Karl-Heinz Thielen

Karl-Heinz Thielen (born 2 April 1940) is a German former footballer who played as a striker or defender.[1]

Karl-Heinz Thielen
Thielen in 1965
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-04-02) 2 April 1940
Place of birth Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker, defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1959 TSV Rodenkirchen
1959–1973 1. FC Köln 295 (100)
International career
1964–1965 Germany 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Thielen spent ten seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Köln.[2] He played as right winger for 1. FC Köln, which was a founding member of the 1. Bundesliga in 1963. In his first year, he became German champion with the club, making 25 appearances and scoring 15 goals. In total, Thielen, who had also played for Köln in the Oberliga West from the 1959/60 season, made 221 Bundesliga appearances and scored 56 goals between 1963 and 1973.[2] On 7 December 1963, he became the first of now 14 players to score five goals in a Bundesliga match in 1. FC Köln's 5–1 win against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[3]

He scored a goal in two games for the DFB's U-23 team in the early 1960s. He later also played twice for the senior national team: in the home games against the ČSSR (1964) and against England (1965), the West German team came off as losers in both cases.[4]

International career

He also represented West Germany in two friendlies.[5]

Official career

After finishing his active career, he became a soccer manager and played a role in the appointment of coach Hennes Weisweiler, with whom 1. FC Köln won the German Cup in 1976/77. In 1977/78, he won the double (German Champion/DFB Cup Winner) with 1. FC Köln.[6] He later served as treasurer, managing director and vice president. From 1989 to 1991, he was sports director at Fortuna Düsseldorf.[7] At the end of 1992, he returned to the then relegation-threatened 1. FC Köln as manager until September 1993. In the same year, Köln became German indoor champions.[8]

Thielen was elected president of the "Deutsche Fußballspieler-Vermittler Vereinigung" (DFVV) at its founding meeting. He held this office until his retirement due to age on 2 April 2015.[7]

As of February 2010, Thielen was a player agent[9] and represents, among others, Liam Lawrence, Juan Carlos Menseguez and Facundo Hernán Quiroga.

Statistic

Honours

References
  1. Karl-Heinz Thielen at WorldFootball.net
  2. Arnhold, Matthias (2 February 2021). "Karl-Heinz Thielen - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. "Karl-Heinz Thielen - der erste Fünf-Tore-Mann der Bundesliga" (in German). Kicker. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. "Karl-Heinz Thielen - International Appearances". RSSSF (in German). 2 February 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  5. Arnhold, Matthias (2 February 2021). "Karl-Heinz Thielen - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. "Totale Offensive" (in German). Bundesliga. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  7. "FC-Idol Thielen wird 80: "Feier fällt ins Wasser"" (in German). Ran. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  8. "1. FC Köln" (in German). RevierSport. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  9. "Fortbildung für Spielerberater einführen" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2010.


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