Heiner Backhaus

Heiner Backhaus
Personal information

Date of birth	(1982-02-04) 4 February 1982
Place of birth	Witten, West Germany
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team	SV Blau-Weiß Farnstädt
Youth career
0000–1998	FC Schalke 04
1998–2000	SV Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2000–2001	Rot-Weiss Essen	21	(0)
2001–2002	Hannover 96	1	(0)
2002–2003	1. FC Union Berlin	8	(0)
2003	AEK Larnaca
2004	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	(0)
2005	Arminia Bielefeld II	17	(0)
2006–2007	Kickers Offenbach	9	(0)
2007–2008	Valletta	27	(3)
2008	Kitchee	8	(3)
2009	FC Sachsen Leipzig	15	(1)
2009–2010	Olympiakos Nicosia	30	(0)
2010	APOP Kinyras Peyias FC
2011	Hamrun Spartans
2011	Westfalia Herne
2012	Fortuna Leipzig
2012	Rabat Ajax
2012–	SV Blau-Weiß Farnstädt
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 March 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Heiner Backhaus (born 4 February 1982 in Witten, Germany) is a professional footballer.^[1] He plays as midfielder for SV Blau-Weiß Farnstädt.

Playing career

He made his professional debut with Hannover 96 on 12 August 2001, against SpVgg Unterhaching, on the 61st minute replacing Nebojša Krupniković.

He has played for Rot-Weiss Essen, 1. FC Union Berlin, Borussia Mönchengladbach, DSC Arminia Bielefeld and Kickers Offenbach in Germany, and AEK Larnaca in Cyprus. He played for Valletta from the summer of 2007 but left the club at the end of the season, after the championship success to join Kitchee SC.