Thomas von Heesen

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Personal information
Thomas von Heesen
Full name	Thomas von Heesen
Date of birth	October 1, 1961 (age 45)
Place of birth	Höxter, Germany
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	DJK Albaxen
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1980-1994 1995-1997	Hamburger SV Arminia Bielefeld	340 (99) 10(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:18, 10 June 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas von Heesen (born October 1, 1961) is a former Bundesliga player. He is the current head coach of German soccer team Arminia Bielefeld.

As a youth player, he played for Hamburger SV. Like many youth players from the club, he has made his high school graduation at the Gymnasium Heidberg in Hamburg-Langenhorn. In his career as a midfielder for the club, he played 378 games, 368 of which were in the Bundesliga. With Hamburg he won the Bundesliga twice, and won the German Cup once, however, his biggest success was in the European Champions Cup, when Hamburg were victorious against Juventus. In the summer of 1994, he was transferred to Arminia Bielefeld where he played until 1997. After leaving the club as a player, he began working as a manager for the team, a post which he held between July 2005 and February 2007.