Marek Heinz

Marek Heinz
Heinz training with Ferencváros in 2010
Personal information
Full name Marek Heinz[1]
Date of birth (1977-08-04) 4 August 1977
Place of birth Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Sigma Olomouc B (assistant)
Youth career
Lokomotiva Hodolany
Olomouc-Holice
Sigma MŽ Olomouc
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 → AFK Lázně Bohdaneč (loan) 8 (0)
1997–2000 Sigma Olomouc 70 (17)
2000–2002 Hamburger SV 52 (5)
2002–2003 Arminia Bielefeld 14 (0)
2003–2004 Baník Ostrava 32 (19)
2004–2005 Borussia Mönchengladbach 23 (1)
2005–2006 Galatasaray 18 (3)
2006–2007 Saint-Étienne 28 (4)
2007–2008 Nantes 16 (1)
2008–2009 1. FC Brno 21 (2)
2009–2010 Kapfenberger SV 27 (5)
2010–2011 Ferencváros 25 (7)
2011–2013 Sigma Olomouc 21 (4)
2013 → 1. SC Znojmo (loan) 20 (10)
2013 → HFK Olomouc (loan)
Total 376 (78)
International career
1997 Czech Republic U20 4 (0)
1998–2000 Czech Republic U21 20 (6)
2000 Czech Republic Olympic 5 (1)
2000–2006 Czech Republic 30 (5)
Managerial career
2025– Sigma Olomouc B (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Czech Republic
UEFA European Championship
2004 Portugal
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marek Heinz (born 4 August 1977) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Heinz made 30 appearances for the Czech Republic, scoring 5 goals in an international career which spanned from 2000 to 2006. He scored two goals in UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal and played in his second major tournament at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Club career

Early career

As a youth player, Heinz played in the teams of Lokomotiva Hodolany, Olomouc-Holice and Sigma MŽ Olomouc.[2]: 526  Although he trained as a car mechanic and considered becoming involved in natural science, Heinz went into professional football, playing for Sigma Olomouc with a short loan spell at Lázně Bohdaneč before moving to Germany in 2000.[2]: 527 

First stint in Germany

Heinz headed to German side Hamburger SV in 2000.[2]: 527  A surplus to requirements under Kurt Jara midway through the 2002–03 season, he joined Arminia Bielefeld for the remainder of the campaign with an option to make the move permanent if Bielefeld avoided relegation.[3] Bielefeld were relegated from the Bundesliga after losing their final game of the season.[4]

Return to the Czech Republic

Baník Ostrava signed Heinz in 2003 and he scored his first Baník goal in a 1–1 draw against Liberec just a week into the 2003–04 season.[2]: 528  The player led Baník to the Czech title in the 2003–04 Czech First League and finished the season as the league's top goalscorer with 19 goals,[5] forming a partnership with Miroslav Matušovič which returned 29 goals for the club that season.[6]

Second stint in Germany and Turkey

After Euro 2004 Heinz returned to Germany, signing for Borussia Mönchengladbach at the start of the 2004–05 season. He scored his first and ultimately only Bundesliga goal for Gladbach in a 3–1 victory against Werder Bremen.[7] Heinz played 14 matches in the first half of the season but was demoted to the amateur reserve side in March 2005 after the club appointed Dick Advocaat as head coach mid-season.[8] A proposed move back to the Czech Republic to play for Sparta Prague fell through the same month after the clubs were unable to agree on a transfer fee.[9] He left the club in August 2005, having made 23 Bundesliga appearances and scored one goal for Mönchengladbach.[10]

In September 2005, Heinz joined Turkish side Galatasaray on a three-year contract.[10] He scored his first goal for his new club in a 4–1 win over Trabzonspor in October.[11] Having been part of the side which won the 2005–06 Süper Lig, Heinz left the club on 31 August 2006 and became a free agent.[12]

France and third stint in the Czech Republic

In September 2006, Heinz signed a one-year contract with French side Saint-Étienne to play under Czech head coach Ivan Hašek.[13] In a 2–0 win against Lorient in early December, Heinz scored a left-footed free-kick from 18 metres, with the ball finishing in the goalkeeper's top-left corner. It was shortlisted as one of the five best goals of matchday 16.[14] He scored 4 goals in 28 Ligue 1 matches for Saint-Étienne but left the club after Hašek was replaced as head coach by Laurent Roussey.[15]

On 21 August 2007, Heinz signed with Nantes to play in the 2007–08 Ligue 2.[16] He scored in the third round of the 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue against Monaco, although a 2–0 half time lead was not enough as Monaco secured the win and progression to the fourth round with three second-half goals.[17] Heinz played a total of 16 league matches, scoring once, as Nantes achieved promotion to the French top flight.[18]

On 30 September 2008, Heinz returned the Czech league, signing a two-year contract with Brno.[19] He scored his first league goal for Brno with a header in a 2–0 win against Banik Ostrava on 22 February 2009.[20] He left the club after a single season, having scored two league goals in 21 appearances for Brno.[21]

Austria and Hungary

On 29 June 2009 it was announced that Heinz had signed a one-year contract with Kapfenberger SV to play in the 2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga.[21] He moved to his fifth foreign country to play football in July 2010, signing a one-year deal with Hungarian side Ferencváros.[22]

Return to Olomouc

Heinz returned to Olomouc in 2011, signing a two-year contract with the club.[23] Despite playing 20 matches in his first season, Heinz played just seventeen minutes in one substitute appearance in the first half of his second season. In November 2012, manager Roman Pivarník announced Heinz was surplus to requirements and free to find another club.[24] He joined second league 1. SC Znojmo on loan in January 2013 for the rest of the season.[25]

Znojmo

In his league debut for Znojmo at the start of March 2013, Heinz scored a hat trick against Karvina in a 3–0 win. His opening goal came after 10 minutes with a successful shot from less than 20 metres from goal. In the 17th minute Heinz made it 2–0 with a curling shot over the goalkeeper's head and the scoring was complete in the 49th minute when he nutmegged the goalkeeper.[26] On 23 March Znojmo defeated Bohemians 1905 2–0 with goals from Heinz and Radim Nepožitek, lifting the side to first place in the Second League table.[27] Heinz contributed 8 goals in 12 league matches.[28] helping Znojmo finish the season top of the league to win promotion to the Czech First League for the 2013–14 season.[29]

Znojmo became the third First League club Heinz played for.[30] On 17 August he was one of two players, alongside home player Jan Kopic, to score twice in a 5–5 draw away at Jablonec.[31] In September 2023, after a winless start for Znojmo nine matches into the season, Heinz agreed to part ways with the club.[28] He made eight appearances for Znojmo in the First League, all starts, being unavailable for selection once due to suspension.[30] He later signed on loan for third-tier side HFK Olomouc, one of the sides he had played youth football for, until the end of 2013.[32]

International career

Youth teams

Heinz played for his country at various age groups. He played for the under-20 (4 appearances without scoring) and the under-21 sides (17 matches, 6 goals).[33] He took part in the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Slovakia, where the Czech side finished runners-up after losing 2–1 to Italy in the final. Heinz provided the assist to Tomáš Došek in the 51st minute of the final, which made the score 1–1, although a free-kick from Andrea Pirlo in the 81st minute was decisive.[34]

2000 Summer Olympics

Heinz was part of the Czech squad which participated in the football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia. On 13 September he played in the opening group match against the United States, being fouled by Chad McCarty, which resulted in a penalty to the Czechs. Lukáš Došek took the spot kick, which he scored to make the game 2–2, which was the final score.[35] He was one of four forwards who started the match in Brisbane against Kuwait on 16 September, although he played in midfield. Heinz scored the opening goal of the game after just 64 seconds but Kuwait scored three second-half goals to ultimately register a 3–2 win.[36] After receiving yellow cards in both of the first two matches, Heinz was unavailable for selection for the third group game against Cameroon,[37] which the Czech team drew 1–1 to be eliminated from the tournament.[38]

Senior side

Heinz made his debut for the Czech Republic senior side on 16 August 2000 in a 1–0 loss against Slovenia.[39] After his second appearance, more than two years passed before he was next called up to the national team squad by Karel Brückner in September 2003 ahead of a Euro 2004 qualification match against Austria, against the backdrop of first-choice strikers Milan Baroš and Jan Koller being injured.[40] With qualification for the tournament already decided, Heinz had an opportunity to score in the seventh minute but his shot from 10 metres hit the post. He was however involved in the opening goal, passing to Pavel Nedvěd, who supplied the ball to Marek Jankulovski to open the scoring. The match finished 3–2 in the Czech Republic's favour.[41]

Euro 2004

In June 2004 Heinz was one of four forwards selected by Karel Brückner in the Czech Republic squad for Euro 2004.[6] At UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal the Czech Republic were drawn in Group D with Germany, the Netherlands and Latvia. In the first match, on 15 June against Latvia, the Czech Republic went into half time trailing by a single goal. Heinz, a second-half substitute for Zdeněk Grygera, scored the winning goal in the 85th minute after Milan Baroš had equalised twelve minutes prior. The game finished 2–1.[42] The second match took place in Aveiro against the Netherlands. With the Netherlands taking a 2–0 lead early in the game, Heinz remained on the bench before making an appearance as a second-half substitute. The Czechs turned the game around with three goals in response to celebrate a 3–2 win.[43] In the last group match against Germany, Czech head coach Karel Brückner made nine changes to his starting lineup. After Germany had opened the scoring, Heinz was felled by German opponent Philipp Lahm. He scored from the resultant direct free kick to level the scores. The Czech Republic went on to win the match, 2–1, which was their eighth consecutive competitive victory.[44]

The quarter final against Denmark was held on 27 June 2004. After a goalless first half, Jan Koller opened the scoring and Milan Baroš quickly scored twice more. Heinz appeared as a second-half substitute for Baroš as the game finished in a 3–0 win.[45] Heinz was an unused substitute in the semi final against Greece, which resulted in a Greece win decided by a silver goal, concluding his tournament.[46]

2006 World Cup

At the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the Czech Republic were placed in Group E alongside the USA, Ghana and Italy. Heinz didn't play in the first two matches, a 3–0 win against the United States and a 2–0 loss to Ghana.[47][48] He took part in the final group stage match against Italy; with the Czech team reduced to 10 players after the sending off of Jan Polák, Heinz came on as a second-half substitute for Radoslav Kováč in another 2–0 loss, which eliminated the Czech side from the World Cup.[49]

Heinz's next match after the World Cup was a friendly game in Prague against Denmark in November 2006. He played the whole of the second half as a substitute for David Jarolím, with the match finishing 1–1.[50]

Playing style

Sports advisor at Saint Etienne described Heinz as "a superb technician who delivers excellent passes".[16] He was also known for scoring goals from direct free kicks.[14][5]

Coaching career

In June 2025, Heinz was appointed assistant coach at Sigma Olomouc B.[51]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[52][53]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lázně Bohdaneč 1996–97 Czech 2. Liga 8 0 –
Sigma Olomouc 1996–97 Czech First League 4 0 –
1997–98 23 4 –
1998–99 28 9 –
1999–2000 15 4 –
Total 70 17 0 0
Hamburger SV 2000–01 Bundesliga 26 4
2001–02 15 1
2002–03 11 0
Total 52 5
Arminia Bielefeld 2002–03 Bundesliga 14 0
Baník Ostrava 2003–04 Czech First League 30 19 –
2004–05 2 0 –
Total 32 19 0 0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2004–05 Bundesliga 20 1
2005–06 3 0
Total 23 1
Galatasaray 2005–06 Süper Lig 18 3
Saint-Étienne 2006–07 Ligue 1 28 4
Nantes 2007–08 Ligue 2 16 1
1. FC Brno 2008–09 Czech First League 21 2 –
Kapfenberger SV 2009–10 Austrian Bundesliga 27 5 –
Career total 310 60

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