Heinz Flohe

Heinz Flohe

File:Heinz Flohe.jpeg 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
Place of death	Euskirchen, Germany
Height
Position(s)	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)
International career
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)
Managerial career
	1. FC Köln (assistant)
1981–1991	TSC Euskirchen
	TuS Olympia Ülpenich
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heinz "Flocke" Flohe (28 January 1948 – 15 June 2013) 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.

He earned 39 caps and scored 8 goals for West Germany. He was in the winning squad for 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.

Flohe died on 15 June 2013 in his sleep, aged 65.

External links

• Heinz Flohe profile at Fussballdaten
• Heinz Flohe at weltfussball.de (German)
• Heinz Flohe at National-Football-Teams.com