Robin Dutt

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Robin Dutt

| image = CupII-5611 (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Dutt with SC Freiburg in 2010

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|1|24}}

| birth_place = Cologne, West Germany

| height =

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1983–1985

| years2 = 1985–1987

| years3 = 1987–1988

| years4 = 1988–1990

| years5 = 1990–1993

| years6 = 1993–1995

| years7 = 1995–1999

| clubs1 = SVGG Hirschlanden

| clubs2 = TSV Korntal

| clubs3 = TSV Münchingen

| clubs4 = TSV Korntal

| clubs5 = FV Zuffenhausen

| clubs6 = SKV Rutesheim

| clubs7 = TSG Leonberg

| manageryears1 = 1995–1999

| manageryears2 = 1999–2000

| manageryears3 = 2000–2002

| manageryears4 = 2002–2003

| manageryears5 = 2003–2007

| manageryears6 = 2007–2011

| manageryears7 = 2011–2012

| manageryears8 = 2013–2014

| manageryears9 = 2018–2019

| manageryears10 = 2021–2023

| managerclubs1 = TSG Leonberg (player-coach)

| managerclubs2 = TSF Ditzingen II

| managerclubs3 = TSF Ditzingen

| managerclubs4 = Stuttgarter Kickers II

| managerclubs5 = Stuttgarter Kickers

| managerclubs6 = SC Freiburg

| managerclubs7 = Bayer Leverkusen

| managerclubs8 = Werder Bremen

| managerclubs9 = VfL Bochum

| managerclubs10 = Wolfsberger AC

}}

Robin Dutt ({{IPA|de|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.

Early life

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.{{cite web | url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-14/news/29884506_1_bundesliga-club-oliver-kahn | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120701130737/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-14/news/29884506_1_bundesliga-club-oliver-kahn | url-status = dead | archive-date = 1 July 2012 | title = German football club Bayer Leverkusen's Robin Dutt says won't mind coaching India | publisher = The Economic Times | date = 14 August 2011 | access-date = 1 December 2013 | first = TR | last = Vivek}}

Playing career

Dutt played amateur football in the fifth, sixth, and seventh divisions in Germany.{{Cite news |date=23 May 2013 |title=Indian-origin Dutt offered Werder Bremen job |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/indian-origin-dutt-offered-werder-bremen-job/articleshow/20228126.cms |access-date=2023-02-07 |issn=0971-8257}}

Coaching and executive career

=Early career=

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=

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=

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.{{cite web | url = http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/robin-dutt-indo-german-success-story.html | title = Robin Dutt: An Indo-German success story | publisher = arunfoot.blogspot.de | date = 31 October 2010 | access-date = 1 December 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203054831/http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/robin-dutt-indo-german-success-story.html | archive-date = 3 December 2013 | df = dmy-all }}

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.{{cite web | url = http://bleacherreport.com/articles/780699-robin-dutt-is-he-the-one-that-bayer-leverkusen-need-to-end-the-neverkusen | title = Robin Dutt: Is He the One That Bayer Leverkusen Need to End "the Neverkusen"? | publisher = bleacherreport.com | date = 26 July 2011 | access-date = 1 December 2013}}

=Bayer Leverkusen=

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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,"{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/apr/02/bayer-leverkusen-robin-dutt-fired | title = Leverkusen lost in communication as Robin Dutt is shown the door | work = The Guardian | date = 2 April 2012 | access-date = 1 December 2013 | first = Raphael | last = Honigstein}} said Dutt when he took the reins on 19 June 2011. Dutt was dismissed from his post on 1 April 2012,{{cite news|title=Bayer trennt sich von Dutt – Hyypiä übernimmt|url=https://www.kicker.de/bayer-trennt-sich-von-dutt---hyypiae-uebernimmt-566855/artikel|access-date=19 January 2014|newspaper=kicker|date=1 April 2012|language=de}} 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.{{cite web | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/soccer/wires/04/01/2080.ap.soc.leverkusen.coach.fired.1st.ld.writethru.0333/index.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130730113051/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/soccer/wires/04/01/2080.ap.soc.leverkusen.coach.fired.1st.ld.writethru.0333/index.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 30 July 2013 | title = Bayer Leverkusen fires Robin Dutt as coach | publisher = sportsillustrated.cnn.com | date = 1 April 2012 | access-date = 1 December 2013}}

=DFB and Werder Bremen=

In August 2012, Dutt replaced Matthias Sammer as sporting director of the German football federation (DFB).{{cite web | url = http://www.firstpost.com/sports/robin-dutt-made-sports-director-of-german-football-federation-389411.html | title = Robin Dutt made sports director of German football federation | publisher = firstpost.com | date = 24 July 2012 | access-date = 1 December 2013}}{{cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ger/news/newsid=1843294.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120727161854/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ger/news/newsid=1843294.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 27 July 2012 | title = Dutt takes up German FA role | publisher = UEFA | date = 25 July 2012 | access-date = 1 December 2013 }}

Dutt became the new head coach of Werder Bremen on 27 May 2013.{{cite news|title=DFB erteilt Freigabe – Dutt neuer Werder-Trainer|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/werder-bremen/article116556542/DFB-erteilt-Freigabe-Dutt-neuer-Werder-Trainer.html|access-date=27 May 2013|newspaper=Die Welt|date=27 May 2013|language=de}} Werder Bremen dismissed Dutt on 25 October 2014.{{cite news|last1=Leslie|first1=André|title=Werder Bremen coach Robin Dutt sacked|url=http://www.dw.de/werder-bremen-coach-robin-dutt-sacked/a-18021060|access-date=25 October 2014|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=25 October 2014}}

=Board representative for sport of VfB Stuttgart=

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.vfb.de/de/aktuell/meldungen/news/2015/vfb-sportvorstand-pm-jan15/page/9165-1-3-.html |title=VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V. – Robin Dutt wird Vorstand Sport |website=www.vfb.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106161032/http://www.vfb.de/de/aktuell/meldungen/news/2015/vfb-sportvorstand-pm-jan15/page/9165-1-3-.html |archive-date=2015-01-06}}

=VfL Bochum=

On 11 February 2018 Dutt was appointed as manager of VfL Bochum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/dutt-ab-sofort-neuer-cheftrainer-beim-vfl-bochum-717112/artikel|title=Mit sofortiger Wirkung: Robin Dutt wird Cheftrainer beim VfL Bochum|publisher=Kicker|date=11 February 2018|access-date=11 February 2018}} He was dismissed on 26 August 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.vfl-bochum.de/news/uebersicht/profis/vfl-beurlaubt-robin-dutt/|title=VfL beurlaubt Robin Dutt|website=vfl-bochum.de|date=26 August 2019|access-date=26 August 2019|language=de}}

= Wolfsberger AC =

In April 2021 Wolfsberger AC announced, that Robin Dutt was going to be their coach from August 2021.{{Cite web|title=Robin Dutt übernimmt kommende Saison Traineramt beim WAC|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000126018102/robindutt-uebernimmt-kommende-saison-traineramt-beim-wac|access-date=2021-04-21|website=DER STANDARD|language=de-AT}}

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan="2" \|Team ! rowspan="2" \|Nat ! rowspan="2" \|From ! rowspan="2"\|To ! colspan="8" \|Record
{{Tooltip\|G\|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}}
align=left\|TSF Ditzingen \|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} \|align=left\|1 July 2000 \|align=left\|30 June 2002 {{WDL\|68\|19\|17\|32\|for=86\|against=123\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Stuttgarter Kickers II \|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} \|align=left\|1 July 2002 \|align=left\|27 October 2003 {{WDL\|48\|20\|10\|18\|for=56\|against=53\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Stuttgarter Kickers \|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} \|align=left\|27 October 2003 \|align=left\|30 June 2007 {{WDL\|126\|49\|36\|41\|for=185\|against=160\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|SC Freiburg \|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} \|align=left\|1 July 2007 \|align=left\|30 June 2011 {{WDL\|145\|63\|28\|54\|for=199\|against=200\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Bayer Leverkusen \|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} \|align=left\|1 July 2011 \|align=left\|1 April 2012 {{WDL\|37\|14\|8\|15\|for=52\|against=60\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Werder Bremen \|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} \|align=left\|27 May 2013 \|align=left\|25 October 2014 {{WDL\|45\|11\|13\|21\|for=56\|against=94\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|VfL Bochum \|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} \|align=left\|12 February 2018 \|align=left\|26 August 2019 {{WDL\|52\|18\|17\|17\|for=76\|against=76\|diff=yes}}
align=left\|Wolfsberger AC \|{{Flagicon\|Austria}} \|align=left\|1 July 2021 \|align=left\|Present {{WDL\|66\|29\|9\|28\|for=120\|against=111\|diff=yes}}
colspan="4"\|Total {{WDLtot\|588\|223\|138\|227\|for=830\|against=877\|diff=yes}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2" |Team

! rowspan="2" |Nat

! rowspan="2" |From

! rowspan="2"|To

! colspan="8" |Record

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

align=left|TSF Ditzingen

|{{Flagicon|Germany}}

|align=left|1 July 2000

|align=left|30 June 2002

align=left|Stuttgarter Kickers II

|{{Flagicon|Germany}}

|align=left|1 July 2002

|align=left|27 October 2003

align=left|Stuttgarter Kickers

|{{Flagicon|Germany}}

|align=left|27 October 2003

|align=left|30 June 2007

align=left|SC Freiburg

|{{Flagicon|Germany}}

|align=left|1 July 2007

|align=left|30 June 2011

align=left|Bayer Leverkusen

|{{Flagicon|Germany}}

|align=left|1 July 2011

|align=left|1 April 2012

align=left|Werder Bremen

|{{Flagicon|Germany}}

|align=left|27 May 2013

|align=left|25 October 2014

align=left|VfL Bochum

|{{Flagicon|Germany}}

|align=left|12 February 2018

|align=left|26 August 2019

align=left|Wolfsberger AC

|{{Flagicon|Austria}}

|align=left|1 July 2021

|align=left|Present

colspan="4"|Total

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011125514/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/trainersteckbrief/object/3135/saison/2007-08 Dutt's profile] at kicker.de {{in lang|de}}

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