Dino Nicolas Toppmöller (born 23 November 1980) is a German football manager and former player.[2] He is currently the head coach of German Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.
 Toppmöller in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dino Nicolas Toppmöller[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Wadern, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Eintracht Frankfurt (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1997 | SV Rivenich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | FSV Salmrohr | ||
| 1999–2000 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 12 | (1) |
| 2001 | Manchester City | ||
| 2001–2002 | VfL Bochum | 12 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | → VfL Bochum II | 2 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 16 | (3) |
| 2003–2005 | Erzgebirge Aue | 43 | (5) |
| 2005–2006 | Jahn Regensburg | 22 | (5) |
| 2006–2008 | Kickers Offenbach | 40 | (10) |
| 2008–2009 | FC Augsburg | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | F91 Dudelange | ||
| 2010–2012 | FSV Salmrohr | ||
| 2012–2014 | SV Mehring | ||
| 2014–2016 | RM Hamm Benfica | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2014 | SV Mehring | ||
| 2014–2016 | RM Hamm Benfica | ||
| 2016–2019 | F91 Dudelange | ||
| 2019 | Virton | ||
| 2023– | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Managerial career
editIn June 2016, Toppmöller became manager of F91 Dudelange, having taken them to the Group Stages of the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the club's history in 2018–19, campaign which F91 Dudelange have finished with one point following a draw in their last game against Real Betis. This feat made history in Luxembourg's football history, as Dudelange were not just the first team to have ever qualified in the group stages of any European competition, but they also managed to obtain a point. He joined Belgian outfit Virton following that season, having spent a brief stint with them before being released after just one season.[3]
On 20 July 2020, he was introduced as assistant coach to Julian Nagelsmann at RB Leipzig.[4] On 18 June 2021, he followed coach Nagelsmann to be his assistant at Bayern Munich.[5] On 24 March 2023, Nagelsmann was sacked by Bayern along with his assistant coaches including Toppmöller.[6]
On 12 June 2023, he was appointed as manager of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.[7]
Personal life
editHe is the son of Klaus Toppmöller.[8] He was named after Dino Zoff.
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 2 November 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| F91 Dudelange | 1 July 2016 | 30 June 2019 | 113 | 79 | 17 | 17 | 324 | 128 | +196 | 69.91 | |
| Virton | 1 July 2019 | 2 December 2019 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 50.00 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 July 2023 | Present | 62 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 113 | 84 | +29 | 43.55 | |
| Total | 193 | 115 | 38 | 40 | 466 | 229 | +237 | 59.59 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Tactical Line-ups, Matchday 3 – Wednesday 20 October 2021: SL Benfica v FC Bayern München" (PDF). UEFA. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Toppmöller, Dino" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ "[BGL Ligue] Le F91 officialise l'arrivée de Dino Toppmöller". Le Quotidien (in French). 16 June 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Dino Toppmöller wird neuer Co-Trainer bei RB Leipzig". Die Roten Bullen (in German). 20 July 2020.
- ^ "FC Bayern verpflichtet Co-Trainer Xaver Zembrod und Dino Toppmöller". Bayern Munich (in German). 18 June 2021.
- ^ "FC Bayern and Julian Nagelsmann part company – Thomas Tuchel new head coach". FC Bayern Munich. 24 March 2023. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Schellhorn, Carsten. "Neuer Cheftrainer mit Spieler-Vergangenheit in Frankfurt : Dino Toppmöller kennt das ganz große Eintracht Frankfurt Drama als Spieler". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "„Ich habe meine Kinder – er hat seine Playstation"". 5vier.de (in German). 27 February 2013.
External links
edit- Dino Toppmöller at WorldFootball.net
- Dino Toppmöller at kicker (in German)
- Dino Toppmöller at the German Football Association
- Dino Toppmöller at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
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