Kai Hesse

{{short description|German footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kai Hesse

| fullname = Kai Hesse

| image = Schalke Hesse09.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|06|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wickede, West Germany

| height = 1.87 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = SF Oestrich-Iserlohn

| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2000 | youthclubs2 = BSV Menden

| youthyears3 = 2000–2004 | youthclubs3 = FC Schalke 04

| years1 = 2004–2005 | caps1 = 32 | goals1 = 10 | clubs1 = FC Schalke 04 II

| years2 = 2005–2006 | caps2 = 37 | goals2 = 9 | clubs2 = VfB Lübeck

| years3 = 2006–2008 | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 2 | clubs3 = TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

| years4 = 2007–2008 | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 11 | clubs4 = TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II

| years5 = 2008–2009 | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 2 | clubs5 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| years6 = 2010–2013 | caps6 = 65 | goals6 = 14 | clubs6 = Kickers Offenbach

| years7 = 2014–2018 | caps7 = 92 | goals7 = 23 | clubs7 = FC Homburg

| years8 = 2018–2019 | caps8 = 18 | goals8 = 2 | clubs8 = SC Hessen Dreieich

| totalcaps = 299

| totalgoals = 73

| club-update =

| manageryears1 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs1 = Eintracht Frankfurt U17 (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2020–

| managerclubs2 = Schalke 04 II (assistant)

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Kai Hesse (born 20 June 1985) is a German retired footballer who played as a striker.