Heinz Flohe

Heinz Flohe

Flohe in 1976
Personal information
Full name	Heinz Flohe
Date of birth	(1948-01-28)28 January 1948
Place of birth	Cologne, Germany
Date of death	15 June 2013(2013-06-15) (aged 65)
Place of death	Vettweiß, Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1952–1966	TSC Euskirchen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1979	1. FC Köln	329	(77)
1979–1980	TSV 1860 Munich	14	(4)
Total		343	(81)
International career
1965–1966	West Germany Youth	3	(1)
1967–1973	West Germany U23	4	(0)
1974	West Germany B	1	(0)
1970–1978	West Germany	39	(8)
Managerial career
	1. FC Köln (assistant)
1981–1991	TSC Euskirchen
	TuS Olympia Ülpenich
Medal record Men's football Representing West Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 1974 West Germany UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1976 Yugoslavia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heinz "Flocke" Flohe (28 January 1948 – 15 June 2013) was a German footballer and manager.

Career

Flohe played for 1. FC Köln (1966–1979), winning the Bundesliga title in 1978, and the DFB-Pokal in 1968, 1977 and 1978. He also played for TSV 1860 Munich (1979–1980). His career ended after a serious injury in his last match.

He earned 39 caps and scored 8 goals for West Germany. He was in the winning squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played in the UEFA Euro 1976 and the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

On 11 May 2010, Flohe lapsed into coma, after a stroke and died on 15 June 2013, aged 65.

Honours

Club

Köln

• Bundesliga: 1977–78; runner-up: 1972–73
• DFB-Pokal: 1967–68, 1976–77, 1977–78; runner-up: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73

International

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: 1974
• UEFA European Championship: runner-up 1976

External links

• Heinz Flohe at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Heinz Flohe at WorldFootball.net
• Heinz Flohe at National-Football-Teams.com