Heinz Flohe

Heinz Flohe
Heinz Flohe in 1976
Personal information
Full name	Heinz Flohe
Date of birth	(1948-01-28)28 January 1948
Place of birth	Euskirchen, Germany
Date of death	15 June 2013(2013-06-15) (aged 65)
Place of death	Euskirchen, Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1952–1966	TSC Euskirchen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1966–1979	1. FC Köln	329	(77)
1979–1980	TSV 1860 München	14	(4)
Total		343	(81)
National team
1965–1966	West Germany Youth	3	(1)
1967–1973	West Germany U23	4	(0)
1974	West Germany B	1	(0)
1970–1978	West Germany	39	(8)
Teams managed
	1. FC Köln (assistant)
1981–1991	TSC Euskirchen
	TuS Olympia Ülpenich
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Heinz "Flocke" Flohe (28 January 1948 – 15 June 2013)^[1] was a German footballer and manager.

Career

He played for 1. FC Köln (1966–1979), winning the Bundesliga title in 1978, and the DFB-Pokal in 1968, 1977 and 1978. He also played for TSV 1860 München (1979–1980). His career ended after a serious injury in his last match.

For the Germany national football team, he earned 39 caps and scored 8 goals. He was in the championship winning squad of the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played in the 1976 European Football Championship and the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Club

Köln

• Bundesliga winner: 1977–78; runner-up: 1972–73
• DFB-Pokal winner: 1967–68, 1976–77, 1977–78; runner-up: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73

International

Germany

• FIFA World Cup winner: 1974
• UEFA European Football Championship runner-up: 1976

Private life

On 11 May 2010, Flohe lapsed into coma, after a stroke.^[2]

Flohe died on 15 June 2013 in his sleep, aged 65.^[3]

References

External links

• Heinz Flohe at worldfootball.net
• Heinz Flohe at fussballdaten.de (German)