Daniel Stendel

Daniel Stendel (born 4 April 1974) is a German professional football manager and former player. Stendel played as a striker in his native Germany, spending most of his playing career with Hannover 96, who he later managed. He then had a stint as manager of Barnsley, helping them win promotion to the Championship in his only full season before he was sacked in October 2019. He was appointed manager of Scottish club Heart of Midlothian in December 2019. Hearts were relegated after the curtailed 2019–20 season, and Stendel was replaced as manager in June 2020.

Daniel Stendel
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-04-04) 4 April 1974
Place of birth Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
0000–1994 FFC Viktoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Hamburger SV II 77 (35)
1995–1997 Hamburger SV 7 (0)
1997–1998 SV Meppen 34 (13)
1998–1999 FC Gütersloh 31 (5)
1999–2006 Hannover 96 180 (43)
2006–2007 FC St. Pauli 15 (2)
2007–2008 Hannover 96 II 19 (4)
Total 363 (102)
Teams managed
2016–2017 Hannover 96
2018–2019 Barnsley
2019–2020 Heart of Midlothian
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Coaching career

Hannover 96

He was appointed head coach of Hannover 96 on 3 April 2016 for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.[1] He had been coaching the under 19 team for Hannover.[2] His first match finished in a 2–2 draw.[3] His first win[4] came in the following weekend, on 15 April 2016,[5] in a 2–0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach.[5] He was sacked on 20 March 2017.[6] He finished with a record of 17 wins, nine draws, and eight losses.[7]

Barnsley

On 6 June 2018, Stendel was appointed as manager of League One club Barnsley on a two-year deal.[8] On 13 April 2019, following a 4–2 home win over Fleetwood Town, South Yorkshire Police launched an investigation after opposition manager Joey Barton allegedly assaulted Stendel in the tunnel.[9] Since the incident, Barton has been charged by South Yorkshire Police with ABH and bailed until 9 October 2019.[10]

On 8 October 2019, Stendel was sacked as head coach following a run of ten games without a win. Stendel's departure sparked widespread criticism of the board.[11]

Heart of Midlothian

Stendel was appointed manager of Scottish club Hearts in December 2019, on a contract due to run until the summer of 2022. In March 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, Scottish football was put on hold indefinitely. To help Hearts during this period, Stendel refused to take any wage payments.[12] Hearts were bottom of the 2019–20 Scottish Premiership at the time the league was suspended, and were subsequently relegated when the league was curtailed.[13] Stendel had a clause in his contract which meant that it was no longer in effect if Hearts were relegated from the Premiership, and the club appointed Robbie Neilson to replace him on 21 June 2020.[13]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 11 March 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Hannover 96 3 April 2016 19 March 2017 34 17 9 8 59 44 +15 050.00 [7]
Barnsley 6 June 2018 8 October 2019 66 31 18 17 105 76 +29 046.97 [14]
Heart of Midlothian 7 December 2019 21 June 2020 17 5 5 7 22 25 −3 029.41 [14]
Total 117 53 32 32 186 145 +41 045.30

References
  1. "Hannover 96 beurlaubt Thomas Schaaf" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. "Thomas Schaaf: Bundesliga strugglers Hannover sack coach". BBC Sport. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. "Schieber zündet nach der Einwechslung sofort". kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. "Hannover 96". kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. "Anton und Sobiech brechen den Heimfluch". kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  6. "96: Stendel muss gehen – Breitenreiter übernimmt". kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  7. "Hannover 96 – Trainerhistorie". kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  8. "Daniel Stendel: Barnsley name German as new head coach". BBC Sport. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  9. "Joey Barton: Police investigate incident allegedly involving Fleetwood manager after Barnsley match". BBC Sport. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  10. "Joey Barton: Fleetwood Town manager charged with actual bodily harm". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  11. "Daniel Stendel: Barnsley part company with German head coach". BBC Sport. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  12. "Hearts boss Daniel Stendel agrees to waive wages following pay cut request". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  13. "Robbie Neilson: Hearts name Dundee Utd boss to replace Daniel Stendel". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  14. "Managers: Daniel Stendel". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
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