Klaus Allofs

Born in Düsseldorf, Allofs began playing professionally for home team Fortuna Düsseldorf, in 1975. He started his career as an attacking midfielder, and scored nearly 100 overall goals for the club, helping it to consecutive German cup wins, and often playing upfront with sibling Thomas. In 1978–79, he finished as the Bundesliga's top scorer, and also scored three in nine in Fortuna's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up run,[1] including one in the final, an extra time loss against FC Barcelona.[2]

In 1981 Allofs joined 1. FC Köln, where he continued scoring at an excellent rate. In 1985–86 he only tallied seven times in the league, one goal being from 70 metres out against Bayer Leverkusen (an intended pass to a breakaway forward that bounced over the advancing Leverkusen goalkeeper), but he added nine in as many matches in the UEFA Cup, as the team lost the final on aggregate to Real Madrid. In the following season, he re-partnered with Thomas, then left the country during three years, playing in France with Olympique de Marseille and FC Girondins de Bordeaux.

Allofs retired in June 1993, aged nearly 37, after three seasons with SV Werder Bremen, still managing to score regularly. In the 1991–92 Cup Winners' Cup he scored in the final against AS Monaco FC, in an eventual 2–0 win.[3] In his final year, he played 16 games without scoring – the only time other than his first season that it happened in his career – as Werder won the league title. In total, he appeared in 424 league matches, totalling 177 goals.[4] When he retired he was in joint seventh place on the list of the Bundesliga's all-time leading scorers, tied with Dieter Müller.

In 1999, Allofs was hired as coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf. He next joined up at a familiar place, Werder Bremen, going on to work for over a decade as general manager.[5][6] In November 2012, Allofs left Bremen to join VfL Wolfsburg as their new sporting director,[7] remaining there until December 2016.[8]

Allofs played for Germany a total of 56 times, scoring 17 goals.[9] His first match was on 11 October 1978 in Prague, against Czechoslovakia, a 4–3 friendly win.

Allofs went on to play for the national side at the victorious UEFA Euro 1980 (where he scored three times to top the goalscoring charts, all in a 3–2 group stage win against the Netherlands), Euro 1984 and 1986 FIFA World Cup. Pushed to the sidelines by emerging stars Rudi Völler and Jürgen Klinsmann, he retired from international play on 31 March 1988, scoring in a friendly with Sweden.

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Allofs goal.

List of international goals scored by Klaus Allofs

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 September 1979	Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West Germany	Argentina	1–0	2–1	Friendly
2.	27 February 1980	Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany	Malta	1–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
3.	27 February 1980	Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany	Malta	4–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
4.	13 May 1980	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany	Poland	2–1	3–1	Friendly
5.	14 June 1980	Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy	Netherlands	1–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 1980
6.	14 June 1980	Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy	Netherlands	2–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 1980
7.	14 June 1980	Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy	Netherlands	3–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 1980
8.	19 November 1980	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, West Germany	France	4–1	4–1	Friendly
9.	7 January 1981	Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay	Brazil	1–0	1–4	Mundialito
10.	16 December 1984	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta	Malta	2–1	3–2	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	16 December 1984	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta	Malta	3–1	3–2	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.	30 April 1985	Generali Arena, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	5–0	5–1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.	12 March 1986	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany	Brazil	2–0	2–0	Friendly
14.	4 June 1986	Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico	Uruguay	1–1	1–1	1986 FIFA World Cup
15.	8 June 1986	Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico	Scotland	2–1	2–1	1986 FIFA World Cup
16.	24 September 1986	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	2–0	2–0	Friendly
17.	31 March 1988	Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West Germany	Sweden	1–0	1–1 (2–4 pens)	Friendly

Fortuna Düsseldorf[15]

• DFB-Pokal: 1978–79, 1979–80
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1978–79

1. FC Köln[15]

• DFB-Pokal: 1982–83
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1985–86

Marseille[16]

• Ligue 1: 1988–89
• Coupe de France: 1988–89

Werder Bremen[15]

• Bundesliga: 1992–93
• DFB-Pokal: 1990–91
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1991–92

West Germany[15]

• UEFA European Championship: 1980
• FIFA World Cup: Runner-up 1986

Individual

• Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1978–79,[17] 1984–85[18]
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1978–79, 1984–85, 1990–91[19][20][21]
• UEFA European Championship Top Goalscorer: 1980[22]
• UEFA Cup Top Goalscorer: 1985–86[23]

Werder Bremen

• Bundesliga: 2003–04[13][14]
• DFB-Pokal: 2003–04[13][14]
• UEFA Cup: runners-up 2008–09[14]