Dieter Hoeneß

Born on 7 January 1953, in Ulm, West Germany, Hoeneß played as a goalkeeper at amateur level for VfB Ulm from the age of six to fourteen. The club was co-founded by his father, master butcher Erwin Hoeneß, on 13 November 1949. Along with his brother Uli, he helped the team win the 1960–61 1st district championship in the D-Youth category. From 1967 to 1973, Hoeneß played for TSG Ulm 1846. In 1973, at the age of 20, he moved to VfR Aalen in the first amateur league (third division), before joining the professional ranks in 1975 with VfB Stuttgart, which was then in the second division. In his first season with Aalen, Hoeneß helped win the championship, scoring 23 goals, the second highest for the team behind Helmut Dietterle. However, due to a league reform that replaced the five-track Regionalliga with the two-track 2. Bundesliga as the second-highest division, VfR Aalen was unable to be promoted and remained in the third division the following season. There, Hoeneß and his team again won the championship but failed in the promotion games. In 1975, Hoeneß was signed by the second-division club VfB Stuttgart, making his debut on 13 September 1975 (Matchday 7) in a 0–2 home defeat against 1. FSV Mainz 05. He scored his first goal on 15 October (matchday 11) in a 2–0 home win over SV Röchling Völklingen. After two seasons and 19 league goals, he helped Stuttgart earn promotion to the Bundesliga. Hoeneß made his Bundesliga debut on 6 August 1977 (Matchday 1) in a tense 3–3 draw…

On 28 March 1979, Hoeneß played his first international match for the B national team, which defeated the senior national team of Norway 3–0 in Aachen. He contributed a goal in the match. In his second game for this team, on 19 December 1979 in Genoa, he scored again, helping secure a 2–1 victory over the B selection of Italy. Hoeneß played six times for the West Germany, scoring four goals. He scored on his debut against the Republic of Ireland on 22 May 1979 and repeated the feat the following month against the Iceland (both matches were away friendlies that ended in 3-1 wins). Hoeneß then spent seven years without a call-up. However, after a strong 1985–86 season with Bayern—scoring 15 league goals and winning the double—he was selected for the squad that competed in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He played twice for the eventual runners-up, including in the final against Argentina, where he replaced Felix Magath at the hour mark. At 33 years and 173 days, he was the oldest player on the field in that match. Hoeneß was called up by team boss Franz Beckenbauer for a game against the Switzerland in Basel on 9 April 1986, where he scored the "golden" goal. In the subsequent 1–1 draw with the Yugoslavia on 11 May in Bochum, he failed to score for the first time in an international match.

Hoeneß attended the Schubart Gymnasium in Ulm, where he earned his Abitur in 1972. In Tübingen, he began studying to become a teacher in the subjects of English, geography, and sports. As a city sponsor of his hometown of Ulm, Hoeneß supported the social project We Help Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He is also an ambassador for the initiative Respect! No place for racism. After his career as a Bundesliga manager, Hoeneß returned to Munich, where he founded a consulting company in 2012. Hoeneß's older brother, Uli, was also a successful forward in the Bundesliga and represented his country internationally. Dieter arrived at Bayern Munich as his brother departed, and Uli went on to have a lengthy career as a general manager and club president. Both enjoy playing golf in their leisure time. Dieter's son, Sebastian Hoeneß, is a former footballer and current manager. He played for the U19 teams of VfB Stuttgart, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, and the second team of Hertha BSC, among others. In Berlin, Sebastian captained the U-23 team. From June 2019, after several positions as a youth coach, he served as head coach of the newly promoted third division team FC Bayern Munich II, with whom he immediately won the third division championship. From July 2020 until the end of the 2021/22 season, he was head coach of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.

As a player Bayern Munich

Bundesliga: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 DFB-Pokal: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86; runner-up 1984–85 European Cup: runner-up 1981–82, 1986–87 Individual

Top scorer of the DFB-Pokal: 1979 Top scorer of the UEFA Cup: 1980 Top scorer of the European Cup: 1982 Germany

FIFA World Cup: runner-up 1986 As a manager

Bundesliga: 1991–92 DFB-Supercup: 1992 DFB-Ligapokal: 2001, 2002