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{{Short description|German former professional footballer}}
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'''Klaus Allofs''' (born 5 December 1956) is a German former professional [[Association football|football]] player, manager, and executive.
'''Klaus Allofs''' (born 5 December 1956) is a German former professional [[Association football|football]] player, manager, and executive.


A [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]], Allofs was a prolific goalscorer for club and country. He amassed [[Bundesliga]] totals of 424 games and 177 goals over the course of 15 seasons (finishing as the league's top scorer on two occasions), playing mainly for [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] and [[1. FC Köln]]. His younger brother, [[Thomas Allofs|Thomas]], was also a professional footballer and also a striker, sometimes on the same team.
A [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]], Allofs was a prolific goalscorer for club and country. He amassed [[Bundesliga]] totals of 424 games and 177 goals over the course of 15 seasons (finishing as the league's top scorer on two occasions), playing mainly for [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] and [[1. FC Köln]]. His younger brother, [[Thomas Allofs|Thomas]], was also a professional footballer and also a striker, sometimes on the same team.
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Allofs gained nearly 60 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], representing the nation in [[1986 FIFA World Cup|one]] [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] and two [[UEFA European Championship|European Championships]], including the triumphant [[UEFA Euro 1980|Euro 1980]] tournament.
Allofs gained nearly 60 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], representing the nation in [[1986 FIFA World Cup|one]] [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] and two [[UEFA European Championship|European Championships]], including the triumphant [[UEFA Euro 1980|Euro 1980]] tournament.


In 1999, after briefly working as a coach at [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]], he became general manager at former club [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]], where he, in tandem with head coach [[Thomas Schaaf]], helped the club to great success, winning the double of [[Bundesliga]] and [[DFB-Pokal]] in 2004, reaching the [[2009 UEFA Cup Final]] and qualifying for the [[UEFA Champions League]] six times.
In 1999, after briefly working as a coach at [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]], he became general manager at former club [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]], where he, in tandem with head coach [[Thomas Schaaf]], helped the club to great success, winning the double of [[Bundesliga]] and [[DFB-Pokal]] in 2004, reaching the [[2009 UEFA Cup final]] and qualifying for the [[UEFA Champions League]] six times.


==Playing career==
==Club career==
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Born in [[Düsseldorf]], Allofs began playing professionally for home team [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]], in 1975. He started his career as an [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]], and scored nearly 100 overall goals for the club, helping it to consecutive [[DFB-Pokal|German cup]] wins, and often playing upfront with sibling [[Thomas Allofs|Thomas]]. In [[1978–79 Bundesliga|1978–79]], he finished as the [[Bundesliga]]'s top scorer, and also scored three in nine in Fortuna's [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] [[1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup|runner-up run]],<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/kallofs-in-ec.html | title = Klaus Allofs - Matches in European Cups | first = Haisma | last = Marcel | date = 31 July 2008 | access-date = 10 April 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> including one in [[1979 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|the final]], an [[Overtime (sports)|extra time]] loss against [[FC Barcelona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1978/intro.html |title=1978/79: Barcelona win seven-goal thriller |publisher=UEFA.com |date=1 June 1979 |access-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503064818/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1978/intro.html |archive-date= 3 May 2010 }}</ref>


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In 1981 Allofs joined [[1. FC Köln]], where he continued scoring at an excellent rate. In [[1985–86 Bundesliga|1985–86]] he only tallied seven times in the league, one goal being from 70 metres out against Bayer Leverkusen (an intended pass to a breakaway forward that bounced over the advancing Leverkusen goalkeeper), but he added nine in as many matches in the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]], as the team [[1985–86 UEFA Cup|lost]] [[1986 UEFA Cup Final|the final]] on aggregate to [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]. In the following season, he re-partnered with Thomas, then left the country during three years, playing in France with [[Olympique de Marseille]] and [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Girondins de Bordeaux]].
===Club===
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Born in [[Düsseldorf]], Allofs began playing professionally for home team [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]], in 1975. He started his career as an [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]], and scored nearly 100 overall goals for the club, helping it to consecutive [[DFB-Pokal|German cup]] wins, and often playing upfront with sibling [[Thomas Allofs|Thomas]]. In [[1978–79 Bundesliga|1978–79]], he finished as the [[Bundesliga]]'s top scorer, and also scored three in nine in Fortuna's [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] [[1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup|runner-up run]],<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/players/kallofs-in-ec.html | title = Klaus Allofs - Matches in European Cups | first = Haisma | last = Marcel | date = 31 July 2008 | access-date = 10 April 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> including one in [[1979 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|the final]], an [[Overtime (sports)|extra time]] loss against [[FC Barcelona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1978/intro.html |title=1978/79: Barcelona win seven-goal thriller |publisher=UEFA.com |date=1 June 1979 |access-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503064818/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1978/intro.html |archive-date= 3 May 2010 }}</ref>


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Allofs retired in June 1993, aged nearly 37, after three seasons with [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]], still managing to score regularly. In the [[1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup|1991–92 Cup Winners' Cup]] he scored in [[1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|the final]] against [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]], in an eventual 2–0 win.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind=4/newsid=3451.html | title = 1991/92: Bremen shine in Stadium of Light | publisher = UEFA.com | date = 1 June 1992 | access-date = 5 December 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100823235140/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind=4/newsid=3451.html | archive-date = 23 August 2010 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In [[1992–93 Bundesliga|his final year]], he played 16 games without scoring – the only time other than his first season that it happened in his career – as Werder won the league title. In total, he appeared in 424 [[Bundesliga]] matches, totalling 177 goals.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/kallofsdata.html | title = Klaus Allofs - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 15 January 2006 | access-date = 10 April 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> When he retired he was in joint seventh place on the list of the Bundesliga's all-time leading scorers, tied with [[Dieter Müller]].
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In 1981 Allofs joined [[1. FC Köln]], where he continued scoring at an excellent rate. In [[1985–86 Bundesliga|1985–86]] he only tallied seven times in the league, one goal being from 70 metres out against Bayer Leverkusen (an intended pass to a breakaway forward that bounced over the advancing Leverkusen goalkeeper), but he added nine in as many matches in the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]], as the team [[1985–86 UEFA Cup|lost]] [[1986 UEFA Cup Final|the final]] on aggregate to [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]. In the following season, he re-partnered with Thomas, then left the country during three years, playing in France with [[Olympique de Marseille]] and [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux]].


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==International career==
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Allofs retired in June 1993, aged nearly 37, after three seasons with [[SV Werder Bremen]], still managing to score regularly. In the [[1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup|1991–92 Cup Winners' Cup]] he scored in [[1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|the final]] against [[AS Monaco FC]], in an eventual 2–0 win.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind=4/newsid=3451.html | title = 1991/92: Bremen shine in Stadium of Light | publisher = UEFA.com | date = 1 June 1992 | access-date = 5 December 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100823235140/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/news/kind=4/newsid=3451.html | archive-date = 23 August 2010 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In [[1992–93 Bundesliga|his final year]], he played 16 games without scoring – the only time other than his first season that it happened in his career – as Werder won the league title. In total, he appeared in 424 [[Bundesliga]] matches, totalling 177 goals.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/players/kallofsdata.html | title = Klaus Allofs - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 15 January 2006 | access-date = 10 April 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> When he retired he was in joint seventh place on the list of the Bundesliga's all-time leading scorers, tied with [[Dieter Müller]].
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Allofs played for [[Germany national football team|Germany]] a total of 56 times, scoring 17 goals.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kallofs-intl.html | title = Klaus Allofs - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 27 March 2015 | access-date = 10 April 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> His first match was on 11 October 1978 in [[Prague]], against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], a 4–3 [[Exhibition game|friendly]] win.


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Allofs went on to play for the national side at the victorious [[UEFA Euro 1980]] (where he scored three times to top the goalscoring charts, all in a 3–2 group stage win against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]), [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 1984]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]. Pushed to the sidelines by emerging stars [[Rudi Völler]] and [[Jürgen Klinsmann]], he retired from international play on 31 March 1988, scoring in a friendly with [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]].
===International===
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Allofs played for [[Germany national football team|Germany]] a total of 56 times, scoring 17 goals.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/kallofs-intl.html | title = Klaus Allofs - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 27 March 2015 | access-date = 10 April 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> His first match was on 11 October 1978 in [[Prague]], against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], a 4–3 [[Exhibition game|friendly]] win.

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Allofs went on to play for the national side at the victorious [[UEFA Euro 1980]] (where he scored three times to top the goalscoring charts, all in a 3–2 group stage win against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]), [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 1984]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]. Pushed to the sidelines by emerging stars [[Rudi Völler]] and [[Jürgen Klinsmann]], he retired from international play on 31 March 1988, scoring in a friendly with [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]].


==Post-playing career==
==Post-playing career==
[[file:Thomas Schaaf & Klaus Allofs DFB-Pokal cropped.jpg|thumb|Allofs (right) celebrating the win of the 2004 [[DFB-Pokal]] as general manager of Werder Bremen]]
[[File:Thomas Schaaf & Klaus Allofs DFB-Pokal.jpg|thumb|Allofs (right) as general manager of Werder Bremen, celebrating the win of the 2004 [[DFB-Pokal]] alongside [[Thomas Schaaf]]]]
Ahead of the [[1998–99 2. Bundesliga|1998–99]] season Allofs was appointed head coach at former club [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]. In April, with the club placed last in the table, he was fired.<ref>{{cite news |title=2.Bundesliga: Düsseldorf beurlaubt Klaus Allofs |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/2-bundesliga-duesseldorf-beurlaubt-klaus-allofs-a-18385.html |access-date=14 May 2020 |work=Der Spiegel |date=20 April 1999 |language=de}}</ref>
Ahead of the [[1998–99 2. Bundesliga|1998–99]] season Allofs was appointed head coach at former club [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]. In April, with the club placed last in the table, he was fired.<ref>{{cite news |title=2.Bundesliga: Düsseldorf beurlaubt Klaus Allofs |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/2-bundesliga-duesseldorf-beurlaubt-klaus-allofs-a-18385.html |access-date=14 May 2020 |work=Der Spiegel |date=20 April 1999 |language=de}}</ref>


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==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==

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===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Allofs goal''.
:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Allofs goal''.


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*[[Ligue 1]]: [[1988–89 Division 1|1988–89]]
*[[Ligue 1]]: [[1988–89 Division 1|1988–89]]
*[[Coupe de France]]: [[1988–89 Coupe de France|1988–89]]
*[[Coupe de France]]: [[1988–89 Coupe de France|1988–89]]

'''Bordeaux'''
*[[Ligue 1]]: runner-up [[1989–90 Division 1|1989–90]]


'''Werder Bremen'''<ref name="fussballdaten.de" />
'''Werder Bremen'''<ref name="fussballdaten.de" />
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*''[[Kicker (sports magazine)|kicker]]'' [[Bundesliga]] Team of the Season: 1978–79, 1984–85, 1990–91<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197879/startseite.html|title=Bundesliga Historie 1978/79|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198485/startseite.html|title=Bundesliga Historie 1984/85|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199091/startseite.html|title=Bundesliga Historie 1990/91|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref>
*''[[Kicker (sports magazine)|kicker]]'' [[Bundesliga]] Team of the Season: 1978–79, 1984–85, 1990–91<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197879/startseite.html|title=Bundesliga Historie 1978/79|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198485/startseite.html|title=Bundesliga Historie 1984/85|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199091/startseite.html|title=Bundesliga Historie 1990/91|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref>
*[[UEFA European Championship]] top goalscorer: [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/klaus-allofs/ | title = Klaus Allofs | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 29 April 2014}}</ref>
*[[UEFA European Championship]] top goalscorer: [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/klaus-allofs/ | title = Klaus Allofs | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 29 April 2014}}</ref>
*[[List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers|UEFA Cup top goalscorer]]: 1985–86<ref>{{cite news|title=Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers|url=http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec3tops.html|agency=RSSSF|date=5 January 2014|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers|UEFA Cup top goalscorer]]: 1985–86<ref>{{cite news|title=Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec3tops.html|agency=RSSSF|date=5 January 2014|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref>


===As general manager===
===As general manager===
'''Werder Bremen'''
'''Werder Bremen'''
*[[Bundesliga]]: [[2003–04 Bundesliga|2003–04]]<ref name="uefa"/><ref name="sz"/>
*[[Bundesliga]]: [[2003–04 Bundesliga|2003–04]]<ref name="uefa"/><ref name="sz"/>
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: [[2003–04 DFB-Pokal| 2003–04]]<ref name="uefa"/><ref name="sz"/>
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: [[2003–04 DFB-Pokal|2003–04]]<ref name="uefa"/><ref name="sz"/>
*[[UEFA Cup]] runner-up: [[2008–09 UEFA Cup|2008–09]]<ref name="sz"/>
*[[UEFA Cup]] runner-up: [[2008–09 UEFA Cup|2008–09]]<ref name="sz"/>


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Latest revision as of 16:13, 2 November 2024

Klaus Allofs
Allofs in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-12-05) 5 December 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Düsseldorf, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
TuS Gerresheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1981 Fortuna Düsseldorf 169 (71)
1981–1987 1. FC Köln 177 (88)
1987–1989 Marseille 53 (20)
1989–1990 Bordeaux 37 (14)
1990–1993 Werder Bremen 78 (18)
Total 514 (211)
International career
1978–1988 West Germany 56 (17)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Fortuna Düsseldorf
1999–2012 Werder Bremen (general manager)
2012–2016 VfL Wolfsburg (sporting director)
2020– Fortuna Düsseldorf (general manager for sport)
Medal record
Representing  West Germany
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1980 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Klaus Allofs (born 5 December 1956) is a German former professional football player, manager, and executive.

A striker, Allofs was a prolific goalscorer for club and country. He amassed Bundesliga totals of 424 games and 177 goals over the course of 15 seasons (finishing as the league's top scorer on two occasions), playing mainly for Fortuna Düsseldorf and 1. FC Köln. His younger brother, Thomas, was also a professional footballer and also a striker, sometimes on the same team.

Allofs gained nearly 60 caps for West Germany, representing the nation in one World Cup and two European Championships, including the triumphant Euro 1980 tournament.

In 1999, after briefly working as a coach at Fortuna Düsseldorf, he became general manager at former club Werder Bremen, where he, in tandem with head coach Thomas Schaaf, helped the club to great success, winning the double of Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal in 2004, reaching the 2009 UEFA Cup final and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League six times.

Club career

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Born in Düsseldorf, Allofs began playing professionally for home team Fortuna Düsseldorf, in 1975. He started his career as an attacking midfielder, and scored nearly 100 overall goals for the club, helping it to consecutive German cup wins, and often playing upfront with sibling Thomas. In 1978–79, he finished as the Bundesliga's top scorer, and also scored three in nine in Fortuna's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up run,[1] including one in the final, an extra time loss against FC Barcelona.[2]

In 1981 Allofs joined 1. FC Köln, where he continued scoring at an excellent rate. In 1985–86 he only tallied seven times in the league, one goal being from 70 metres out against Bayer Leverkusen (an intended pass to a breakaway forward that bounced over the advancing Leverkusen goalkeeper), but he added nine in as many matches in the UEFA Cup, as the team lost the final on aggregate to Real Madrid. In the following season, he re-partnered with Thomas, then left the country during three years, playing in France with Olympique de Marseille and Girondins de Bordeaux.

Allofs retired in June 1993, aged nearly 37, after three seasons with Werder Bremen, still managing to score regularly. In the 1991–92 Cup Winners' Cup he scored in the final against Monaco, in an eventual 2–0 win.[3] In his final year, he played 16 games without scoring – the only time other than his first season that it happened in his career – as Werder won the league title. In total, he appeared in 424 Bundesliga matches, totalling 177 goals.[4] When he retired he was in joint seventh place on the list of the Bundesliga's all-time leading scorers, tied with Dieter Müller.

International career

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Allofs played for Germany a total of 56 times, scoring 17 goals.[5] His first match was on 11 October 1978 in Prague, against Czechoslovakia, a 4–3 friendly win.

Allofs went on to play for the national side at the victorious UEFA Euro 1980 (where he scored three times to top the goalscoring charts, all in a 3–2 group stage win against the Netherlands), Euro 1984 and 1986 FIFA World Cup. Pushed to the sidelines by emerging stars Rudi Völler and Jürgen Klinsmann, he retired from international play on 31 March 1988, scoring in a friendly with Sweden.

Post-playing career

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Allofs (right) as general manager of Werder Bremen, celebrating the win of the 2004 DFB-Pokal alongside Thomas Schaaf

Ahead of the 1998–99 season Allofs was appointed head coach at former club Fortuna Düsseldorf. In April, with the club placed last in the table, he was fired.[6]

In July 1999, Allofs became general manager of Werder Bremen.[7][8] In the 2003–04 season he and head coach Thomas Schaaf led Bremen to the double of Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.[9][10] This success was followed by six qualifications to the UEFA Champions League.[10] In the 2008–09 season they also reached the 2009 UEFA Cup Final.[10]

In November 2012, Allofs left Bremen to join VfL Wolfsburg as their new sporting director,[11] remaining there until December 2016.[12]

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Allofs goal.
List of international goals scored by Klaus Allofs
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 September 1979 Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West Germany  Argentina 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2 27 February 1980 Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany  Malta 1–0 8–0 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
3 4–0
4 13 May 1980 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany  Poland 2–1 3–1 Friendly
5 14 June 1980 Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy  Netherlands 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 1980
6 2–0
7 3–0
8 19 November 1980 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, West Germany  France 4–1 4–1 Friendly
9 7 January 1981 Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay  Brazil 1–0 1–4 Mundialito
10 16 December 1984 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta  Malta 2–1 3–2 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 3–1
12 30 April 1985 Generali Arena, Prague, Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia 5–0 5–1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 12 March 1986 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany  Brazil 2–0 2–0 Friendly
14 4 June 1986 Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico  Uruguay 1–1 1–1 1986 FIFA World Cup
15 8 June 1986 Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico  Scotland 2–1 2–1 1986 FIFA World Cup
16 24 September 1986 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 2–0 2–0 Friendly
17 31 March 1988 Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West Germany  Sweden 1–0 1–1 (2–4 pens) Friendly

Honours

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As player

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Fortuna Düsseldorf[13]

1. FC Köln[13]

Marseille[14]

Bordeaux

Werder Bremen[13]

West Germany[13]

Individual

As general manager

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Werder Bremen

References

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