Christoph Dabrowski

Christoph Dabrowski (né Krzysztof Dąbrowski; born 1 August 1978) is a German football manager and former footballer.[1][2] He played for Werder Bremen, Arminia Bielefeld, Hannover 96 and VfL Bochum.[1][3]

Christoph Dabrowski

Personal information
Full name	Christoph Dabrowski
Birth name	Krzysztof Dąbrowski
Date of birth	(1978-08-01) 1 August 1978
Place of birth	Katowice, Poland
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hannover 96 II (manager)
Youth career
1988–1993	1. FC Schöneberg
1993–1994	BFC Preußen Berlin
1994–1995	Hertha BSC
1995–1996	Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2001	Werder Bremen II	51	(2)
1998–2001	Werder Bremen	49	(3)
2001–2003	Arminia Bielefeld	57	(5)
2003–2006	Hannover 96	78	(3)
2006–2013	VfL Bochum	192	(23)
2009	→ VfL Bochum II	2	(0)
National team
1997–1999	Germany U-21	9	(1)
1998	Germany Olympic	4	(0)
1999–2004	Germany B	5	(0)
Teams managed
2013–2014	Hannover 96 II (assistant)
2014–2015	Hannover 96 U17
2015–2016	Hannover 96 (assistant)
2016–2018	Hannover 96 U19
2018–	Hannover 96 II (manager)
Honours SV Werder Bremen II Regionalliga Nord 1996–97 SV Werder Bremen Winner DFB-Pokal 1998–99 Runner-up DFB-Ligapokal 1999 Arminia Bielefeld Runner-up 2. Bundesliga 2001–02 VfL Bochum 2. Bundesliga 2010–11
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He is manager of Hannover 96 II.

Club career

On 11 May 1999, Dabrowski scored the decisive goal in Werder Bremen's 1–0 win against Schalke 04 and greatly contributed to the club's Bundesliga survival. It was also the first match with manager Thomas Schaaf in charge of the team.[4] Shortly afterwards he helped them win the 1998–99 DFB-Pokal, starting in the final against Bayern Munich as Bremen won on penalties.[5]

International career

Of Polish descent, Dabrowski owns dual German-Polish citizenship and in October 2005 the Polish Football Association requested to nominate Dabrowski for their national team. However, the FIFA rejected the request because Dabrowski was not entitled to play for Poland, as he had already played for the German Team 2006.[6]

Managerial career

On 10 October 2013, Dabrowski was named as the new assistant manager of Hannover 96's reserve team, Hannover 96 II.[7] He left this position on 28 January 2014, and was picked as the new manager of the U17 team of Hannover 96.[8]

On 11 June 2015, Dabrowski was named as the new assistant coach of Hannover 96 under chef-manager Michael Frontzeck.[9]

Personal life

Dabrowski was born in Katowice and emigrated in the age of six years with his mother as an ethnic German (Aussiedler) — his maternal grandfather had served in the German Wehrmacht and therefore got an Aussiedler status[10] — from his country of birth and settled in West-Berlin.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		DFB-Ligapokal		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Werder Bremen II	1996–97	Regionalliga Nord	16	0	—		—		—		16	0
	1997–98		23	2	0	0	—		—		23	2
	1998–99		9	0	1	0	—		—		10	0
	1999–00		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2000–01		3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
Werder Bremen	1998–99	Bundesliga	15	1	2	0	—		—		17	1
	1999–00		28	2	4	1	1	0	6	1	39	4
	2000–01		6	0	0	0	—		0	0	6	0
Arminia Bielefeld	2001–02	2. Bundesliga	30	4	2	0	—		—		32	4
	2002–03	Bundesliga	27	1	1	0	—		—		28	1
Hannover 96	2003–04	Bundesliga	27	0	2	0	—		—		29	0
	2004–05		19	0	3	0	—		—		22	0
	2005–06		32	3	2	0	—		—		34	3
VfL Bochum	2006–07	Bundesliga	31	3	3	0	—		—		34	3
	2007–08		28	5	2	0	—		—		30	5
	2008–09		31	6	1	0	—		—		32	6
	2009–10		29	1	2	0	—		—		31	1
	2010–11	2. Bundesliga	29	4	1	0	—		—		30	4
	2011–12		30	2	3	1	—		—		33	3
	2012–13		14	2	2	0	—		—		16	2
VfL Bochum II	2009–10	Regionalliga West	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Career total			429	36	31	2	1	0	6	1	467	39

References

1. "Mein VfL Saison 2006/2007 Heft 1" (PDF). Portrait: Christoph Dabrowski (pages 11–14) (in German). VfL Bochum. 20 August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
2. "Christoph Dabrowski" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
3. "Dabrowski, Christoph" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
4. Sander, Carsten (2 May 2016). "Die Helden von 1999 erinnern sich". Kreiszeitung Syke (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
5. "Werder Bremen ist DFB-Pokalsieger". kicker.de. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
6. "Die deutschen Gegner: Polen" [The German opponents: Poland] (in German). German Football Association. 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
7. "Dabro steigt bei den Roten ein" (in German). bild.de. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
8. "Dabrowski wird Trainer der U17" (in German). hannover96.de. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
9. "Christoph Dabrowski neuer Co-Trainer" (in German). hannover96.de. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
10. "Noch hat Polen nicht gewonnen". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH. 13 November 2005. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

External links

• Christoph Dabrowski at fussballdaten.de (in German)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Marcel Maltritz	VfL Bochum captain July 2010 − June 2012	Succeeded by Andreas Luthe