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Robin Dutt

Robin Dutt

German football manager (born 1965)

Robin Dutt (German pronunciation: [ʀoːbiːn dʊt]; born 24 January 1965) is a German football coach, executive and former player. He has managed many German clubs and secured promotion for SC Freiburg, returning them to the Bundesliga.

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Early life

Dutt was born and brought up in Germany, the son of a German mother and an Indian Bengali father Sabyasachi Dutt from Kolkata. His father moved to Germany in the late 1950s.[1]

Playing career

As a player, Dutt played amateur football in the fifth, sixth, and seventh divisions in Germany.[2]

Coaching and executive career

Early career

Dutt started coaching TSG Leonberg towards the end of his career as a player. He was their coach until 1999. The club gained promotion to the next higher division in his final year as a manager at the club. He then joined TSF Ditzingen, as their second team coach and was then promoted as the first team coach.

Stuttgarter Kickers

Dutt's success brought him into the limelight locally and he then went on to join former Bundesliga side Stuttgarter Kickers as their second team coach in the summer of 2002. The Kickers gave Dutt a chance as their first team coach on 28 October 2003 and he would guide the club with a young team in the Regionalliga (third division) in difficult times as the club did not have the necessary funds. The highlight came in the 2006–07 season when the Kickers beat Bundesliga side Hamburger SV 4–3 in extra time in the DFB-Pokal.

SC Freiburg

Dutt decided to take up the job at 2. Bundesliga club SC Freiburg in summer 2007. It was the end of an era as the previous coach Volker Finke had coached Freiburg for 16 years, a record in German professional football. The going initially was not easy for Dutt, but in year two he was able to win the 2. Bundesliga title and Freiburg was back in the Bundesliga after four years.[3]

The first season in Bundesliga with SC Freiburg saw Dutt escaping relegation. They finished four points ahead of the relegation playoff spot. The 2010–11 season proved to be Dutt's last season at SC Freiburg, the club managed to cling onto the respectable ninth position in the league table.[4]

Bayer Leverkusen

Dutt in 2011 at Bayer Leverkusen

The decision to take Dutt to succeed Bayern Munich bound Jupp Heynckes as coach of Bayer 04 Leverkusen was made in March 2011. "I didn’t come to Leverkusen to turn a second-placed team into a fourth- or fifth-placed team. We came second (last season) and I want to improve on that,"[4][5] said Dutt when he took the reins on 19 June 2011. Dutt was dismissed from his post on 1 April 2012,[6] after a poor run that included a 7–1 away defeat at Barcelona in the round of 16 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, In which Leo Messi became the first player to score 5 goal in a Champions League match, and a streak of four consecutive Bundesliga defeats which left Leverkusen in sixth position in the Bundesliga.[7]

DFB and Werder Bremen

In August 2012, Dutt replaced Matthias Sammer as sporting director of the German football federation (DFB).[8][9]

Dutt became the new head coach of Werder Bremen on 27 May 2013.[10] Werder Bremen sacked Dutt on 25 October 2014.[11]

Board representative for sport of VfB Stuttgart

On 6 January 2015, Dutt became the board representative for sport of VfB Stuttgart. In May 2016, he was sacked by VfB Stuttgart following the team's relegation from the Bundesliga for the first time in 40 years.[12]

VfL Bochum

On 11 February 2018 Dutt was appointed as manager of VfL Bochum.[13] He was sacked on 26 August 2019.[14]

Wolfsberger AC

In April 2021 Wolfsberger AC announced, that Robin Dutt is going to be their coach from August 2021.[15]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 12 March 2023[16]
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References

  1. [1]
    Vivek, TR (14 August 2011). "German football club Bayer Leverkusen's Robin Dutt says won't mind coaching India". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Indian-origin Dutt offered Werder Bremen job". The Times of India. 23 May 2013. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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    "Robin Dutt: An Indo-German success story". arunfoot.blogspot.de. 31 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
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    "Robin Dutt: Is He the One That Bayer Leverkusen Need to End "the Neverkusen"?". bleacherreport.com. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  5. [5]
    Honigstein, Raphael (2 April 2012). "Leverkusen lost in communication as Robin Dutt is shown the door". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Bayer trennt sich von Dutt – Hyypiä übernimmt". kicker (in German). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  7. [7]
    "Bayer Leverkusen fires Robin Dutt as coach". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  8. [8]
    "Robin Dutt made sports director of German football federation". firstpost.com. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  9. [9]
    "Dutt takes up German FA role". UEFA.com. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  10. [10]
    "DFB erteilt Freigabe – Dutt neuer Werder-Trainer". Die Welt (in German). 27 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  11. [11]
    Leslie, André (25 October 2014). "Werder Bremen coach Robin Dutt sacked". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  12. [12]
    "VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V. – Robin Dutt wird Vorstand Sport". www.vfb.de. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015.
  13. [13]
    "Mit sofortiger Wirkung: Robin Dutt wird Cheftrainer beim VfL Bochum". kicker.de. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  14. [14]
    "VfL beurlaubt Robin Dutt". vfl-bochum.de (in German). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  15. [15]
    "Robin Dutt übernimmt kommende Saison Traineramt beim WAC". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  16. [16]
    Robin Dutt coach profile at Soccerway
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