Daniel Farke (; born 30 October 1976) is a German professional football

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and former player who played as a forward. He is currently the manager of German

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club

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. He spent most of his playing career with SV Lippstadt, where he also began his management career. After a spell at

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, he led

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for four years, twice winning the

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. In January 2022 he was appointed as head coach of

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club

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, but resigned two months later due to the

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Playing career

Farke started his career with hometown club SV Steinhausen. He spent the majority of his playing career with

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, with whom he had three spells. Farke said that he "knew how to score" but was probably "the slowest striker in the whole of Western Europe". He played his whole career in the lower levels of German football.

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. He stepped down after six years, planning to take a year's sabbatical, before accepting the opportunity to take charge of

, the reserve side of German club

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. He managed the team for two seasons before he was recruited by Norwich City, having failed to agree a new contract at Dortmund.

Norwich City

On 25 May 2017, Farke was appointed as the head coach of

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club Norwich City on a two-year contract. Farke's first league game for Norwich City ended in a 1–1 draw after a late equaliser from

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and his first competitive game at

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saw Norwich beat

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3–2 in the

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. Farke completed his inaugural season in the Championship winning 15 games, drawing 15, and losing 16 – finishing 14th in the league table. The following season saw Norwich promoted as Championship title winners. Farke won the Manager of the Month award for November and in March 2019 signed a three-year contract extension, tying him to the club until June 2022. The team secured promotion to the

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on their penultimate match of the 2018–19 season, before securing the league title after the last match of the season. Norwich were instantly relegated back, following a 4–0 home loss to

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on 12 July 2020. In 2020–21, Norwich won the Championship and secured an immediate return to the Premier League with a club record 97 points. Farke was subsequently named EFL Championship Manager of the Season. On 21 July 2021, Farke signed a new four-year contract with the club, keeping him at Carrow Road until July 2025. 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. On 6 November, the day his team recorded their first league win of the season with a 2–1 away victory over

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, Farke was sacked after the game and replaced by former Aston Villa head coach

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on 15 November 2021.

Krasnodar

On 13 January 2022,

announced that Farke had been appointed as the club's new head coach on a contract until 30 June 2024. He left the club on 2 March, along with the rest of his coaching staff, due to the

. Due to the winter break and

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's military use, he did not manage in any matches for the club.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 4 June 2022, Farke was appointed head coach of

on a three-year deal. His first match was a 9–1 win at amateurs SV Oberachern in the

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first round; six days later he won 3–1 at home to

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in the first

match of his entire career.

Managerial statistics

Honours

SV Lippstadt * Oberliga Westfalen: 2012–13 *

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Group 1: 2011–12 Norwich City *

: 2018–19,

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Individual *

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: November 2018 *EFL Championship Manager of the Season:

* LMA Championship Manager of the Year: 2021

References

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