Falko Götz

Falko Götz

Personal information
Full name	Falko Götz
Date of birth	26 March 1962 (1962-03-26)
Place of birth	Rodewisch, East Germany
Playing position	Forward/Sweeper
Youth career
1969–1971	Vorwärts Berlin
1971–1979	Berliner FC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1979–1983	Berliner FC Dynamo	40	(12)
1983–1984	Suspended
1984–1988	Bayer Leverkusen	115	(26)
1988–1992	1. FC Köln	127	(20)
1992–1994	Galatasaray	51	(16)
1994–1996	1. FC Saarbrücken	43	(6)
1996–1997	Hertha BSC	17	(0)
Total		393	(80)
National team
	East Germany U-21	18	(?)
Teams managed
1997–2000	Hertha BSC II
2002	Hertha BSC (caretaker)
2003–2004	1860 Munich
2004–2007	Hertha BSC
2008–2009	Holstein Kiel
2011	Vietnam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Falko Götz (born 26 March 1962 in Rodewisch) is a German former football player and current manager.

Career

A midfielder, Götz began his career in East Germany with Vorwärts and later BFC Dynamo. In 1983, before a European Cup match against Partizan Belgrade, he escaped and fled to the west. For this rule breach, he was banned by FIFA for one year, but was able to stay in the west, joining Bayer Leverkusen, where he stayed for five years, moving to 1. FC Köln in 1988. With Bayer Leverkusen, he won the UEFA Cup in 1988. He scored in the second leg of the final against Espanyol, one of three goals needed to equal a 3–0 deficit. Leverkusen eventually went on to win the game on penalties. He had spells with Galatasaray (1992–1994), Saarbrücken (1994–1995), and Hertha BSC (1995–1997) before retiring, to take up the role of Hertha's reserve team manager.

Coaching career

He was briefly Hertha's caretaker manager during 2002, and was re-appointed as full-time manager in 2004, having managed 1860 München the previous season. Götz was sacked by Hertha on 10 April 2007. On 15 December 2008, he took over as manager of Holstein Kiel and was fired on 17 September 2009.

In 2011 Götz was appointed as manager of the Vietnam national football team. After some positive games in National level-team, however their Under 23 team was disappointed, and he was fired on 23rd December 2011, just six months after taking charge.

Honours

• DDR-Oberliga: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83
• UEFA Cup: 1987–88
• Turkish Super League: 1992–93, 1993–94
• Turkish Cup: 1992–93

Dynamo Berlin also won the DDR-Oberliga title in 1984, but Götz had defected half-way through the season.

See also

• List of Eastern Bloc defectors