Harry Koch (German footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 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) |
Teams managed | |||
2006–2011 | SV Dörbach | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Harry Koch (born 15 November 1969) is a German former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back,[1] and a coach.
His son Robin (b. 1996) is also a footballer, currently with English Premier League club Leeds United, and is a German International.
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[]
- Bundesliga: 1997–98
- DFB-Pokal: 1995–96; runner-up 2002–03
- 2. Bundesliga: 1996–97
References[]
- ^ "Koch, Harry" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
External links[]
- Harry Koch at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Harry Koch at WorldFootball.net
- 1969 births
- Living people
- German footballers
- Association football defenders
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- SV Eintracht Trier 05 players
- German football managers
- German football defender, 1960s birth stubs