Holger Hieronymus
.jpg) Hieronymus in 1979 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 February 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Sweeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1972 | TuS Hamburg | ||
| 1972–1978 | FC St. Pauli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1979 | FC St. Pauli | 30 | (2) |
| 1979–1984 | Hamburger SV | 121 | (7) |
| Total | 151 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 1981–1982 |
West Germany | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001 | Hamburger SV (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Holger Hieronymus (born 22 February 1959) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]
Career
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The most tragic moment of his playing days, however, happened on 31 March 1984, in the Bundesliga tie against SV Waldhof Mannheim. With less than fifteen minutes left on the clock, Hieronymus received a career-ending injury. A cruciate ligament rupture synchronized with a deltoid ligament rupture and, together with, a caused menisci and knee cartilage damage forced him to retire in 1985, over a year after that incident. At the time he finally abandoned the hope of recovery, merely 26 years of age, the talented sweeper had played in 121 Bundesliga matches (seven goals) for Hamburger SV.
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Post-playing career
Looking for a different occupation after his premature retirement, Hieronymus first founded a sports center for the obese and was later, together with his former teammate Ditmar Jakobs (whose career had also abruptly been ended by horrible injury), co-founder of an injury rehabilitation centre. Leaving these jobs aside, Hieronymus enjoyed a return to Hamburger SV in 1997 as the new marketing manager of Die Rothosen. From June 1998 to August 2002 he operated as general manager of the club. On 1 February 2005, he took a leading position at DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH, which can be seen as the governing entity that governs the Bundesliga competition.
References
- ^ "Hieronymus, Holger" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- RSSSF.com. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- RSSSF.com. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- RSSSF.com. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
External links
- Holger Hieronymus at WorldFootball.net
- Holger Hieronymus at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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