- Horst Heldt
Horst Heldt (born
9 December 1969 inKönigswinter ) is a former German football player, now general manager at Bundesliga sideVfB Stuttgart .Career as player
Heldt played at
1.FC Köln from 1990 until 1995, before transferring toTSV 1860 München . After four years there, he went toEintracht Frankfurt in 1999. After the club was relegated in 2001, he played forAustria n sideSturm Graz . In January of 2003, Heldt returned to Germany, toVfB Stuttgart .He always played as a midfielder. His tally of Bundesliga matches is 356. Heldt also played for the German national team twice.
Career as manager
After only being a substitute and not getting any playing time at VfB Stuttgart in the first half of the 2005/06 season under coach
Giovanni Trapattoni , Heldt decided to end his active career on3 January 2006 to take over the post of general manager of the club.As manager, Heldt supported the sacking of Trappatoni and the hiring of new coach
Armin Veh . Due to Heldt, Veh's initial stop-gap contract was extended into the 2006/2007 season which became Stuttgart's most successful ever, winning the championship and qualifying for the German Cup final which is to be played on 25th of May in Berlin.
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