Christoph Dabrowski (born Krzysztof Dąbrowski; 1 August 1978) is a German football manager and former player who manages

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. He played for

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, Arminia Bielefeld, Hannover 96 and

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Club career

On 11 May 1999, Dabrowski scored the decisive goal in

's 1–0 win against

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and greatly contributed to the club's

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survival. It was also the first match with manager

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in charge of the team. Shortly afterwards he helped them win the 1998–99 DFB-Pokal, starting in the

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against Bayern Munich as Bremen won on penalties.

International career

Of Polish descent, Dabrowski owns dual German-Polish citizenship and in October 2005 the

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requested to nominate Dabrowski for their

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. However, the

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rejected the request because Dabrowski was not entitled to play for Poland, as he had already played for the German Team 2006.

Managerial career

On 10 October 2013, Dabrowski was named as the new assistant manager of Hannover 96's reserve team,

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. He left this position on 28 January 2014, and was picked as the new manager of the U17 team of Hannover 96. On 11 June 2015, Dabrowski was named as the new assistant coach of Hannover 96 under manager

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. On 1 December 2021, Dabrowski was announced as interim coach of Hannover 96 after Jan Zimmermann was sacked. The appointment was made permanent on 21 December 2021, after the team had won two out of three matches under Dabrowski; he received a contract until the end of the season. After the 2021–22 season he left Hannover. In June 2022, he was appointed by

Personal life

Dabrowski was born in Katowice and emigrated in the age of six years with his mother as an

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(''Aussiedler'') – his maternal grandfather had served in the German Wehrmacht and therefore got an Aussiedler status – from his country of birth and settled in

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Career statistics

Managerial statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dabrowski, Christoph 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Katowice German footballers German football managers Germany under-21 international footballers Germany B international footballers Polish footballers Polish football managers German people of Polish descent Polish people of German descent Polish emigrants to Germany Citizens of Germany through descent SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players Arminia Bielefeld players Hannover 96 players VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Association football midfielders Hannover 96 managers Rot-Weiss Essen managers 2. Bundesliga managers 3. Liga managers Footballers from Berlin