Klaus Allofs
Birth date5 December 1956 (age 69)
Birth placeDüsseldorf, West Germany
Height1.74 m
PositionStriker
Youthyears 11964–1972
Youthclubs 1TuS Gerresheim
Youthyears 21972–1975
Youthclubs 2Fortuna Düsseldorf
Years 11975–1981
Clubs 1Fortuna Düsseldorf
Caps 1169
Goals 171
Years 21981–1987
Clubs 21. FC Köln
Caps 2177
Goals 288
Years 31987–1989
Clubs 3Marseille
Caps 353
Goals 320
Years 41989–1990
Clubs 4Bordeaux
Caps 437
Goals 414
Years 51990–1993
Clubs 5Werder Bremen
Caps 578
Goals 518
Totalcaps514
Totalgoals211
Nationalyears 11978–1988
Nationalteam 1West Germany
Nationalcaps 156
Nationalgoals 117
Manageryears 11998–1999
Managerclubs 1Fortuna Düsseldorf
Manageryears 21999–2012
Managerclubs 2Werder Bremen (general manager)
Manageryears 32012–2016
Managerclubs 3VfL Wolfsburg (sporting director)
Manageryears 42020–
Managerclubs 4Fortuna Düsseldorf (general manager for sport)

Klaus Allofs (born 5 December 1956) is a German former professional football player, manager, and executive.

A striker, Allofs was a prolific goalscorer for club and country. He amassed Bundesliga totals of 424 games and 177 goals over the course of 15 seasons (finishing as the league's top scorer on two occasions), playing mainly for Fortuna Düsseldorf and 1. FC Köln. His younger brother, Thomas, was also a professional footballer and also a striker, sometimes on the same team.

Allofs gained nearly 60 caps for West Germany, representing the nation in one World Cup and two European Championships, including the triumphant Euro 1980 tournament.

In 1999, after briefly working as a coach at Fortuna Düsseldorf, he became general manager at former club Werder Bremen, where he, in tandem with head coach Thomas Schaaf, helped the club to great success, winning the double of Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal in 2004, reaching the 2009 UEFA Cup final and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League six times.

Club career

Born in Düsseldorf, Allofs began playing professionally for home team Fortuna Düsseldorf, in 1975. He started his career as an attacking midfielder, and scored nearly 100 overall goals for the club, helping it to consecutive German cup wins, and often playing upfront with sibling Thomas. In 1978–79, he finished as the Bundesliga's top scorer, and also scored three in nine in Fortuna's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up run,[1] including one in the final, an extra time loss against FC Barcelona.[2]

In 1981 Allofs joined 1. FC Köln, where he continued scoring at an excellent rate. In 1985–86 he only tallied seven times in the league, one goal being from 70 metres out against Bayer Leverkusen (an intended pass to a breakaway forward that bounced over the advancing Leverkusen goalkeeper), but he added nine in as many matches in the UEFA Cup, as the team lost the final on aggregate to Real Madrid. In the following season, he re-partnered with Thomas, then left the country during three years, playing in France with Olympique de Marseille and Girondins de Bordeaux.

Allofs retired in June 1993, aged nearly 37, after three seasons with Werder Bremen, still managing to score regularly. In the 1991–92 Cup Winners' Cup he scored in the final against Monaco, in an eventual 2–0 win.[3] In his final year, he played 16 games without scoring – the only time other than his first season that it happened in his career – as Werder won the league title. In total, he appeared in 424 Bundesliga matches, totalling 177 goals.[4] When he retired he was in joint seventh place on the list of the Bundesliga's all-time leading scorers, tied with Dieter Müller.

International career

Allofs played for Germany a total of 56 times, scoring 17 goals.[5] His first match was on 11 October 1978 in Prague, against Czechoslovakia, a 4–3 friendly win.

Allofs went on to play for the national side at the victorious UEFA Euro 1980 (where he scored three times to top the goalscoring charts, all in a 3–2 group stage win against the Netherlands), Euro 1984 and 1986 FIFA World Cup. Pushed to the sidelines by emerging stars Rudi Völler and Jürgen Klinsmann, he retired from international play on 31 March 1988, scoring in a friendly with Sweden.

Post-playing career

Ahead of the 1998–99 season Allofs was appointed head coach at former club Fortuna Düsseldorf. In April, with the club placed last in the table, he was fired.[6]

In July 1999, Allofs became general manager of Werder Bremen.[7][8] In the 2003–04 season he and head coach Thomas Schaaf led Bremen to the double of Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.[9][10] This success was followed by six qualifications to the UEFA Champions League.[10] In the 2008–09 season they also reached the 2009 UEFA Cup Final.[10]

In November 2012, Allofs left Bremen to join VfL Wolfsburg as their new sporting director,[11] remaining there until December 2016.[12]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Allofs goal.
List of international goals scored by Klaus Allofs
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
112 September 1979Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West GermanyArgentina1–02–1Friendly
227 February 1980Weserstadion, Bremen, West GermanyMalta1–08–0UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
34–0
413 May 1980Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West GermanyPoland2–13–1Friendly
514 June 1980Stadio San Paolo, Naples, ItalyNetherlands1–03–2UEFA Euro 1980
62–0
73–0
819 November 1980Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, West GermanyFrance4–14–1Friendly
97 January 1981Parque Central, Montevideo, UruguayBrazil1–01–4Mundialito
1016 December 1984Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, MaltaMalta2–13–21986 FIFA World Cup qualification
113–1
1230 April 1985Generali Arena, Prague, CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia5–05–11986 FIFA World Cup qualification
1312 March 1986Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West GermanyBrazil2–02–0Friendly
144 June 1986Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro, MexicoUruguay1–11–11986 FIFA World Cup
158 June 1986Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro, MexicoScotland2–12–11986 FIFA World Cup
1624 September 1986Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, DenmarkDenmark2–02–0Friendly
1731 March 1988Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West GermanySweden1–01–1 (2–4 pens)Friendly

Honours

As player

Fortuna Düsseldorf[13]

1. FC Köln[13]

Marseille[14]

Bordeaux

Werder Bremen[13]

West Germany[13]

Individual

As general manager

Werder Bremen

See also

References

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  7. ^ "Fußball. Allofs wird Sportdirektor bei Werder Bremen". Frankfurter Rundschau. 14 July 1999. p. 18.
  8. ^ "Telephonbuch hilft" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. No. 159. 14 July 1999. p. 38.
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