Klaus Allofs

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Klaus Allofs
Allofs in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-12-05) 5 December 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth Düsseldorf, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
TuS Gerresheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1981 Fortuna Düsseldorf 169 (71)
1981–1987 1. FC Köln 177 (88)
1987–1989 Marseille 53 (20)
1989–1990 Bordeaux 37 (14)
1990–1993 Werder Bremen 78 (18)
Total 514 (211)
International career
1978–1988 West Germany 56 (17)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Fortuna Düsseldorf
1999–2012 Werder Bremen (general manager)
2012–2016 VfL Wolfsburg (sporting director)
2020– Fortuna Düsseldorf (general manager for sport)
Medal record
Representing  West Germany
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1980 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Klaus Allofs (born 5 December 1956) is a German former professional football player, manager, and executive.

A striker, Allofs was a prolific goalscorer for club and country. He amassed Bundesliga totals of 424 games and 177 goals over the course of 15 seasons (finishing as the league's top scorer on two occasions), playing mainly for Fortuna Düsseldorf and 1. FC Köln. His younger brother, Thomas, was also a professional footballer and also a striker, sometimes on the same team.

Allofs gained nearly 60 caps for West Germany, representing the nation in one World Cup and two European Championships, including the triumphant Euro 1980 tournament.

In 1999, after briefly working as a coach at Fortuna Düsseldorf, he became general manager at former club Werder Bremen, where he, in tandem with head coach Thomas Schaaf, helped the club to great success, winning the double of Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal in 2004, reaching the 2009 UEFA Cup final and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League six times.

Club career

Born in

the final, an extra time loss against FC Barcelona.[2]

In 1981 Allofs joined

Real Madrid. In the following season, he re-partnered with Thomas, then left the country during three years, playing in France with Olympique de Marseille and FC Girondins de Bordeaux
.

Allofs retired in June 1993, aged nearly 37, after three seasons with

the final against AS Monaco FC, in an eventual 2–0 win.[3] In his final year, he played 16 games without scoring – the only time other than his first season that it happened in his career – as Werder won the league title. In total, he appeared in 424 Bundesliga matches, totalling 177 goals.[4] When he retired he was in joint seventh place on the list of the Bundesliga's all-time leading scorers, tied with Dieter Müller
.

International career

Allofs played for Germany a total of 56 times, scoring 17 goals.[5] His first match was on 11 October 1978 in Prague, against Czechoslovakia, a 4–3 friendly win.

Allofs went on to play for the national side at the victorious

Sweden
.

Post-playing career

Allofs (right) as general manager of Werder Bremen, celebrating the win of the 2004 DFB-Pokal alongside Thomas Schaaf

Ahead of the 1998–99 season Allofs was appointed head coach at former club Fortuna Düsseldorf. In April, with the club placed last in the table, he was fired.[6]

In July 1999, Allofs became general manager of

2009 UEFA Cup Final.[10]

In November 2012, Allofs left Bremen to join VfL Wolfsburg as their new sporting director,[11] remaining there until December 2016.[12]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Allofs goal.
List of international goals scored by Klaus Allofs
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 September 1979
Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West Germany
 Argentina 1–0 2–1
Friendly
2 27 February 1980 Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany  Malta 1–0 8–0 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
3 4–0
4 13 May 1980
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
, West Germany
 Poland 2–1 3–1 Friendly
5 14 June 1980
Stadio San Paolo, Naples
, Italy
 Netherlands 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 1980
6 2–0
7 3–0
8 19 November 1980 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, West Germany  France 4–1 4–1 Friendly
9 7 January 1981 Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay  Brazil 1–0 1–4
Mundialito
10 16 December 1984
Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta
 Malta 2–1 3–2 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 3–1
12 30 April 1985
Generali Arena, Prague, Czechoslovakia
 Czechoslovakia 5–0 5–1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 12 March 1986 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany  Brazil 2–0 2–0 Friendly
14 4 June 1986
Querétaro
, Mexico
 Uruguay 1–1 1–1 1986 FIFA World Cup
15 8 June 1986 Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico  Scotland 2–1 2–1 1986 FIFA World Cup
16 24 September 1986 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 2–0 2–0 Friendly
17 31 March 1988
Olympiastadion, West Berlin
, West Germany
 Sweden 1–0 1–1 (2–4 pens) Friendly

Honours

As player

Fortuna Düsseldorf[13]

1. FC Köln[13]

Marseille[14]

Bordeaux

  • 1989–90

Werder Bremen[13]

West Germany[13]

Individual

As general manager

Werder Bremen

References

  1. ^ Marcel, Haisma (31 July 2008). "Klaus Allofs - Matches in European Cups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. ^ "1978/79: Barcelona win seven-goal thriller". UEFA.com. 1 June 1979. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  3. ^ "1991/92: Bremen shine in Stadium of Light". UEFA.com. 1 June 1992. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  4. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (15 January 2006). "Klaus Allofs - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (27 March 2015). "Klaus Allofs - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. ^ "2.Bundesliga: Düsseldorf beurlaubt Klaus Allofs". Der Spiegel (in German). 20 April 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Fußball. Allofs wird Sportdirektor bei Werder Bremen". Frankfurter Rundschau. 14 July 1999. p. 18.
  8. ^ "Telephonbuch hilft". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). No. 159. 14 July 1999. p. 38.
  9. ^ a b c Christoph, Manfred (12 May 2004). "Bremen duo at the double". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Marwedel, Jörg (15 November 2011). "Klaus Allofs und Thomas Schaaf - Keine nette Werder-Familie". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Klaus Allofs Leaves Werder Bremen for Wolfsburg Post". Inside Futbol. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  12. ^ "Wolfsburg trennt sich von Allofs". Inside Futbol. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  13. ^ a b c d "Klaus Allofs" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  14. ^ "Klaus ALLOFS" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  15. ^ "1. Bundesliga: alle Torjäger und Torschützen der Saison 1978/79" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
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  18. ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1984/85" (in German). kicker.
  19. ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1990/91" (in German). kicker.
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  21. ^ "Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers". RSSSF. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

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