Career
Von Heesen remained with Hamburg until 1994, with exactly 99 first division goals scored. He then switched, at nearly 33, to Arminia Bielefeld, being very important in the club"s return to the topflight. In the following campaign, although appearing very rarely, he found the Netto on 28 August 1996, in a 1–1 home draw against MSV Duisburg, for his 100th, retiring at season"s education
Subsequently, von Heesen took up coaching.
Von Heesen became interim head coach of Arminia Bielefeld after Ernst Middendorp was sacked on 17 August 1998. He was head coach for the remainder of the season when Hermann Gerland took over.
Bundesliga championship. He finished his tenure with a record of 20 wins, seven draws, and six losses in 33 matches.
He became head coach of 1.
Football Club Saarbrücken on 29 November 2000. He was head coach of Saarbrücken until 17 September 2001 when he became the Sporting Director for Aminia Bielefeld. His final match as Saarbrücken"s head coach was a 1–0 against MSV Duisburg.
He was also be interim head coach of the club from 17 February 2004 when Benno Möhlmann left for Greuther Fürth to 1 March 2004 when Uwe Rapolder was appointed the new head coach and from 11 May 2005 when Rapolder was sacked to 11 February 2007 when he resigned.
Von Heesen was appointed as the head coach of 1. Football Club Nürnberg on 12 February 2008.
He resigned on 28 August 2008. He finished his Nürnberg tenure with a record of four wins, eight draws, and eight losses.
Two and a half weeks later, von Heesen join Apollon Limassol.
He helped the club to a fifth place in his debut season. After almost two years with the club, on 29 January 2010, he was fired. On 29 November 2011, he was appointed as manager of the Austrian Bundesliga side Kapfenberger SV until the end of the 2011-2012 season.
His first match was a 0–0 draw against Rapid Wien.
Von Heesen got a three-year contract extension despite Kapfenberg being relegated. On 10 November 2012, von Heesen was promoted to Sporting Director and Klaus Schmidt became the new head coach.
His final match was a 4–2 loss to Lustenau. As of 3 March 2015
2.
Bundesliga Champions: 1998-1999.