Heiko Herrlich
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Heiko Herrlich (born 3 December 1971 in Mannheim) is a former German soccer player.
As a player, Heiko Herrlich played 258 matches (1989-2004) in the German Bundesliga and scored 76 goals for Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund.
Herrlich was part of one of biggest scandals in German football history when he tried to terminate his existing contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach. Quite suddenly, he ceased playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach and began training with Fortuna Köln. Finally, Herrlich transferred from Mönchengladbach, to Borussia Dortmund for approximately eleven million marks.
With Borussia Dortmund, he won two German championships (1996 and 2002), the UEFA Champions League (1997) and the Intercontinental Cup. With Leverkusen he won the DFB-Pokal in 1993, and with Mönchengladbach he won the same trophy in 1995.
During 1995 he played 5 matches for Germany.
In 2000 he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. He survived, and in 2004 he started a career as a trainer.
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