Dirk Heinen

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Dirk Heinen
Personal information
Date of birth December 3, 1970 (1970-12-03) (age 37)
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
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)
062 (0)
000 (0)
003 (0)
001 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (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.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Dirk Heinen (German). transfermarkt.de. Retrieved on 2007-10-23.

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