Dirk Heinen
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Dirk Heinen | ||
Personal information | ||
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Date of birth | December 3, 1970 | |
Place of birth | Cologne, West Germany | |
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Arminia Bielefeld | |
Number | 40 | |
Youth clubs | ||
-1981 1981-1990 |
Rot-Weiß Köln-Zollstock Bayer Leverkusen |
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Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1990-1999 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003-2007 2008- |
Bayer Leverkusen Eintracht Frankfurt Denizlispor VfB Stuttgart Arminia Bielefeld |
107 (0) 62 (0) 0 (0) 3 (0) 1 (0) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Dirk Heinen (born December 3, 1970 in Cologne, West Germany) is a former football goalkeeper.[1]
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[edit] Career
Heinen played most of his matches in his nine year stint at Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, before moving to Eintracht Frankfurt. In 2002, he transferred to Turkcell Super League side Denizlispor, but returned to the Bundesliga after just one season there, this time joining VfB Stuttgart. There, Heinen was the substitute keeper for Timo Hildebrand. He only played three matches there, his last coming in March of 2006, and was demoted to third goalkeeper behind Hildebrand and Michael Langer the following season. A German champion with Stuttgart in 2007, he announced his retirement in July of 2007 and moved to Waterford in Ireland, working as a sheep farmer.
However, in January 2008 the goalkeeper returned to German football again, moving to Arminia Bielefeld, who asked him to join them as they were short of goalkeepers in early 2008 due to injuries. On March 15, the 37-year old made his comeback in the Bundesliga against Hannover 96 after Arminia's second keeper Rowen Fernandez was injured as well.
He retired at the end of the 2007/08 season for good.
[edit] Honours
- 2006/07 German Bundesliga
[edit] References
- ^ Dirk Heinen (German). transfermarkt.de. Retrieved on 2007-10-23.
[edit] External links
- (German) Career stats at fussballdaten.de
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