Heiner Backhaus

Heiner Backhaus
Personal information
Full name	Heiner Backhaus
Date of birth	4 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Witten, West Germany
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Westfalia Herne
Youth career
0000–1998	FC Schalke 04
1998–2000	SV Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	Rot-Weiss Essen
2001–2002	Hannover 96
2002–2003	1. FC Union Berlin
2003	AEK Larnaca
2004	Borussia Mönchengladbach
2005	Arminia Bielefeld II
2006–2007	Kickers Offenbach
2007–2008	Valletta
2008	Kitchee
2009	FC Sachsen Leipzig
2009–2010	Olympiakos Nicosia
2010	APOP Kinyras Peyias FC
2011	Hamrun Spartans
2011	Westfalia Herne
2012	Fortuna Leipzig
2012–	Rabat Ajax
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2011

Heiner Backhaus (born 4 February 1982, in Witten, Germany) is a professional footballer^[1] who plays for Rabat Ajax as a midfielder.^[2]

Heiner Backhaus is a german/greek professionalfootballplayer. Backhaus played in several countries in 4 continents. He started his carreer with his homeclub FC Schalke 04 in age of 6 years and went 10 years through all levels of the academy of the ruhrarea club. Playing regularly for the several youth national teams of Germany, he was offered a 3-year-contract of german top club Werder Bremen. After 2 years in Bremen he was loaned to Rot Weiss Essen. Hannover 96 was his next step. Backhaus was part of the team, that promoted to 1.Bundesliga in 2002. He left a year later to play for Union Berlin, and was signed 6 months later again by Cypriot Champion and Cupwinner Anorthosis Famagusta. After 2 years playing in Cyprus (Anorthosis and AEK Larnaka, he moved in 2004 with argentinian manager Jorge Habbegger to AL Ettifaq Dammam in Saudi Arabia. After the release of Habbegger, Backhaus signed with german Bundesliga Club Arminia Bielefeld and went back to Germany.Moving from Bielefeld to Kickers Offenbach. In 2007 Backhaus signed for Maltas Top club Valletta FC, where he won the double,the best foreign player award and he was part of the team who has beaten italian Champions Juventus Torino in 2008. After that year Backhaus accepted an offer from Hong Kong Club Kitchee FC,where he won the league championship in 2009. From Kitchee FC ,backhaus was transfered to Olympiakos Nicosia. After 2 years in Cyprus,Backhaus made his coaching licence. Backhaus became the first player in history who was transfered in 2012 from the greek side of cyprus to the northern turkish occupied area ,where he played for cupwinner Lefke Turk Gucu.In 2012 Backhaus moved back to Malta and signed for Rabat Ajax FC , but asked for his release in december 2012. From january 2013, Backhaus got the invitation from german coach-legend Ewald Lienen, to learn and practice with AEK Athens as a coach.

Honours

Valletta

Winner

2007–08 Maltese Premier League

Olympiacos Nicosia

3rd Position

2009–10 Cypriot Second Division

References

^ "Backhaus, Heiner" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ "Heiner Backhaus" (in German). transfermarkt.de. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

External links

Heiner Backhaus at fussballdaten.de (in German)

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[1] "Backhaus, Heiner" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 October 2011.

[2] "Heiner Backhaus" (in German). transfermarkt.de. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

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