95^[18]

Borussia Dortmund^[18]

Individual

Bundesliga Top Scorer: 1994–95 (joint with Mario Basler)

As a coach

Germany U17

FIFA Under-17 World Cup third place: 2007

Individual

Best Under 17 Coach: 2008

References

^ "Heiko Herrlich – Spielerprofil – DFB" (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^ Arnhold, Matthias (4 June 2015). "Heiko Herrlich – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ Arnhold, Matthias (4 June 2015). "Heiko Herrlich – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^ "Heiko Herrlich betreut U 17 bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Korea" (in German). DFB. 14 May 2007. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "Herrlich neuer Trainer in Bochum" (in German). DFB. 27 October 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "VfL Bochum". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "SpVgg Unterhaching". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Herrlich geht, Schromm übernimmt" (in German). kicker.de. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
^ "Heiko Herrlich neuer U17-Coach" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ "FCB stellt 'wichtige Weichen für die Zukunft'" [FCB 'paves the way for the future']. FC Bayern Munich (in German). 9 June 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Jahn Regensburg". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Heiko Herrlich Übernimmt!" [Heiko Herrlich takes over!]. SSV Jahn Regensburg (in German). 20 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "Herrlich – Bayer 04 hat neuen Cheftrainer" (in German). bayer04.de. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "Herrlich muss gehen, Bosz unterschreibt bis 2020". kicker.de (in German). 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
^ "FCA präsentiert Schmidt-Nachfolger: Herrlich übernimmt" [FCA presents Schmidt-successor: Herrlich takes over]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ "FCA part ways with Heiko Herrlich – Markus Weinzierl new head coach". fcaugsburg.de. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ "Heiko Herrlich " Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Heiko Herrlich". fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.