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Christoph Daum

Christoph Daum
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Christoph Daum in 2009
Personal information
Full name Christoph Paul Daum
Date of birth (1953-10-24) 24 October 1953 (age 63)
Place of birth Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge, East Germany
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Romania (manager)
Youth career
DJK Viktoria Beeck
VfvB Ruhrort-Laar
0000–1971 Hamborn 07
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1972 Hamborn 07
1972–1975 Eintracht Duisburg
1975–1981 1. FC Köln II
Teams managed
1986–1990 1. FC Köln
1990–1993 VfB Stuttgart
1994–1996 Beşiktaş
1996–2000 Bayer Leverkusen
2001–2002 Beşiktaş
2002–2003 Austria Wien
2003–2006 Fenerbahçe
2006–2009 1. FC Köln
2009–2010 Fenerbahçe
2011 Eintracht Frankfurt
2011–2012 Club Brugge
2013–2014 Bursaspor
2016– Romania
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Christoph Paul Daum (born 24 October 1953) is a German professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of the Romania national team.

Daum played as a midfielder and was a junior for several clubs from the region of Duisburg. He began his senior career with Hamborn 07 and Eintracht Duisburg, before joining 1. FC Köln in 1975 and being part of the reserve team that won the 1980–81 German amateur football championship.

As a manager, he won 8 trophies with clubs from Germany, Turkey and Austria.

Daum began his football career in 1971 in the youth league with Hamborn 07. He transferred in 1972 to Eintracht Duisburg and then in 1975 to 1. FC Köln, where he played in the amateur league until his retirement.

After finishing his career as a player, he earned his coaching licence at the DFB and began working in 1981 as amateur coach with 1. FC Köln. In the 1985/86 season he was promoted to assistant coach and in 1986 to the top position. During the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Daum was released from his position by Cologne's president Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten. In November 1990 he transferred to VfB Stuttgart, where he won the German championship in 1992. In the following season Daum committed a mistake in the first round of the European Cup against Leeds United on 30 September 1992 by illegally putting in a fourth foreign player. A replay was scheduled, which Leeds won. The UK newspaper 'The Sun' dubbed him 'Christoph Dumb' following this incident. The VfB missed out on the Champions League and Daum was released.


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