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Jupp Heynckes
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German association football player and manager
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Josef Heynckes is a German association football player and coach. Born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, he played as a forward for Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Germany men's national association football team. He participated in the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972.
As a coach, Heynckes has managed FC Bayern Munich, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Schalke 04. He played in the Bundesliga and received the Football Manager of the Year award. He speaks German and holds German citizenship.
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Film & TV
Mönchengladbach, Germany
Known for
- Generation Wembley — Self - Coach FC Bayern 20092023
- FC Bayern - Behind the Legend — Self - Head Coach 1987-91 / 2009 / 2011-13 / 2017-182021
- SCHW31NS7EIGER: Memories - Von Anfang bis Legende — Self2020
- Kroos — Self2019
- Servus Uli – A Life for FC Bayern — Self2019
- Sportclub Story — Self2015
- Doppelpass — Self2004
- Das aktuelle Sportstudio — Self1963
- Bambi — Self1948
via TMDB
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- Germany
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Mönchengladbach
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1972
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Germany
- Image
- Jupp Heynckes (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- Jupp Heynckes
- date of birth
- 1945-05-09
- coach of sports team
- Borussia Mönchengladbach
- birth name
- Josef Heynckes
- short name
- Jupp Heynckes
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes ( German: [ˈjʊp ˈhaɪnkəs]; born 9 May 1945) is a German retired professional footballer and manager. For the majority of his playing career he was as a striker for Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and '70s, when they won many national championships and the DFB-Pokal, as well as the UEFA Cup. During this period the team played in its only European Cup final in 1977, losing to Liverpool. He is the fourth-highest goalscorer in the history of the Bundesliga, with 220 goals. He was a member of the West Germany national team that won the UEFA Euro 1972 and the 1974 FIFA World Cup titles.
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