Daniel Bierofka (; born 7 February 1979) is a German football coach and a former player. A former left winger, his playing career had been plagued by injuries which limited his chances of playing more matches for Germany national squad and forced him to retire after the 2013–14 season.

Club career

Bierofka came through the Bayern Munich youth system and made it to the reserve squad but never played for the senior team. He then transferred to city rival

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where he played 55 games in two seasons. Bierofka then moved to

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

for three years before going over to

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

. In the 2006–07 season, Bierofka won the

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title with VfB Stuttgart. In June 2007, Bierofka returned to 1860 Munich with the club committing to a deferred payment of €400,000.

International career

Bierofka has played three internationals for

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and scored one goal – on 18 May 2002, in the 6–2 win against

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in a

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Coaching career

1860 Munich

After ending his club career at 1860 Munich II in May 2014 Bierofka became head coach of the U-16 squad of his former club. On 18 February 2015 he became the head coach of 1860 Munich II after

Torsten Fröhling Torsten Fröhling (born 24 August 1966) is a German football coach and former player. He has previously been head coach of Altona 93, Holstein Kiel II, Holstein Kiel, VfB Oldenburg, 1860 Munich II, 1860 Munich and Wehen Wiesbaden. Playing ...

was appointed head coach of the first team. On 14 March 2015, in his debut, 1860 Munich II and Schalding-Heining finished in a 0–0 draw. In a Bavarian derby, on 21 March 2015, 1860 Munich II lost to

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2–0. He finished with a record of four wins, three draws, and five losses. He took on the first team on 19 April 2016. Under Bierofka's coaching 1860 Munich won its first three matches against Eintracht Braunschweig,

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and

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and thereby avoided relegation from the

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. As Bierofka did not held a coaching license for the 2. Bundesliga he was only allowed to coach with a special permit for three matches. He won all three of his matches. After this permit expired he took over the second team again and was replaced by interim coach Denis Bushuev for the last match of the season against

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. He was again appointed as the interim head coach on 22 November 2016. After the first team was relegated from the 2. Bundesliga and failed to obtain a licence for the

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Bierofka was appointed head coach for the 2017–18 season. He resigned on 7 November 2019.

Wacker Innsbruck

In May 2020, Bierofka signed a contract to become head coach at Wacker Innsbruck from the 2020-21 season. His appointment ended on 7 October 2021.

Personal life

His father is a former player and former head coach of 1860 Munich.

Career statistics

Club

International goal

:''Score and result list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Bierofka goal''.

Coaching record

Honours

;VfB Stuttgart *

: 2006–07

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bierofka, Daniel 1979 births Living people German footballers Germany international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers Germany B international footballers Association football wingers VfB Stuttgart players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players TSV 1860 Munich players FC Bayern Munich II players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga managers 3. Liga managers TSV 1860 Munich managers Footballers from Munich German football managers Regionalliga players FC Wacker Innsbruck managers German expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria