Dirk Dufner

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Dirk Dufner (* 20th February 1968 in Hausach ) is a German football - functionary .

Career

Dufner, the son of a lawyer, did not get beyond a youth career as a football player due to a knee injury. He studied in Freiburg and Bonn Jura and completed the legal clerkship u. a. at SC Freiburg and at Cape Town Spurs in South Africa (now bought by Ajax Amsterdam ) . After unsuccessfully applying for a job at FC Barcelona , he worked for three years in the management of VfB Stuttgart from 1997 onwards .

From April 2000 to June 2004 he was sports director under President Karl-Heinz Wildmoser at TSV 1860 Munich . He then went freelance as a sports lawyer in Munich.

On May 24, 2007 Dufner returned to Baden as sports director of SC Freiburg . After internal quarrels, he succeeded Andreas Bornemann . In the 2008/09 season, the club rose to the first division. In spring 2011, the sports club extended the contract with Dufner until 2014. On April 22, 2013, the manager and the club agreed to terminate the contract immediately. On April 23, 2013, one day after the contract was terminated in Freiburg, he was introduced as the new sports director at league rivals Hannover 96 .

In early August 2015 he asked Hannover 96 to terminate his contract shortly after the squad had been put together and the season started; the association met his wish.

Since January 9th, 2017 he has been working as a player consultant at arena11 sports group GmbH.

Private

Dufner has a daughter who lives with her mother in Frankfurt am Main .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dominik Bloedner: From Fan to Manager ( Memento from December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 220 kB); in: chilli. The Freiburg city magazine, July / August 2009 edition.
  2. ^ Dufner follows Bornemann ; kicker.de, May 24, 2007
  3. ↑ Dirk Dufner extended at SC ( Memento from February 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); SC Freiburg press release
  4. ↑ Dirk Dufner leaves the sports club ; SC Freiburg press release
  5. ↑ Focus Online : After separation at SC Freiburg: Hannover makes Dirk Dufner the new sports director from April 23, 2013
  6. ↑ Kicker Sportmagazin, August 4, 2015: Dufner leaves 96.
  7. ↑ Neue Presse, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany: Football - Former Hanover 96 Manager Dufner becomes a player adviser - NP - Neue Presse. Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
  8. ↑ bild.de : Will everything smell again with Dufner? , April 22, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Dufner, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German football functionary
DATE OF BIRTH 20th February 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Hausach