Karl-Heinz Riedle

Karl-Heinz Riedle is one of those strikers I'd happily explain to anyone who thinks scoring is only about height. At 177 cm he was nicknamed "Air" for his heading, timing, and leap, which tells you everything about how he won duels he had no business winning. I most associate him with Borussia Dortmund and that 1997 Champions League final brace against Juventus, plus his role in West Germany's 1990 World Cup-winning squad. He later moved into coaching. To me he's the kind of intelligent, unflashy forward whose value shows up in the box, exactly when it matters.

Name (English)

Karl-Heinz Riedle

Name (Japanese)

カール＝ハインツ・リードレ

Reading

かーる＝はいんつ・りーどれ

Born

September 16, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

Origin

Weiler-Simmerberg, Swabia, Germany

Height

177 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC

Tags

• Swabia
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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