Dutt with Freiburg in 2010
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 January 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Cologne, West Germany | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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VfB Stuttgart (board representative for sport) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1985 | SVGG Hirschlanden | ||
1985–1987 | TSV Korntal | ||
1987–1988 | TSV Münchingen | ||
1988–1990 | TSV Korntal | ||
1990–1993 | FV Zuffenhausen | ||
1993–1995 | SKV Rutesheim | ||
1995–1999 | TSG Leonberg | ||
Teams managed | |||
1995–1999 | TSG Leonberg (player-coach) | ||
1999–2000 | TSF Ditzingen II | ||
2000–2002 | TSF Ditzingen | ||
2002–2003 | Stuttgarter Kickers II | ||
2003–2007 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
2007–2011 | SC Freiburg | ||
2011–2012 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
2013–2014 | Werder Bremen | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Robin Dutt (German pronunciation: [ʀoːbiːn dʊt]; born 24 January 1965) is a retired German football player, manager and currently board representative for sport of VfB Stuttgart. He was also the manager of Bundesliga side Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen. Previously he coached SC Freiburg after taking over from the long-serving Volker Finke in July 2007. He had previously been manager of Stuttgarter Kickers for four years. Starting from the 2011–12 season, he signed a two-year managerial contract with Bayer Leverkusen after the previous manager Jupp Heynckes confirmed on 21 March 2011 that he would not be extending his stay at the BayArena.
He was born and brought up in Germany as the son of a German mother and Indian Bengali father from Kolkata. The father moved to Germany in the late 1950s.
As a football player, Dutt never made it big, playing amateur football in the fifth, sixth, and seventh divisions in Germany.
Dutt's coaching career started with the TSG Leonberg whom he coached until 1999, while he was winding down his playing career and they gained promotion to the next higher division in the last year. He then joined TSF Ditzingen, first as their second team coach and then coaching the first team.
Dutt's success brought him into the limelight locally and he then went on to join former Bundesliga side Stuttgarter Kickers as their second team coach in summer 2002. Doing good work at the club, the Kickers gave Robin a chance as their first team coach on 28 October 2003 and he would guide the club well with a young team in the Regionalliga (third division) in difficult times as the club didn't have necessary funds. The highlight came in the 2006–07 season when the Kickers beat Bundesliga side Hamburger SV 4–3 in extra time in the DFB-Pokal.