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Robin Dutt

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.

Robin Dutt
Dutt with SC Freiburg in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-01-24) 24 January 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Cologne, West Germany
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 SVGG Hirschlanden
1985–1987 TSV Korntal
1987–1988 TSV Münchingen
1988–1990 TSV Korntal
1990–1993 FV Zuffenhausen
1993–1995 SKV Rutesheim
1995–1999 TSG Leonberg
Managerial career
1995–1999 TSG Leonberg (player-coach)
1999–2000 TSF Ditzingen II
2000–2002 TSF Ditzingen
2002–2003 Stuttgarter Kickers II
2003–2007 Stuttgarter Kickers
2007–2011 SC Freiburg
2011–2012 Bayer Leverkusen
2013–2014 Werder Bremen
2018–2019 VfL Bochum
2021–2023 Wolfsberger AC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

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Dutt was born in Köln-Lindenthal, Germany. He is the son of a German mother and an Indian Bengali father named Sabyasachi Dutt from Kolkata. His father moved to Germany in the late 1950s.[1]

Playing career

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

Coaching and executive career

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Early career

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Dutt started coaching TSG Leonberg towards the end of his career as a player, and was their coach until 1999. The club gained promotion to the next division in his final year as manager. He then joined TSF Ditzingen in the 1999/2000 season, as their second team coach and was then promoted to the first team coach.

Stuttgarter Kickers

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Dutt's success started to grant him local notoriety. In the summer of 2002, he joined former Bundesliga side Stuttgarter Kickers as their second team coach. The Kickers promoted Dutt as their first team coach on 28 October 2003. He went on to guide the club with a young team in the Regionalliga (third division) through difficult times as the club struggled financially. 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

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Dutt was offered a job at the 2. Bundesliga club SC Freiburg and became coach in the summer of 2007. The previous coach, Volker Finke, had coached Freiburg for 16 years, a record in German professional football. Following an initially challenging first year, in his second year 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 evade 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 hold onto the ninth position in the league table.[4]

Bayer Leverkusen

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Dutt in 2011 at Bayer Leverkusen

Dutt was hired to coach Bayer 04 Leverkusen in March 2011 after previous coach, Jupp Heynckes, joined Bayern Munich. "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 Lionel Messi became the first player to score 5 goals in a Champions League match. Dutt was also held responsible for a streak of four consecutive Bundesliga defeats which left Leverkusen in sixth position in the Bundesliga.[7]

DFB and Werder Bremen

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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 dismissed Dutt on 25 October 2014.[11]

Board representative for sport of VfB Stuttgart

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

VfL Bochum

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

Wolfsberger AC

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

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 12 March 2023[16]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
TSF Ditzingen   1 July 2000 30 June 2002 68 19 17 32 86 123 −37 027.94
Stuttgarter Kickers II   1 July 2002 27 October 2003 48 20 10 18 56 53 +3 041.67
Stuttgarter Kickers   27 October 2003 30 June 2007 126 49 36 41 185 160 +25 038.89
SC Freiburg   1 July 2007 30 June 2011 145 63 28 54 199 200 −1 043.45
Bayer Leverkusen   1 July 2011 1 April 2012 37 14 8 15 52 60 −8 037.84
Werder Bremen   27 May 2013 25 October 2014 45 11 13 21 56 94 −38 024.44
VfL Bochum   12 February 2018 26 August 2019 52 18 17 17 76 76 +0 034.62
Wolfsberger AC   1 July 2021 Present 66 29 9 28 120 111 +9 043.94
Total 588 223 138 227 830 877 −47 037.93

References

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  1. ^ Vivek, TR (14 August 2011). "German football club Bayer Leverkusen's Robin Dutt says won't mind coaching India". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Indian-origin Dutt offered Werder Bremen job". The Times of India. 23 May 2013. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Robin Dutt: Is He the One That Bayer Leverkusen Need to End "the Neverkusen"?". bleacherreport.com. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  5. ^ Honigstein, Raphael (2 April 2012). "Leverkusen lost in communication as Robin Dutt is shown the door". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Bayer trennt sich von Dutt – Hyypiä übernimmt". kicker (in German). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Bayer Leverkusen fires Robin Dutt as coach". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  8. ^ "Robin Dutt made sports director of German football federation". firstpost.com. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Dutt takes up German FA role". UEFA.com. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  10. ^ "DFB erteilt Freigabe – Dutt neuer Werder-Trainer". Die Welt (in German). 27 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  11. ^ Leslie, André (25 October 2014). "Werder Bremen coach Robin Dutt sacked". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  12. ^ "VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V. – Robin Dutt wird Vorstand Sport". www.vfb.de. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Mit sofortiger Wirkung: Robin Dutt wird Cheftrainer beim VfL Bochum". kicker.de. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  14. ^ "VfL beurlaubt Robin Dutt". vfl-bochum.de (in German). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Robin Dutt übernimmt kommende Saison Traineramt beim WAC". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  16. ^ Robin Dutt coach profile at Soccerway
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