Football Career
Born in Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia, von Heesen made his professional – and Bundesliga – debuts in 1980–81 with Hamburger SV, then went on to feature prominently for the club in the following two seasons, as the club won in that timeframe two leagues and the 1982–83 European Cup (during that campaign, he netted twice in just five matches, and appeared 34 minutes in the 1–0 final win against Juventus FC).
Von Heesen remained with Hamburg until 1994, with exactly 99 first division goals scored. He then switched, at nearly 33, to Arminia Bielefeld, being very important in the club's return to the topflight. In the following campaign, although appearing very rarely, he found the net on 28 August 1996, in a 1–1 home draw against MSV Duisburg, for his 100th, retiring at season's end.
Subsequently, von Heesen took up coaching, starting with his last club, then in the second division (he would then have another spell with Arminia, as caretaker in early 2004, for ten days, and a third in the topflight, covering almost three seasons).
He left 1. FC Nuremberg in August 2008 to join Cyprus' Apollon Limassol, helping the club to a fifth place in his debut season. After almost two years with the club, on 29 January 2010, he was fired.
On 29 November 2011, he was appointed as manager of the Austrian Bundesliga side Kapfenberger SV until the end of the 2011–12 season.
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