Klaus Allofs (born 5
December 1956 in Düsseldorf
) is a former German
footballer, who played as a striker.
A prolific goalscorer for club and
country, his younger brother,
Thomas, was also a professional
footballer – and a striker.
Club career
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 two
consecutive
German cup wins, while often
playing upfront with sibling
Thomas.
In
1978–79,
he finished as
the league's
topscorer, and also scored four in eight in Fortuna's
Cup Winners' Cup
runner-up run, including one in
the final, an
extra time loss to
FC
Barcelona.
In 1981, Allofs joined
1. FC Köln, where he continued scoring at an
excellent rate. In
1985–86, he only
netted seven times in the league, but 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-teamed with
Thomas, then left the country during three years, playing in
France
with Olympique de
Marseille.
Allofs retired after three seasons with
SV Werder Bremen, still managing to figure
regularly. In the
1991-92 Cup Winners'
Cup he scored in the final against
AS
Monaco, in an eventual 2-0 win. Having finished playing at
nearly 37, he played a total of 424 matches in the league,
totalling 177 goals. Sharing his goalscoring record with
Dieter Müller, he left the game as the
competition's alltime 7th scorer.
In 1999, Allofs was hired temporarily as
general manager and coach of Fortuna
Düsseldorf. After leaving this position, he left for and old
acquaintance, Werder Bremen, going on to work, for over a decade,
as the club's general manager.
International career
Allofs played for
Germany a total of 56 times,
and acquired 17 goals.
His first match came on 11 October 1978 in
Prague
, against Czechoslovakia, a 4-3
friendly win.
Allofs went on feature for the nation at
UEFA Euro 1980 (where he scored three times
to top the goalcharts, all in a 3-2 semifinal win against
Holland),
UEFA Euro 1984 and
1986 FIFA World Cup. Pushed to the
sidelines by emergent
Rudi Völler
and
Jürgen Klinsmann, he
retired from international play on 31 March 1988, scoring in a
friendly with
Sweden.
Honours
Fortuna Düsseldorf
FC Köln
Olympique Marseille
Werder Bremen
National Team
Individual
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