Michael Henke
German football player and coach
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Michael Henke (born 27 April 1957) is a German football coach and a former player.[2] His most notable post was managing 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the 2005–06 season for 14 games. He has spent much of his career working as assistant to Ottmar Hitzfeld. After spending the 2009 season with Köln, Henke moved to Iran in order to become Esteghlal's coach for the 2011–12 season. He was reunited with his former player, Ferydoon Zandi, whom he signed to Kaiserslautern back in 2005. On 15 August 2012, he became Aston Villa's head of European scouting.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 April 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Büren, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–1975 | SV 21 Büren | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1978 | 1. FC Paderborn | ||
| 1978–1980 | Teutonia Lippstadt | ||
| 1980–1983 | SG Wattenscheid | 69 | (1) |
| 1983–1986 | TuS Paderborn Neuhaus | ||
| 1986–1988 | FC Gütersloh | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988–1989 | FC Gütersloh | ||
| 2005 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| 2006 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||
| 2013 | FC Ingolstadt (caretaker) | ||
| 2016–2017 | FC Ingolstadt 04 (caretaker) | ||
| 2018 | Shanghai Shenhua (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2021 | FC Ingolstadt 04 (CEO) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Arminia Bielefeld (caretaker)[1] | ||
| 2024–2025 | Grasshopper Club Zurich (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
On 19 November 2024, he was appointed as the assistant coach of Grasshopper Club Zurich's new head coach Tomas Oral.[4] He departed Grasshoppers on 24 June 2025, following the end of the season.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 20 January 2014
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 1 July 1992[6] | 30 June 1994[6] | – | |||||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1 July 2005[7] | 19 November 2005[7] | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 26.67 | [8] |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1 July 2006[7] | 30 October 2006[7] | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 26.67 | [9] |
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | 30 September 2013[7] | 6 October 2013[7] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | [7] |
| Total | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 29.03 | – | ||
