Detlev Dammeier (born 18 October 1968) is a German

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coach and a former player who was the athletic director of

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

from 20 March 2008 to 30 March 2010.

Playing career

Dammeier was born in

Stadthagen Stadthagen () is the capital of the district of Landkreis Schaumburg, Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km east of Minden and 40 km west of Hanover. The city consists of the districts Brandenburg, Enzen ...

, in the Schaumburg Land. In 1986, he signed his first professional contract with

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 19 ...

. From 1989 to 1992 he played for the

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and switched then to

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

in the 2. Bundesliga. In 1997, Wolfsburg was promoted to the

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. In 2000, Dammeier joined

in the 2. Bundesliga. With this club he was promoted both in 2002 and 2004 to the

. He finally ended his active career at the end of the 2005–06 season. Dammeier completed over 500 first and second division games. His position was

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Post-playing career

From 10 November 2007, Dammeier coached Arminia Bielefeld's second team until the end of the season. Dammeier has successfully completed the 14-day training course for a Trainer-B-Lizenz for this job. On 10 December 2007, after the dismissal of Ernst Middendorp, he became interim coach of Arminia, which he only oversaw in the last first round game against

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 ...

(2-0); after the game,

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was introduced as the new head coach. On 20 March 2008, Detlev Dammeier became Arminia Bielefeld's new sporting director, succeeding Reinhard Saftig, whom the club had previously fired. Dammeier signed a contract until the end of June 2009. He also held the post of coach of the second team of Arminia Bielefeld until the end of the season. During the winter break of the

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, the club announced that Detlev Dammeier's contract had been extended until 30 June 2011. On 30 March 2010, Arminia Bielefeld announced that Dammeier had been relieved of his duties. From September 2011 to the summer of 2013, Dammeier coached the state league team Spvg Steinhagen. In the summer of 2013, Detlev Dammeier was a scout at

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, where he was primarily responsible for analyzing opponents. On 17 February 2014,

SC Preußen Münster SC Preußen Münster (English: Prussia Münster) is a German sports club based in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia which is mostly recognised for its Association football, football section. The football team currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga w ...

announced that Dammeier would take over the sporting management of the club. After a controversial interview, Dammeier had to vacate the post on 31 March. From 1 July to 2 October 2017, Dammeier coached the club Lupo Martini Wolfsburg from the

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. For the 2018/19 season, Dammeier took over the coaching position at the

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Personal life

Detlev Dammeier is married and has three daughters. He completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk. Since December 2009 he has been the official sponsor of the

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Honours

VfL Wolfsburg *

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finalist: 1994–95 West Germany U16 * U-16 World Championship runner-up:

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References

1968 births Living people People from Stadthagen German football managers German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Hannover 96 players Hamburger SV players VfL Wolfsburg players Arminia Bielefeld players Arminia Bielefeld managers 2. Bundesliga managers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Lower Saxony West German men's footballers {{germany-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub