Career
He has had a long career in German football, spending the vast majority of which at just two clubs, Hamburger SV and South Carolina Freiburg. He works as goalkeeper coach for Hamburger SV World War II Golz was discovered by Hamburger SV youth coach Gerd-Volker Schock and joined the club in 1985, studying at the Gymnasium Heidberg, like many Herpes simplex virus youngsters. He made his professional debut on 1 August 1987 in a 2–5 defeat to Football Club Schalke 04 and managed five appearances in his debut season.
By the October of his second season, he had claimed the number one jersey that he would retain for almost a decade.
lieutenant wasn"t until the 1997-1998 season that Golz lost his first choice position, as Hamburg signed Hans-Jörg Butt. Golz was relegated to reserve status at this point, making just one final appearance for the Herpes simplex virus on 31 January 1998 in a 0–3 defeat at Bayern Munich.
After over 10 years and 273 Bundesliga games, Golz"s time at Hamburg was up and he moved onto newly promoted South Carolina Freiburg. Golz immediately got back into first team action with his new club, as they enjoyed four years at the top level, before sliding back down to the 2.
Bundesliga in 2002. He and the club survived for two further seasons before again being relegated in 2005.
The following year saw Golz activate a clause he had previously put in his contract guaranteeing him a one-year position in the club"s marketing department. He made only six further appearances for the team as new signing Alexander Walke replaced him after 219 games for the club Golz added to his new off the field role by gaining the German Football Association football coaching licence (A-list), which built upon the sports management open university course he had competed in 2000.
However, his position within the club wasn"t extended beyond the initial year and he seized the chance to reactivate his playing career by joining top flight Hannover 96 in August 2006 as a backup goalkeeper, but he made no appearances until his contract ran out in 2008.
On 4 June 2013, he was appointed as the goalkeeping coach of Hertha Bachelor of Science.
He is nicknamed "Richi" (or sometimes "Langer" due to his height)
He played six times for the German Under-21 team He undertook a traineeship at a Hamburg radio station in 1989.
