Falko Götz

Falko Götz

Personal information
Full name	Falko Götz
Date of birth	(1962-03-26) 26 March 1962
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 coach of FC Erzgebirge Aue.

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 dismissed 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 disappointed, and he was fired on 23 December 2011, just six months after taking charge.

On 29 April 2013, he was appointed as coach of FC Erzgebirge Aue.

Career statistics

As of 13 May 2013

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Hertha BSC II	1 July 1997	30 June 2000	700192000000000000092	700148000000000000048	700115000000000000015	700129000000000000029	700152170000000000052.17
Hertha BSC	7 February 2002	30 June 2002	700113000000000000013	70009000000000000009	70001000000000000001	70003000000000000003	700169230000000000069.23
1860 München	12 March 2003	17 April 2004	700141000000000000041	700112000000000000012	700110000000000000010	700119000000000000019	700129270000000000029.27
Hertha BSC	1 July 2004	10 April 2007	7002121000000000000121	700147000000000000047	700140000000000000040	700134000000000000034	700138840000000000038.84
Holstein Kiel	10 January 2009	18 September 2009	700125000000000000025	700111000000000000011	70007000000000000007	70007000000000000007	700144000000000000044.00
Vietnam	6 June 2011	23 December 2011	70005000000000000005	70003000000000000003	50000000000000000000	70002000000000000002	700160000000000000060.00
Erzgebirge Aue	29 April 2013		70002000000000000002	50000000000000000000	50000000000000000000	70002000000000000002	&050000000000000000000.00
Total			7002299000000000000299	7002130000000000000130	700173000000000000073	700196000000000000096	700143480000009999943.48

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