Heiner Backhaus is a professional footballer who plays for Westfalia Herne

Westfalia Herne

SC Westfalia Herne is a German football club based in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 13 June 1904 by the sons of the more well-heeled residents of the city as a rival to the worker-based club SV Sodingen.- History :...

 as a midfielder

Midfielder

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Playing career

He made his professional debut with Hannover 96

Hannover 96

Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...

 on 12 August 2001, against SpVgg Unterhaching

SpVgg Unterhaching

Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich....

, on the 61st minute replacing Nebojša Krupniković

Nebojša Krupnikovic

Nebojša Krupniković is a Serbian retired football player.He last played for Paderborn in 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.He has played in six different countries, including two seasons in Japan and a second season in Germany...

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He has played for Rot-Weiss Essen

Rot-Weiss Essen

Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.- Early years :The club was formed as SV Vogelheim on 1 February 1907 out of the merger of two smaller clubs: SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche. In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund...

, 1. FC Union Berlin

1. FC Union Berlin

1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to...

, Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...

, DSC Arminia Bielefeld and Kickers Offenbach

Kickers Offenbach

Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun...

 in Germany, and AEK Larnaca

AEK Larnaca

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 in Cyprus

Cyprus

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. He played for Valletta

Valletta F.C.

Valletta Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Valletta, the capital city of Malta. Valletta F.C. has the strongest support on the island...

 from the summer of 2007 but left the club at the end of the season, after the championship success to join Kitchee SC

External links

• Heiner Backhaus at MaltaFootball.com