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| Full name | Ulrich Hoeneß | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1952-01-05)5 January 1952 (age 73) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ulm, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bayern Munich (board member) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1965 | VfB Ulm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1970 | TSG Ulm 1846 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1979 | Bayern Munich | 239 | (86) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | →1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 250 | (86) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | West Germany Youth | 17 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1972 | West Germany Amateur | 22 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | West Germany U23 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1976 | West Germany | 35 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ulrich "Uli"Hoeneß (German pronunciation:[ˈuːliˈhøːnɛs]ⓘ; born 5 January 1952) is a Germanfootball executive and former professional player who played as aforward.[1] He played forWest Germany at oneWorld Cup and twoEuropean Championships, winning one tournament of each competition. During his playing career, he was primarily associated withBayern Munich, where he won threeBundesliga titles and threeEuropean Cups.
Hoeneß later served as Bayern Munich'sgeneral manager and eventually as the club's president from 2009 to 2014 and from 2016 to 2019.[2][3] In 2014, he pleaded guilty totax evasion, ultimately serving 18 months in prison for the offense.
Hoeneß was born inUlm,Württemberg-Baden.[4] He grew up in a conservative, Catholic-influenced family as the son of master butcher Erwin Hoeneß and his wife, Paula, in Ulm. He attended the Hans-Multscher-Grundschule before transferring to the Schubart-Gymnasium, both located in Ulm.[5] Along with his younger brotherDieter, who also later became a professional footballer and manager, he began playing football in the youth department of VfB Ulm. He later transferred to TSG Ulm 1846 (nowSSV Ulm 1846). At the age of 15, he became captain of theDFB's school selection team. During training camps of the South German A-Youth team at the Schöneck sports school in Baden, he shared a room withPaul Breitner for the first time. A close friendship developed between the player from the Baden-Württemberg youth selection and the player from the Bavaria selection. Later, they moved into their first shared apartment in the Munich district of Trudering. In 1971, Hoeneß graduated from the Schubart-Gymnasium in Ulm. He was exempted from military service because wearing a combat helmet caused him head and knee pain.
Hoeneß graduated with an average grade of 2.4. Initially, he intended to studybusiness administration in the winter semester of 1971–72. At the time, to be admitted to this program atLudwig Maximilian University of Munich, applicants needed an average grade of at least 3.0. However, non-Bavarian applicants were penalized with a one-grade reduction. As a result, Hoeneß was unable to study this subject there (though he could elsewhere). He decided to study English and history for teaching instead but dropped out after two semesters.
In 1970, he played as a left-sided forward with amateur clubTSG Ulm 1846 and was recruited byUdo Lattek, then manager ofBundesliga clubBayern Munich. Hoeneß immediately made an impact, scoring six times in 31 matches as theBavariansfinished in second position behindBorussia Mönchengladbach, andadding thedomestic cup.
During his eight-and-a-half-year stint with Bayern, Hoeneß enjoyed great success, winning a total of eight major titles, including three league titles and as manyEuropean Cups. In the1973–74 edition of the latter competition,the final replay againstAtlético Madrid, he produced one of his most outstanding performances, scoring two goals in the 4–0 victory. However, inthe final ofthe following year's European Cup suffered an injury to his right knee from which he never fully recovered.
In late 1978, Hoeneß was loaned to Bayern's neighbors1. FC Nürnberg, where it was hoped he could get more match practice. His recovery failed, however, and he was forced to hang up his boots at the age of just 27. He had appeared in 250 matches in Germany's top division, netting 86 times.[6]
Hoeneß played 35 times forWest Germany. His debut came on 29 March 1972; he scored the final goal in a 2–0friendly win inHungary.[7]
As one of six Bayern players in the German squad, Hoeneß won bothUEFA Euro 1972 and the1974 FIFA World Cup. Inthe final of the latter, againstHolland, he committed a foul onJohan Cruyff in the opening minute that led to a goal from the subsequentpenalty, but West Germany came from behind to win 2–1. He also played with the national side inEuro 1976 inYugoslavia, where he missed the decisive West German shot in thepenalty shootout loss againstCzechoslovakia, skying it over the crossbar.
Hoeneß had retained hisamateur status until 1972, allowing him to take part inthat year'sSummer Olympic Games.[8] There, he played alongside future Bayern coachOttmar Hitzfeld as West Germanyfailed to qualify for the semifinals of the tournament, losing 3–2 toEast Germany, a match in which Hoeneß scored his only goal of the tournament. This historic match was also the first between West Germany and East Germany.
Immediately after retiring as a player in May 1979, Hoeneß was appointed commercial/general manager of Bayern Munich. On 27 November 2009, after 30 years as general manager, Hoeneß was elected president of the club. During his tenure, the club experienced strong growth in revenue and stature. Between 2002 and 2005, Bayern also built a state-of-the-art stadium, theAllianz Arena, at a cost of €340 million. Hoeneß was one of the catalysts for the building of the stadium.[citation needed]
In August 2016, Hoeneß announced that he would seek re-election to the post of president of Bayern Munich.[9] He was re-elected in November 2016 with more than 97% of the votes, as there were no other candidates for the position.[10]
On 1 May 2019, Hoeneß celebrated 40 years of working for Bayern's management. When he started on 1 May 1979, Bayern had twelve employees, 12 millionDeutschmarks in revenue, and 8 million marks of debt.[11] In November 2018, Bayern had over 1,000 employees[12] and their revenue had risen to €657.4 million.[13]
On 15 November 2019, Hoeneß retired as Bayern's president and was succeeded byHerbert Hainer. Hoeneß spent 49 years at Bayern, both as a player and in management of the club.[14]
Hoeneß and his wife Susanne have two children, Sabine and Florian, and have been married for over 40 years. Hoeneß is the son of amaster butcher and now co-owns HoWe Wurstwaren KG, aNuremberg-basedbratwurst factory.[15] Hoeneß's younger brotherDieter also had a very successful career as a player in the Bundesliga and for the West Germany national team.[16]
On 17 February 1982, Hoeneß was the sole survivor of the crash of a light aircraft in which three others died. He was on his way to a West Germany national team friendly. Sleeping in the rear of the plane, he sustained only minor injuries.
Hoeneß has provided financial assistance, either personally or through organizing benefit games, to other German league teams such asFC St. Pauli,Hertha BSC,Borussia Dortmund,1860 München andHansa Rostock.[17][18][19][20][21]
Hoeneß has helped former Bayern players such asSebastian Deisler (depression),Breno (depression), andGerd Müller (alcoholism) in times of need.[citation needed]
In April 2013, it was reported that Hoeneß was being investigated for tax evasion.[22] He was reported to have held a Swiss bank account for the purpose of evading taxes due on investment income and to owe between €3.2 million and €7 million in taxes to the German state.[23] The reports came after journalists "gained access to a document meant only for internal use by tax officials."[24] Prosecutors fromMunich carried out raids in offices of two Bavarian tax offices after Hoeneß filed a complaint.[24] Despite increasing public criticism, Hoeneß remained in his position as president and chairman of the supervisory board of Bayern Munich.[25]
Hoeneß was accused oftax evasion,[26] and his trial began on 10 March 2014.[26] The Bayern München AG supervisory board had a "unanimous opinion" that Hoeneß should continue in his role despite being sent to trial.[27] During the trial, he admitted to evading 28.5 million euros in taxes.[28] He was subsequently found guilty of seven serious counts of tax evasion and sentenced to three and a half years in prison on 13 March 2014.[29] The following day, he resigned from his roles as President of Bayern Munich e.V. and chairman of the board of Bayern Munich AG and announced that he would not be appealing his sentence.[29][30]
Hoeneß was to serve his sentence atLandsberg Prison.[31] Hoeneß submitted a request to be confined to a different prison,[32] however, he reported to Landsberg on 2 June 2014.[33] During the first two weeks of his sentence, Hoeneß was housed in a larger cell with a cellmate "for medical reasons" and to help adjust to life behind bars.[31] After the initial two weeks, he was moved into a single cell.[31] On 2 January 2015, Hoeneß was granted day release.[34] He had to return to prison at 6 p.m. every night.[34]
There was an alleged attempt to extort €200,000 from Hoeneß under the threat of violence to him and his family. A man was arrested in connection with the scheme.[35] His imprisonment ended on 29 February 2016.[36]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref. | ||||||
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| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Bayern Munich | 1969–70 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | [37] | |
| 1970–71 | Bundesliga | 31 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 7 | [37][38] | |||
| 1971–72 | Bundesliga | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 17 | [39][40] | |||
| 1972–73 | Bundesliga | 34 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 22 | [41][42] | |||
| 1973–74 | Bundesliga | 34 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 48 | 26 | [43][44] | |||
| 1974–75 | Bundesliga | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 12 | [45][46] | |||
| 1975–76 | Bundesliga | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 6 | [47][48] | |||
| 1976–77 | Bundesliga | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 13 | [49][50][51] | |
| 1977–78 | Bundesliga | 30 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 38 | 12 | [52][53] | ||
| 1978–79 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | [54] | ||||
| Totals | 239 | 86 | 38 | 14 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 336 | 115 | — | ||
| 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 1978–79 | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | [54] | |||
| Career totals | 250 | 86 | 39 | 14 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 348 | 115 | — | ||
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In his country, Hoeneß publicly opposed theright-wing populist andextremist political partyAfD in 2024, emphasizing his rejection ofpolitical movements that could tend towardsNational Socialism. In an interview with the 'FAZ,' he expressed concern about the popularity of the AfD and strongly emphasized that a return to suchideological tendencies as during theNazi era should never be tolerated. Hoeneß underscored the importance ofpolitical activism, even in areas likesports, and called for action against extremist tendencies. He mentioned that he regularly watchesn-tv and is particularly moved by documentaries about the Nazi era, including theconcentration and extermination camps. These experiences evidently shape his political stance and his commitment todemocratic values.[57]
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