Dieter Hecking
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Hecking in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dieter-Klaus Hecking | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Bochum (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Westfalia Soest | |||
| Soester SV | |||
| Borussia Lippstadt | |||
| 1. FC Paderborn | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1985 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | (0) |
| 1985–1990 | Hessen Kassel | 168 | (63) |
| 1990–1992 | Waldhof Mannheim | 54 | (14) |
| 1992–1994 | VfB Leipzig | 61 | (1) |
| 1994–1996 | TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus | 71 | (24) |
| 1996–1999 | Hannover 96 | 74 | (22) |
| 1999–2000 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 18 | (5) |
| Total | 452 | (129) | |
| International career | |||
| 1985–1986 | West Germany U21 | 12 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000–2001 | SC Verl | ||
| 2001–2004 | VfB Lübeck | ||
| 2004–2006 | Alemannia Aachen | ||
| 2006–2009 | Hannover 96 | ||
| 2009–2012 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| 2012–2016 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| 2016–2019 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| 2019–2020 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 2023 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| 2024– | VfL Bochum | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dieter-Klaus Hecking (pronounced [ˈdiːtɐ ˈhɛkɪŋ]; born 12 September 1964) is a German football manager and former professional player who is the manager of Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. He played for Hannover 96 and Eintracht Braunschweig as a midfielder. He returned to manage Hannover despite the long-standing and bitter rivalry between the two clubs.