Robin Dutt (; born 24 January 1965) is a German

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coach, executive and former player. He is the manager of Austrian club

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Early life

Dutt was born and brought up in Germany, the son of a German mother and

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father from

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. His father moved to Germany in the late 1950s.

Playing career

As a player, Dutt played amateur football in the fifth, sixth, and seventh divisions in Germany.

Coaching and executive career

Early career

Dutt's coaching career started with TSG Leonberg who he coached until 1999, while he was winding down his playing career. The club gained promotion to the next higher division in his last year. He then joined

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, first as their second team coach and then coaching the first team.

Stuttgarter Kickers

Dutt's success brought him into the limelight locally and he then went on to join former Bundesliga side

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as their second team coach in summer

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. The Kickers gave Dutt a chance as their first

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coach on 28 October 2003 and he would guide the club well with a young team in the

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(third division) in difficult times as the club did not have the necessary funds. The highlight came in the 2006–07 season when the Kickers beat Bundesliga side

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4–3 in extra time in the

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SC Freiburg

Dutt decided to take up the job at 2. Bundesliga club

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in summer 2007. It was the end of an era as previous coach

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had coached Freiburg for 16 years, a record in German professional football. The going initially was not easy for Dutt, but in year two he was able to win the 2. Bundesliga title and Freiburg was back in the Bundesliga after four years. The first season in Bundesliga with SC Freiburg saw Dutt escaping 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 cling onto the respectable ninth position in the league table.

Bayer Leverkusen

The decision to take Dutt to succeed

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bound Jupp Heynckes as coach of

Bayer 04 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 ...

was made in March 2011. "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," said Dutt when he took the reins on 19 June 2011. Dutt was dismissed from his post on 1 April 2012, after a poor run that included a 7–1 away defeat at

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in the round of 16 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, In which

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became the first player to score 5 goal in a Champions League match, and a streak of four consecutive Bundesliga defeats which left Leverkusen in sixth position in the Bundesliga.

DFB and Werder Bremen

In August 2012, Dutt replaced

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as sporting director of the

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(DFB). Dutt became the new head coach of

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

on 27 May 2013. Werder Bremen sacked Dutt on 25 October 2014.

Board representative for sport of VfB Stuttgart

On 6 January 2015 Dutt became board representative for sport of

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. In May 2016, he was sacked by

following the team's relegation from the Bundesliga for the first time in 40 years.

VfL Bochum

On 11 February

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Dutt was appointed as manager of

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. He was sacked on 26 August 2019.

Wolfsberger AC

In April 2021 Wolfsberger AC announced, that Robin Dutt is going to be their coach from August 2021.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Dutt's profile
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