Deniz Doğan (born 20 October 1979) is a Turkish-German football coach and

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player, who currently works for the reserve team of

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

as a playing assistant.

Career

Doğan began his professional at 2. Bundesliga side

VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section. The footba ...

in 2003. After one season, he transferred to his hometown club

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, in the country's north. It is most known for reaching the semifinals of the German Cup in the 2003/2004 season. They played in the 2. Bundesliga from 199 ...

. After three years in Lübeck, Doğan joined

in 2007, then playing in the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

. He went on to play eight seasons for Braunschweig, wearing the number 8. With Braunschweig he won promotion into the 2. Bundesliga in 2011 and into the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

in 2013. On 10 August 2013, Doğan made his debut in the German first-tier, in a match against

SV 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. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

. Doğan retired from professional football at the end of the 2014–15 season. For the

2015–16 Regionalliga The 2015–16 Regionalliga was the eighth season of the Regionalliga, the fourth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system. The champions of Regionalliga Nord – SV Werder Bremen II, the champions of the Re ...

season, Doğan joined the staff of Eintracht Braunschweig's reserve team as playing assistant manager. In October 2015, he temporarily returned into the club's first team, which was missing several players due to injuries or suspension at the time.

Personal life

He is the brother of former SV Meppen defender Hüseyin Dogan.

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* * 1979 births Living people Footballers from Lübeck Turkish men's footballers German twins German men's footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent Hamburger SV II players VfL Osnabrück players VfB Lübeck players Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig II players Eintracht Braunschweig non-playing staff Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Men's association football defenders {{Germany-footy-defender-1970s-stub