Heiner Backhaus
Backhaus (centre) in 2013
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)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Alemannia Aachen (manager)
Youth career
0000–1998 Schalke 04
1998–2000 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Rot-Weiss Essen 21 (0)
2001–2002 Hannover 96 1 (0)
2002–2003 Union Berlin 8 (0)
2003 AEK Larnaca
2004 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 2 (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)
2010–2011 APOP Kinyras Peyias
2011 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 5 (1)
2011 Ħamrun Spartans
2011–2012 SC Westfalia Herne 3 (0)
2012 Fortuna Leipzig
2012 Rabat Ajax 9 (0)
2013–2014 SV Blau-Weiß Farnstädt
Managerial career
2014–2019 FC Inter Leipzig
2019 Schwarz-Weiß Rehden
2020 Sonnenhof Großaspach (assistant)
2020–2022 Rot-Weiß Koblenz
2022–2023 BFC Dynamo
2023– Alemannia Aachen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heiner Backhaus (born 4 February 1982) is a German football coach and former professional player who coaches Alemannia Aachen. As a player, he was a journeyman who played as a defensive midfielder.[1][2]

Playing career

Born in Witten, West Germany, Backhaus made his professional debut with Hannover 96 on 12 August 2001, against SpVgg Unterhaching, on the 61st minute replacing Nebojša Krupniković.

He played for Rot-Weiss Essen, 1. FC Union Berlin, Borussia Mönchengladbach, DSC Arminia Bielefeld and Kickers Offenbach in Germany, and AEK Larnaca in Cyprus.[3] He played for Valletta from summer 2007 but left the club at the end of the season, after the championship success to join Kitchee SC of Hong Kong.

Honours

Valletta

References

  1. "Backhaus, Heiner" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. "Großes Interview mit FC Inter Leipzig-Trainer Heiner Backhaus" (in German). urbanite.net. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. „Ich wollte die Welt entdecken“ 11freunde.de


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