Klaus Allofs

Klaus Allofs

Infobox Football biography


playername= Klaus Allofs
fullname = Klaus Allofs
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|5|12
cityofbirth = Düsseldorf
countryofbirth = West Germany
height = height|m=1.74
position = Midfielder (early), Striker (later)
years = 1975–1981 1981–1987 1987–1989 1989–1990 1990–1993
clubs = Fortuna Düsseldorf FC Cologne Olympique Marseille Girondins Bordeaux Werder Bremen
caps(goals) = 169 (71) 177 (88) 053 (20) 037 (14) 078 (18)
nationalyears = 1978–1988
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 056 (17)
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Klaus Allofs (born December 5, 1956 in Düsseldorf) was a German footballer, and, since July 13, 1999 has been the general manager of Werder Bremen. His brother Thomas was also a professional footballer.

Playing career

Klaus began playing professionally for his home team of TuS Gerresheim. His first foray into the national spotlight was when he was playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf. In 1981 he began to play for 1. FC Köln. Later on in his career he mananged to move on to another team,Olympique Marseille. After a moderately successful spell he moved to Bordeaux, before finishing his playing career in Werder Bremen in 1993.

Allofs played a total of 424 matches in the Bundesliga. He summed up a total 177 goals. He shares his goalscoring scoring record with Dieter Müller, meaning that he is ranked seventh in the alltime goalscorers records.

International career

Allofs played for his nation of Germany a total of 56 times and acquired 17 goals. His first time playing for his nation in an actual match came on October 11, 1978 in Prague against Czechoslovakia. He was subsituted in for Ronald Worm. Allofs was also part of the 1980 which went onto be European Champions for that year - it was also the year he became top goalscorer.

Honours

In 1979 and 1985 Allofs became top goalscorer in the Bundesliga. Between 1979 and 1991 he won the German Football Association Cup four times, and in 1992 he won the Cup Winners' Cup with Werder Bremen.

Coaching career

In 1999 Allofs was hired temporarily as the manager and coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf. After leaving his position as manager and coach of the club, he became a member of the board of directors at Werder Bremen and presently works there as the general manager.

External links

* [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=4172 Player profile (in German)]

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