Heiko Scholz

Heiko Scholz (born 7 January 1966) is a German former professional footballer.

Club career
Heiko Scholz was part of one of only three East German club sides which reached a final in a European cup competition: He lost the Cup Winners' Cup Final in 1987 with Lokomotive Leipzig against Ajax. In East and unified Germany the midfielder played 296 top-flight matches.

International career
Scholz represented both East Germany (seven caps) and unified Germany (one cap) internationally.

MSV Duisburg
Scholz was interim coach of MSV Duisburg twice during the 2005–06 season. The first stint was from 8 December 2005 to 17 December 2005. Duisburg drew 1–1 against Arminia Bielefeld on 10 December 2005 and drew 1–1 against 1. FSV Mainz 05. The second stint was from 4 April 2006 to 30 June 2006. He finished that stint with a record of one win, two draws, and three losses. During the 2008–09 season, Scholz became interim coach for a third time at Duisburg. He was interim coach from 10 November 2008 to 16 November 2008 where he lost his only match in–charge 4–3 to Greuther Fürth.

Germania Windeck and Viktoria Köln
Scholz went on to coach Germania Windeck from 4 January 2010 to 30 June 2011. His first match in–charge was a 1–1 draw against SSVg Velbert. Germania Windeck finished the 2010–11 NRW-Liga in second plsce and was promoted. They were also knocked out of the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal by Bayern Munich.

Scholz coached Viktoria Köln from 1 July 2011 to 12 November 2012. In the 2011–12 season, Viktoria Köln finished in first place and were promoted. Scholz left the club on 12 November 2012. His last match was a 2–2 draw against SC Verl.

Lokomotive Leipzig
Scholz coached Lokomotive Leipzig from 7 October 2013 to 23 September 2018. His first match was a 2–0 loss in a Saxony Cup match against RB Leipzig. Lokomotive Leipzig were relegated from the Regionalliga Nordost. Lokomotive Leipzig played in the Oberliga NOFV-Süd in the 2014–15 season where they finished in fourth place, one spot below the Promotion playoff spot. They again played in the Oberliga NOFV-Süd in the 2015–16 season where they went undefeated and were promoted back to the Regionalliga Nordost. Lokomotive Leipzig finished in 10th place in the 2016–17 Regionalliga Nordost season and lost in the Saxony Cup final to Chemnitzer FC. Lokomotive Leipzig finished the 2017–18 season in sixth place and were el Round of 16 in the Saxony Cup. He left Lokomotive Leipzig on 23 September 2018, a day after a 1–0 loss to Germania Halberstadt.

He was coach of Wacker Nordhausen from 1 January 2019 to 2 December 2019. His first match was a 3–2 win against Bischofswerdaer FV. His final match was a 1–0 loss to Viktoria Berlin on 1 December 2019.

Dynamo Dresden
was hired as an interim coach for Dynamo Dresden on 3 December 2019 to 9 December 2019. He remained with Dynamo Dresden as an assistant coach when Markus Kauczinski was hired as the new coach. His only match in–charge was a 1–1 draw against SV Sandhausen. He was promoted by Dynamo Dresden on 20 April 2024 to interim coach after a 2–0 loss to Viktoria Köln on 20 April 2024. His first match was a 1–1 draw against Jahn Regensburg.