Heinz Höher

{{Short description|German footballer and manager (1938–2019)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Heinz Höher

| image = Van Houten Heinz Höher speldje (cropped).JPG

| caption = Höher with FC Twente

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|8|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Leverkusen, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|7|1938|8|11|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| height = 1.78 m

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder, Striker

| youthyears1 = 1948–1957

| youthclubs1 = Bayer Leverkusen

| years1 = 1957–1963

| clubs1 = Bayer Leverkusen

| caps1 = 155

| goals1 = 60

| years2 = 1963–1965

| clubs2 = Meidericher SV

| caps2 = 20

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1965–1966

| clubs3 = FC Twente

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1966–1970

| clubs4 = VfL Bochum

| caps4 = 70

| goals4 = 20

| totalcaps = 266

| totalgoals = 82

| nationalyears1 = 1959–1962

| nationalteam1 = West Germany Olympic

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 4

| manageryears1 = 1970

| managerclubs1 = VfL Bochum (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 1970–1972

| managerclubs2 = Schwarz-Weiß Essen

| manageryears3 = 1972–1979

| managerclubs3 = VfL Bochum

| manageryears4 = 1979–1980

| managerclubs4 = MSV Duisburg

| manageryears5 = 1980–1981

| managerclubs5 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

| manageryears6 = 1981

| managerclubs6 = Ethnikos Piraeus

| manageryears7 = 1981–1983

| managerclubs7 = PAOK

| manageryears8 = 1983

| managerclubs8 = Olympiacos

| manageryears9 = 1984–1988

| managerclubs9 = 1. FC Nürnberg

| manageryears10 = 1988–1989

| managerclubs10 = Al-Ittihad

| manageryears11 = 1996

| managerclubs11 = VfB Lübeck

}}

Heinz Höher (11 August 1938 – 7 November 2019) was a German football player and manager.{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/heinz-hoeher/ | title = Heinz Höher | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 18 May 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fctwente.nl/statistieken/spelers/spelerInfo.php?spelerID=80&seizoenID=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802085523/http://www.fctwente.nl/statistieken/spelers/spelerInfo.php?spelerID=80&seizoenID=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2012 |language=nl |title=Heinz Höher |publisher=FC Twente |access-date=18 May 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/hoeherheinz/ |language=de|title=Heinz Höher |publisher=fussballdaten.de |access-date=18 May 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/heinz-hoeher/spieler/bundesliga/1964-65/msv-duisburg|language=de|title=Höher, Heinz|publisher=kicker|access-date=18 May 2012}}{{cite book|last1=Formann|first1=Heinz|last2=Homann|first2=Ulrich|last3=Pohl|first3=Günther|last4=Rövekamp|first4=Georg|date=1994|title=Tief im Westen: Das Phänomen VfL Bochum|language=de|publisher=Klartext|isbn=3-88474-177-2}}{{cite book|last=Vilbusch|first=Friedhelm|date=2012|title=Fußball in Westdeutschland 1952-1958|language=de|publisher=Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken}}{{cite book|last=Vilbusch|first=Friedhelm|date=2013|title=Fußball in Westdeutschland 1958-1963|language=de|publisher=Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken}}

Playing career

Höher played for Bayer Leverkusen, Meidericher SV, FC Twente and VfL Bochum.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/heinz_hoeher_ist_tot-762177/artikel | title = Heinz Höher ist tot| language = de | website = Kicker |date = 8 November 2019 | access-date = 8 November 2019}}

Coaching career

Höher coached Schwarz-Weiß Essen, VfL Bochum, MSV Duisburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.,{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk81.html | title = Greece 1980/81 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | access-date = 28 December 2011 | date = 19 June 2003 | first = Alexander | last = Mastrogiannopoulos}} PAOK,{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk83.html | title = Greece 1982/83 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | access-date = 28 December 2011 | date = 21 March 2004 | first = Alexander | last = Mastrogiannopoulos}} Olympiacos and 1. FC Nürnberg.

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="7"|Bayer Leverkusen

|1957–58

|rowspan="5"|2. Oberliga West

|26

8colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—268
1958–59

|28

15colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—2815
1959–60

|22

9colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—229
1960–61

|27

11colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—2711
1961–62

|27

15colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—2715
1962–63

|Oberliga West

|25

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—252
colspan="2"|Total

!155

60000015560
rowspan="3"|Meidericher SV

|1963–64

|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga

|10

000colspan="2"|—100
1964–65

|10

000colspan="2"|—100
colspan="2"|Total

!20

00000200
FC Twente

|1965–66

|Eredivisie

|21

221colspan="2"|—233
rowspan="5"|VfL Bochum

|1966–67

|rowspan="4"|Regionalliga West

|18

3colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—183
1967–68

|19

730colspan="2"|—227
1968–69

|26

10colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—2610
1969–70

|7

0colspan="2"|—5{{efn|Appearances in Regionalliga promotion playoffs}}1121
colspan="2"|Total

!70

2030517821
colspan="3"|Career total

!266

82515127684

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