Dennis Brinkmann

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Dennis Brinkmann
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-11-22) 22 November 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Essen, West Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
TuS 84/10 Essen
SG Wattenscheid 09
Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Borussia Dortmund II 7 (1)
1998–2003 Rot-Weiss Essen 93 (7)
2003–2005 Alemannia Aachen 54 (4)
2005–2010 Eintracht Braunschweig 130 (3)
2010–2011 TuS Koblenz 27 (0)
2011–2012 Wuppertaler SV 2 (0)
Total 313 (15)
Managerial career
2012–2013 VfL Bochum (youth)
2013–2015 VfL Bochum II (assistant)
2015–2016 VfL Bochum (youth)
2016 Wuppertaler SV (U19)
2017 TuRU Düsseldorf
2018–2019 FC Gütersloh 2000
2020–2021 FC Kray
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis Brinkmann (born 22 November 1978) is a German football coach and former professional player[1] who played as a right-back.

Playing career[edit]

Brinkmann was born in Essen. In his youth, he played for various clubs in the Ruhr Area. He started his senior career at Borussia Dortmund in 1997.

From 1998 to 2003, he spent five years in the Oberliga and the Regionalliga with Rot-Weiss Essen. Then he went to 2. Bundesliga-side Alemannia Aachen.

Brinkmann then successfully spent two years in Aachen along with players like Frank Paulus and Emmanuel Krontiris. He was part of the so-called "New Alemannia" and was capped 54 times. However, in 2005 he went to Eintracht Braunschweig, which was also a member of the 2. Bundesliga at that time.

Coaching career[edit]

After four years working as a youth coach and assistant manager of VfL Bochum, Brinkmann was hired by Wuppertaler SV from January 2016 as the U-19 manager and he would also serve as an office manager. On 28 November 2016, he left the position as U-19 manager and continued only as an office manager.[2] He left the club at the end of the 2016–17 season and was appointed as the manager of TuRU Düsseldorf.[3] He was fired on 29 October 2017.

On 30 January 2018, FC Gütersloh 2000 announced that Brinkmann would be the manager for the 2018–19 season.[4] His twin-brother, Tim Brinkmann, was also hired at the club as the sporting director. Both left the club on 26 February 2019.[5]

Honours[edit]

Rot-Weiss Essen

  • Regionalliga West/Südwest promotion: 1999

Alemannia Aachen

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Brinkmann, Dennis" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  2. ^ U19-Trainersuche läuft auf Hochtouren, reviersport.de, 28 November 2018
  3. ^ Profile at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu
  4. ^ Dennis Brinkmann wird neuer FC Gütersloh-Trainer, nw.de, 30 January 2018
  5. ^ Rücktritt der »Brinkmänner« – was nun, FCG?, westfalen-blatt.de, 26 February 2019

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