Daniel Farke

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Daniel Farke
Farke in 2023
Personal information
Full name Daniel Farke[1]
Date of birth (1976-10-30) 30 October 1976 (age 47)[2]
Place of birth Steinhausen, West Germany[3]
Position(s) Forward[3]
Team information
Current team
 Leeds United (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
SV Steinhausen
1994–1997 TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus 19 (10)
2001–2003 SV Lippstadt 39 (28)
2003–2005 SV Wilhelmshaven
2005 Bonner SC 10 (10)
2006 SV Lippstadt 12 (11)
2006–2007 SV Meppen 23 (9)
2007–2008 SV Lippstadt 6 (8)
Total 109 (76)
Managerial career
2009–2015 SV Lippstadt
2015–2017 Borussia Dortmund II
2017–2021 Norwich City
2022 Krasnodar
2022–2023 Borussia Mönchengladbach
2023– Leeds United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Farke (German pronunciation: [ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈfaʁkə, -ni̯ɛl -]; born 30 October 1976) is a German football manager and former player. He is the manager of EFL Championship club Leeds United.

He spent most of his playing career with SV Lippstadt, where he also began his management career. After a spell at Borussia Dortmund II, he led Norwich City for four years, twice winning the EFL Championship. In January 2022 he was appointed as head coach of Russian Premier League club Krasnodar, but resigned two months later due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Playing career

Farke started his career with hometown club SV Steinhausen.[4] He spent the majority of his playing career with SV Lippstadt 08, with whom he had three spells.[5] Farke said that he "knew how to score" but was probably "the slowest striker in the whole of Western Europe".[6] He played his whole career in the lower levels of German football.[3]

Managerial career

Early managerial career

Farke began his managerial career with SV Lippstadt 08. He was in charge for six years and took Lippstadt from the sixth tier of German football to the fourth, with his time in charge considered the most successful for Lippstadt football.[7][unreliable source?] He stepped down after six years, planning to take a year's sabbatical, before accepting the opportunity to take charge of Borussia Dortmund II, the reserve side of German club Borussia Dortmund. He managed the team for two seasons before he was recruited by Norwich City, having failed to agree a new contract at Dortmund.[3] He finished with a record of 29 wins, 21 draws, and six losses.[8]

Norwich City

On 25 May 2017, Farke was appointed as the head coach of Championship club Norwich City on a two-year contract.[9] Farke's first league game for Norwich City ended in a 1–1 draw after a late equaliser from Nélson Oliveira at Craven Cottage[10] and his first competitive game at Carrow Road saw Norwich beat Swindon Town 3–2 in the EFL Cup.[11] Farke completed his inaugural season in the Championship winning 15 games, drawing 15, and losing 16 – finishing 14th in the league table.[12][13]

Farke during the trophy parade after winning the Championship as Norwich manager in 2019

The following season saw Norwich promoted as Championship title winners. Farke won the Manager of the Month award for November[14] and in March 2019 signed a three-year contract extension, tying him to the club until June 2022.[15] The team secured promotion to the Premier League on their penultimate match of the 2018–19 season,[16] before securing the league title after the last match of the season.[17]

Norwich were instantly relegated back, following a 4–0 home loss to West Ham United on 12 July 2020.[18] In 2020–21, Norwich won the Championship and secured an immediate return to the Premier League with a club record 97 points.[19] Farke was subsequently named EFL Championship Manager of the Season.[20] On 21 July 2021, Farke signed a new four-year contract with the club, keeping him at Carrow Road until July 2025.[21]

In September 2021, Farke lost his 15th consecutive Premier League game in charge of Norwich, a record for a club or a manager in English top-flight history.[22] On 6 November, the day his team recorded their first league win of the season with a 2–1 away victory over Brentford, Farke was sacked after the game and replaced by former Aston Villa head coach Dean Smith on 15 November 2021.[23][24] He finished with a record of 87 wins, 49 draws, and 72 losses.[25]

Krasnodar

On 13 January 2022, Krasnodar announced that Farke had been appointed as the club's new head coach on a contract until 30 June 2024.[26] He left the club on 2 March, along with the rest of his coaching staff, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[27] Due to the winter break and Krasnodar International Airport's military use, he did not manage in any matches for the club.[28]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 4 June 2022, Farke was appointed head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach on a three-year deal.[29] His first match was a 9–1 win at amateurs SV Oberachern in the DFB-Pokal first round;[30] six days later he won 3–1 at home to 1899 Hoffenheim in the first Bundesliga match of his entire career.[31] Farke was sacked after one season with the team, on 2 June 2023.[32] He finished with a record of 12 wins, 10 draws, and 14 losses.[33]

Leeds United

On 4 July 2023, Farke was appointed as the manager of Championship club Leeds United on a four-year contract.[34]

Managerial statistics

As of 5 March 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Borussia Dortmund II 3 November 2015 25 May 2017 56 29 21 6 051.79 [8][9]
Norwich City 25 May 2017 6 November 2021 208 87 49 72 041.83 [9][25]
Krasnodar 13 January 2022 2 March 2022 0 0 0 0 !— [28]
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 June 2022 2 June 2023 36 12 10 14 033.33 [29][32][33]
Leeds United 4 July 2023 Present 42 26 9 7 061.90
Total 342 154 89 99 045.03

Honours

SV Lippstadt

Norwich City

Individual

References

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  4. ^ Sellmann, Hartwig (3 November 2015). "Daniel Farke hat sich beim SV Lippstadt ein Denkmal gesetzt" [Daniel Farke has made a memorial at SV Lippstadt]. Westfalenpost. Hagen. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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