Heiner Backhaus

Heiner Backhaus (born 4 February 1982) is a German football coach and former professional player who coaches Eintracht Braunschweig. As a player, he was a journeyman who played as a defensive midfielder.^[1][2]

Heiner Backhaus

Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-02-04) 4 February 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Witten, West Germany
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Eintracht Braunschweig (manager)
Youth career
0000–1998	Schalke 04
1998–2000	Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	Rot-Weiss Essen	21	(0)
2001–2002	Hannover 96	1	(0)
2002–2003	Union Berlin	8	(0)
2003	AEK Larnaca
2004	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	2	(0)
2005	Arminia Bielefeld II	17	(0)
2006–2007	Kickers Offenbach	9	(0)
2007–2008	Valletta	27	(3)
2008	Kitchee	8	(3)
2009	FC Sachsen Leipzig	15	(1)
2009–2010	Olympiakos Nicosia	30	(0)
2010–2011	APOP Kinyras Peyias
2011	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	5	(1)
2011	Ħamrun Spartans
2011–2012	SC Westfalia Herne	3	(0)
2012	Fortuna Leipzig
2012	Rabat Ajax	9	(0)
2013–2014	SV Blau-Weiß Farnstädt
Managerial career
2014–2019	FC Inter Leipzig
2019	Schwarz-Weiß Rehden
2020–2022	Rot-Weiß Koblenz
2022–2023	BFC Dynamo
2023–2025	Alemannia Aachen
2025–	Eintracht Braunschweig
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Witten, West Germany, Backhaus made his professional debut with Hannover 96 on 12 August 2001, against SpVgg Unterhaching, on the 61st minute replacing Nebojša Krupniković.

He played for Rot-Weiss Essen, 1. FC Union Berlin, Borussia Mönchengladbach, DSC Arminia Bielefeld and Kickers Offenbach in Germany, and AEK Larnaca in Cyprus.^[3] He played for Valletta from summer 2007 but left the club at the end of the season, after the championship success to join Kitchee SC of Hong Kong.

Furthermore, Backhaus had contracts as a player in Saudi Arabia, Syria and Lebanon.^[4]

Honours

Valletta

• Maltese Premier League: 2007–08