{{short description|German footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Timo Heinze | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Rosenheim, West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.71|precision=0}} | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = SV Westerndorf | youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–1998 | youthclubs2 = 1860 Rosenheim | youthyears3 = 1998–2004 | youthclubs3 = Bayern Munich | years1 = 2004–2009 | clubs1 = Bayern Munich II | caps1 = 79 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = SpVgg Unterhaching | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2011 | clubs3 = Fortuna Köln | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 0 | totalcaps = 92 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2001–2002 | nationalteam1 = Germany U16 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2001–2002 | nationalteam2 = Germany Youth | nationalcaps2 = 13 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | medaltemplates = }}
'''Timo Heinze''' (born 23 February 1986 in Rosenheim, Bavaria) is a German retired footballer who last played for Fortuna Köln.
==Career== Heinze began his career with SC Westerndorf before joining TSV 1860 Rosenheim. In 1998, after six years with TSV 1860 Rosenheim he signed a youth contract with FC Bayern Munich and was promoted to the reserve team in 2004.<ref>[https://www.kicker.de/ein-bayer-fuer-die-spvgg-510378/artikel Ein Bayer für die SpVgg]</ref> In 2009, Heinze left FC Bayern Munich the club and signed for local rivals SpVgg Unterhaching on a three-year contract.<ref>[http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/659921 Unterhaching holt Außenverteidiger Heinze]</ref> He left the club after one year. After a year without a club, he signed for Fortuna Köln in 2011. He retired after the season.<ref name=Heinzeretired>{{cite news|last=Pausch|first=Simon|title=Wie das dreckige Fußballgeschäft Talente aufreibt|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/fc-bayern-muenchen/article111580368/Wie-das-dreckige-Fussballgeschaeft-Talente-aufreibt.html|accessdate=28 November 2012|newspaper=Die Welt|date=28 November 2012|language=German}}</ref>
==International career== Heinze is a former Germany national youth football team levels player in 23 games.
==Personal life== Heinze was born in Rosenheim, Bavaria.<ref name=Heinzeretired/> Heinze wrote a book called "Injury time. An unfinished football career."<ref name=Heinzeretired/>
==Career statistics==
{{updated|25 May 2012.}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !colspan="3"|Club performance!!colspan="2"|League!!colspan="2"|Cup!!colspan="2"|Total |- !Club!!League!!Season!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- !colspan="3"|Germany!!colspan="2"|League!!colspan="2"|DFB-Pokal!!colspan="2"|Total |- |rowspan="5"|Bayern Munich II||rowspan="4"|Regionalliga Süd||2004–05||5||0||0||0||5||0 |- |2005–06||1||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |2006–07||23||0||colspan="2"|—||23||0 |- |2007–08||18||0||colspan="2"|—||18||0 |- |rowspan="2"|3. Liga||2008–09||32||0||colspan="2"|—||32||0 |- |SpVgg Unterhaching||2009–10||5||0||1||0||6||0 |- |colspan="2"|No Club||2010–11||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|— |- |Fortuna Köln||Regionalliga West||2011–12||8||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career statistics!!92!!0!!1!!0!!93!!0 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Fussballdaten|heinzetimo}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090330084220/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/3liga/vereine/spielersteckbrief/object/32135/saison/2008-09 Kicker Profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heinze, Timo}} Category:1986 births Category:FC Bayern Munich II players Category:SpVgg Unterhaching players Category:SC Fortuna Köln players Category:German men's footballers Category:Germany men's youth international footballers Category:Living people Category:Men's association football defenders Category:3. Liga players Category:Regionalliga players Category:Footballers from Rosenheim Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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