Thomas Allofs
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 November 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Düsseldorf, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1978 | TuS Gerresheim | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1978–1982 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 113 | (34) |
| 1982–1986 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 126 | (61) |
| 1986–1989 | 1. FC Köln | 70 | (30) |
| 1989 | Strasbourg | 11 | (2) |
| 1990–1992 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 69 | (23) |
| Total | 389 | (150) | |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1982 | West Germany U21 | 17 | (2) |
| 1979–1988 | West Germany B | 4 | (1) |
| 1985–1988 | West Germany | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Thomas Allofs (born 17 November 1959) is a retired German footballer who played as a striker.
The younger brother of another footballer, Klaus Allofs, he was a prolific goalscorer, having scored nearly 200 overall goals as a professional, always playing in the Bundesliga (a brief spell in France notwithstanding).
Allofs represented West Germany at the 1982 World Cup.
Club career
Born in Düsseldorf, Allofs started his professional career aged 19, netting five goals in 17 contests with local giants Fortuna Düsseldorf. In his first year, he combined with sibling Klaus for 29 team goals (out of 70, league's third-best), as Fortuna finished seventh; he also played in five matches in the club's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up run, including the extra time final loss against FC Barcelona.[1]
In 1982, Allofs joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he proceeded to score at an impressive rate (an average of 15 per season), although the team did not win any silverware. Subsequently, he moved to 1. FC Köln, rejoining with his brother in 1986–87, and being crowned the league's top scorer in his third season, with the team finishing second.
Allofs wrapped up his career in 1992 at his first club, after an unassuming five-month stint in France with RC Strasbourg in the 1989–90 season.[2] He stayed connected with Fortuna as a director.
International career
Allofs was an uncapped (an unused) member for West Germany in the 1982 FIFA World Cup campaign, which ended with runner-up honours. He would receive two caps during three years, the first coming on 16 October 1985 in a 1–0 defeat in Stuttgart against Portugal in a 1986 World Cup qualifier.[3]
Honours
- DFB-Pokal: 1978–79, 1979–80
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Runner-up: 1978–79
- Country[4]
- FIFA World Cup: Runner-up 1982
- Individual[5]
- Bundesliga Top scorer: 1988–89
References
- ↑ "1978/79: Barcelona win seven-goal thriller". UEFA.com. 1 June 1979. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (27 March 2015). "Thomas Allofs - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (27 March 2015). "Thomas Allofs - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- 1 2 "Thomas Allofs" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ↑ "1. Bundesliga: alle Torjäger und Torschützen der Saison 1988/89" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
External links
- Thomas Allofs at weltfussball.de (German)
- Thomas Allofs profile at Fussballdaten
- Thomas Allofs at National-Football-Teams.com
- Thomas Allofs Fussballschule (German)
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