Friedhelm Konietzka

Friedhelm Konietzka
Friedhelm Konietzka in 2012
Personal information
Full name Friedhelm Konietzka
Date of birth (1938-08-02)2 August 1938
Place of birth Lünen, Germany
Date of death 12 March 2012(2012-03-12) (aged 73)
Place of death Brunnen, Switzerland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
0000–1958 VfB 08 Lünen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1965 Borussia Dortmund 163 (121)
1965–1967 1860 Munich 47 (30)
1967–1971 FC Winterthur
International career
1962–1965 West Germany 9 (3)
Managerial career
1971–1978 FC Zürich
1978–1980 Young Boys
1980–1982 Grasshoppers
1982–1983 Hessen Kassel
1983–1984 Bayer Uerdingen
1984 Borussia Dortmund
1985–1986 Grasshoppers
1987–1988 FC Zürich
1990–1991 Bayer Uerdingen
1993–1994 FC Luzern
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka (2 August 1938 – 12 March 2012) was a German professional football player and manager who played as a striker.[1] He earned his nickname "Timo" due to a supposed resemblance to the Soviet commander Semyon Timoshenko.[2]

  1. ^ "Konietzka, Timo (Friedhelm)" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka" (in German). 4 February 2007. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2008.