Horst Heldt (born 9 December 1969) is a German football executive and former player who played as a midfielder.

[3] After only being a substitute and not getting any playing time at VfB Stuttgart in the first half of the 2005–06 season under coach Giovanni Trapattoni, Heldt decided to end his active career on 3 January 2006 to take over the post of general manager of the club.

Due to Heldt, Veh's initial stop-gap contract was extended into the 2006–07 season which became Stuttgart's most successful ever, winning the championship and qualifying for the German Cup final.

[4] After the sacking of Felix Magath, Heldt became responsible for sport and communications on the managing board of Schalke.

FC Köln announced Heldt as new general manager alongside new head coach Markus Gisdol.