Dirk Sobottka

Dirk Sobottka (born July 30, 1964 in Dortmund ) is a former German ice hockey player who was active during his career for ERC Westphalia Dortmund in 1990 in the 1st League North .

Career

As a player

Sobottka was since the 1981/82 season in the squad of the Krefeld EV , with which he was active in the second highest German league, the 2nd Bundesliga . After he was only used five times in his first season for KEV, he was part of the regular squad the following year and played 43 games in which the defensive player was able to score five points. In the summer of 1986, the now 22-year-old joined the former league competitor Duisburger SC , where he developed into a top performer and, with 56 points in 69 games, was one of the top defenders in the league.

This was followed by a season at EC Ratingen , before he moved to the newly promoted ERC Westfalen Dortmund in the 1988/89 season. Sobottka also left the club after only one year and went on the ice in the following three seasons for EC Ratingen, ESV Kaufbeuren and TEV Miesbach . He then returned to Dortmund in the summer of 1992. There he signed a contract with ERC Westfalen Dortmund 1990, which had been newly founded two years earlier. With this he was able to move up from the regional league to the second highest division at the time, the first division north. For Dortmund, Sobottka completed a total of 240 league games and scored 186 points scorer. After the club had to file for bankruptcy at the end of the 1995/96 season and was ultimately dissolved, he left the club.

As a trainer

After Sobottka ended his career as a professional ice hockey player, he coached the EHC Dortmund in the Regionalliga NRW between 2002 and 2004 , for whose predecessor he was already active. In summer 2004, after two seasons, he ended his engagement as a coach with the Elchen and was replaced by his German compatriot Michael Schneider.

1st league statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	2	85	8th	31	39	44
Playoffs	1	2	0	0	0	0

Web links

• Dirk Sobottka at hockeydb.com (English)
• Dirk Sobottka at eurohockey.com