Danny Schwarz (born 11 May 1975) is a German

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coach and former player who was most recently the manager of

FC 08 Homburg Fußball-Club 08 Homburg or simply FC Homburg is a German association football club based in Homburg, Saarland, that competes in the Regionalliga Südwest. History The club was founded on 15 June 1908 as ''Fussball Club Homburg'' by a group ...

. He played as a

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Playing career

Schwarz was born in

Göppingen Göppingen (; or ) is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the Goeppingen (district), district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the birthplace ...

. He played for

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

between the 1995–96 season and 1997–98 season,

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...

during the 1998–99 season,

SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league ...

between the 1999–2000 season and the 2001–02 season, and

1860 Munich , commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; ''sechzig'' locally ; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of the German football pyramid. Their current home gr ...

during the 2002–03 season and 2003–04 season. He returns to Karlsruhe and 1860 Munich. He also played for the

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. He finished his playing career at

Bayern Munich II FC Bayern Munich II (''FC Bayern Munich Amateure'' until 2005) are the German reserve football teams, reserve team of Football in Germany, German association football club FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich, currently playing in the Regionalliga B ...

Coaching career

He was interim head coach for Bayern's reserve team from 23 March 2017 until the end of the season. He finished with a record of five wins and four draws in nine matches. He then managed the under-17 team of

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. On 2 April 2021, Bayern Munich announced that Schwarz and

Martín Demichelis Martín Gastón Demichelis (; born 20 December 1980) is an Argentine professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Association football, footballer who played usually as a centre-back, although he could also operate as ...

would replace

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as Bayern's reserve team manager. Bayern also announced that Seitz's last match would be against

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, in the country's north. It is most known for reaching the semifinals of the German Cup in the 2003/2004 season. They played in the 2. Bundesliga from 199 ...

on 3 April 2021. On 13 October 2021, he was appointed as the new head coach of

Würzburger Kickers Bukettraube (''/bu-ket-trau-be/''), also called Bouquet Blanc, Bouquettraube, Sylvaner Musqué or Bukettrebe, is a variety of white grape of German origin. Sebastian Englerth is supposed to have created it in Randersacker in the 19th century, ...

. He was sacked on 10 February 2022. He won one match, drew five matches and lost seven matches as head coach of Würzburger Kickers. In May 2023, it was announced that Schwarz would become new manager of

. He was sacked by Homburg on 3 December 2024.

Career statistics

Club

Managerial record

:1.Bayern Munich stated Danny Schwarz is co-manager with Martin Demichelis.

Honours

Stuttgart *

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: 1996–97

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwarz, Danny German men's footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's B international footballers 1975 births Living people VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players Karlsruher SC players SpVgg Unterhaching players TSV 1860 Munich players FC Bayern Munich II players Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff FC Bayern Munich II managers FC Würzburger Kickers managers 3. Liga managers German football managers Footballers from Göppingen West German men's footballers