Heiko Butscher

Heiko Butscher

Butscher with SC Freiburg in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-07-28) 28 July 1980
Place of birth	Leutkirch, West Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Centre back
Youth career
	SV Dietmanns
	SV Aichstetten
	SV Ellwangen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	FC Wangen 1905
1999–2002	Karlsruher SC II	96	(21)
1999–2002	Karlsruher SC	2	(0)
2002–2003	SV Sandhausen	24	(7)
2003–2004	VfB Stuttgart II	62	(9)
2005–2007	VfL Bochum	44	(2)
2007–2012	SC Freiburg	125	(9)
2011	→ SC Freiburg II	1	(0)
2012–2013	Eintracht Frankfurt	15	(0)
2013–2015	VfL Bochum	16	(3)
2013	→ VfL Bochum II	4	(0)
Managerial career
2018	VfL Bochum (interim)
2019	VfL Bochum (interim)
2022	VfL Bochum (interim)
2024	VfL Bochum (interim)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heiko Butscher (born 28 July 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He was most recently the head coach of VfL Bochum.

Career

Butscher joined Eintracht Frankfurt from SC Freiburg in 2012. He previously played for VfL Bochum, VfB Stuttgart II and Karlsruher SC.

Post-playing career

In summer 2015 Butscher was appointed assistant coach of VfL Bochum's U16 team. In 2024, he was named the head coach of Bochum.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Karlsruher SC II	1999–00	Regionalliga Süd	32	3	—		32	3
	2000–01	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	32	10	—		32	10
	2001–02		32	8	—		32	8
	Total		96	21	0	0	96	21
Karlsruher SC	1999–00	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2000–01	Regionalliga Süd	2	0	0	0	2	0
	2001–02	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	2	0
SV Sandhausen	2002–03	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	24	7	—		24	7
VfB Stuttgart II	2003–04	Regionalliga Süd	29	3	—		29	3
	2004–05		33	6	—		33	6
	Total		62	9	0	0	62	9
VfL Bochum	2005–06	2. Bundesliga	24	1	2	0	26	1
	2006–07	Bundesliga	20	1	2	2	22	3
	Total		44	2	4	2	48	4
SC Freiburg	2007–08	2. Bundesliga	32	4	2	0	34	4
	2008–09		31	3	3	0	34	3
	2009–10	Bundesliga	29	1	2	1	31	2
	2010–11		25	1	1	0	26	1
	2011–12		8	0	1	0	9	0
	Total		125	9	9	1	134	10
SC Freiburg II	2011–12	Regionalliga Süd	1	0	—		1	0
Eintracht Frankfurt	2011–12	2. Bundesliga	12	0	0	0	12	0
	2012–13	Bundesliga	3	0	1	0	4	0
	Total		15	0	1	0	16	0
VfL Bochum II	2013–14	Regionalliga West	4	0	—		4	0
VfL Bochum	2013–14	2. Bundesliga	10	3	0	0	10	3
	2014–15		6	0	1	0	7	0
	Total		16	3	1	0	17	3
Career total			389	51	15	3	404	54

Managerial statistics

As of match played on 11 February 2018

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
VfL Bochum (interim)	7 February 2018	11 February 2018	1	1	0	0	100.00

External links

• Heiko Butscher at WorldFootball.net
• Heiko Butscher at Kicker (in German)
• Heiko Butscher at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Heiko Butscher at AS.com (in Spanish)