Daniel Farke

Daniel Farke (German pronunciation: [ˈdaːnjəl ˈfaːʁkə]; born 30 October 1976) is a German professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of Championship club Norwich City.

"Farke" redirects here. For the former municipality in Albania, see Farkë.
Daniel Farke
Farke as recent coach of Norwich City in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-10-30) 30 October 1976[1]
Place of birth Steinhausen, West Germany[2]
Position(s) Forward[2]
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)
Teams managed
2009–2015 SV Lippstadt
2015–2017 Borussia Dortmund II
2017– Norwich City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Farke started his career with hometown club SV Steinhausen.[3] He played the majority of his career with SV Lippstadt 08, with whom he had three spells.[4] Farke has since said that he "knew how to score" but was probably "the slowest striker in the whole of Western Europe".[5] He played his whole career in the lower levels of German football.[2]

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.[6] 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.[2]

Norwich City

On 25 May 2017, Farke was appointed as the head coach of Championship club Norwich City on a two-year contract.[7] Farke's first league game for Norwich City ended in a 1–1 draw after a late equaliser from Nélson Oliveira at Craven Cottage[8] and his first competitive game at Carrow Road saw Norwich beat Swindon Town 3–2 in the EFL Cup.[9] Farke completed his inaugural season in the Championship winning 15 games, drawing 15, and losing 16 – finishing 14th in the league table.[10][11]

The following season saw Norwich promoted as Championship title winners. Farke won the Manager of the Month award for November[12] and in March 2019 signed a three-year contract extension, tying him to the club until June 2022.[13] The team secured promotion to the Premier League on their penultimate match of the 2018–19 season,[14] before securing the league title after the last match of the season.[15]

Norwich were instantly relegated back, following a 4–0 home loss to West Ham United on 12 July 2020.[16]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 5 February 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
Borussia Dortmund II 3 November 2015 25 May 2017 56 29 21 6 051.8 [17][18]
Norwich City 25 May 2017 Present 177 72 44 61 040.7 [19]
Total 233 101 65 67 043.3

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

SV Lippstadt

Norwich City

Individual

References
  1. "D. Farke: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. Bristow, Tom (23 May 2017). "Daniel Farke: The lowdown on Norwich City's manager target". Eastern Daily Press. Norwich. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. German career stats – FuPa
  5. Why does Norwich's manager dislike horses? | Tubes Meets Daniel Farke, retrieved 7 December 2019
  6. Varney, Cory (12 November 2018). "The man that never wanted to be a coach: The story behind Daniel Farke". Iwritethings23.wordpress.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  7. "Norwich City appoint Daniel Farke as Head Coach". Norwich City F.C. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  8. "Fulham 1–1 Norwich City". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  9. "City seal win over Swindon". Norwich City F.C. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018.
  10. MacInnes, Paul (30 October 2018). "Norwich showing signs of promise as Daniel Farke's methods hit home". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  11. White, Jim (1 February 2019). "Norwich have turned into contenders on a shoestring with German coach Daniel Farke overseeing the revolution". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  12. "Daniel Farke wins Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month award". Norwich City F.C. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  13. "Daniel Farke signs new contract at Norwich City". Norwich City F.C. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  14. Law, James (27 April 2019). "Norwich City 2–1 Blackburn Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  15. "Aston Villa 1–2 Norwich City". BBC Sport. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  16. Darwen, Chris (13 July 2020). "REVIEW Premier League review: Long live Jose Mourinho, Chelsea blunted by Blades and do Liverpool care about 100 points?". Talksport. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  17. "Borussia Dortmund II – Trainerhistorie". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  18. "Daniel Farke: Norwich City appoint Borussia Dortmund II boss as head coach". BBC Sport. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  19. "Managers: Daniel Farke". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  20. "Daniel Farke calls Norwich's title win the 'icing on the cake'". FourFourTwo. Future. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  21. "Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Month". English Football League. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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