Overview
- 1. FC Heidenheim said Tuesday that Prinzen died Monday evening, calling the 57-year-old’s death sudden and unexpected, with no cause disclosed.
- Heidenheim postponed two academy fixtures in response, moving the U19 league match against Augsburg to next Wednesday and delaying the U17 cup semifinal at Sonnenhof Großaspach without a new date.
- Prinzen had led Heidenheim’s youth program since 2018 and was credited with shaping the club’s academy, where his son Marlon plays.
- As a player he made 60 Bundesliga appearances and 147 in the second tier, featuring for SG Wattenscheid 09, Darmstadt 98, Hannover 96, Greuther Fürth and Austria Lustenau.
- He later coached in Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland and twice served as Nürnberg’s interim head coach in 2013/14, while Nürnberg and Wattenscheid joined Heidenheim in offering condolences that named his wife Sonja and children Marlon, Mia and Tim.