Harry Koch (German footballer)

Harry Koch

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-11-15) 15 November 1969
Place of birth	Bamberg, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	SV Hallstadt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	SV Hallstadt
1990–1995	TSV Vestenbergsgreuth	34	(6)
1995–2003	1. FC Kaiserslautern	220	(23)
2003–2006	Eintracht Trier	69	(5)
Managerial career
2006–2011	SV Dörbach
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Koch (born 15 November 1969) is a German former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back, and a coach.

His son Robin (b. 1996) is also a footballer, playing for Eintracht Frankfurt on loan from EFL Championship club Leeds United, and the Germany national football team.

Football career

Born in Bamberg, Koch arrived in the Bundesliga at already 26, with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, after having played amateur football, and quickly became an undisputed starter. In 1997–98, he played in 31 matches as the club won the national league straight out of the second division.

In 2003, after 187 matches with 17 goals in the first division, Koch moved to SV Eintracht Trier 05, closing out his career three years later. Immediately after, he took up coaching, replacing Werner Kartz at the helm of lower-level team SV Dörbach.

Honours

1. FC Kaiserslautern

• Bundesliga (1): 1997–98
• DFB-Pokal (1): 1995–96; runner-up 2002–03
• 2. Bundesliga (1): 1996–97

External links

• Harry Koch at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Harry Koch at WorldFootball.net