1. Patrick Helmes was born on 1 March 1984 and is a German professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Oberliga Westfalen club Sportfreunde Siegen.
20 Facts About Patrick Helmes
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Patrick Helmes subsequently went back to Sportfreunde Siegen, where he had already spent some time as a youth player.
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Patrick Helmes then joined his old club Koln again, where he made his Bundesliga debut in 2005 and scored his first goal in his second match, against rivals Bayer Leverkusen.
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Patrick Helmes did not hide his intention of joining another team.
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Patrick Helmes was later replaced as captain, but nevertheless had a good second half of the season, for which kicker sportsmagazine named him best striker of Germany's second division, ahead of Oliver Neuville, Chinedu Obasi and Demba Ba.
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Patrick Helmes only made eight appearances for the club in his first half-season, facing competition by the club's top strikers Grafite and Mario Mandzukic.
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The next season started out better for Patrick Helmes, who scored twice in the first game against former team Koln.
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Patrick Helmes even got banned from the Bundesliga squad by manager Felix Magath and had to train with the reserves.
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Patrick Helmes made his comeback appearance in the Bundesliga on 25 February 2012, instantly scoring against Hoffenheim.
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Patrick Helmes was selected for the national team for the first time by Joachim Low.
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Patrick Helmes made his international debut for Germany in a friendly against Denmark on 28 March 2007, being substituted for Jan Schlaudraff in 80th minute.
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Patrick Helmes made two more short appearances afterwards, before he was selected for the starting squad for the first time on 12 September 2007 in a friendly against Romania held at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, in which he was joined by fellow Cologne local hero Lukas Podolski.
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Patrick Helmes was included in Low's 26-man provisional Euro 2008 squad but was eventually left out in favour of Oliver Neuville.
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Patrick Helmes scored his second goal for Germany almost two years later in a friendly against Denmark after coming on as a substitute.
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Patrick Helmes became the interim head coach on 6 December 2016 and became the permanent head coach on 22 December 2016.
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On 13 July 2020, Patrick Helmes was hired for a dual role of assistant manager for Admira Wacker Modling and manager of the reserve team.
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Patrick Helmes was the interim manager of Admira Wacker's first team between 14 September 2020 and 21 September 2020.
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Patrick Helmes was sacked on 26 October 2021 following a poor start to the season.
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Patrick Helmes was dismissed in September 2023 after a series of disappointing results left Siegen in the bottom half of the league table, with only four points from seven games.
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Patrick Helmes' father is Uwe Patrick Helmes, a former professional football player who later managed Siegen, among others.