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 Halata withMeuselwitz in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1962-08-08)8 August 1962 (age 63) | ||
| Place of birth | Świętochłowice, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1980 | 1. FC Magdeburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1988 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 193 | (47) |
| 1988–1991 | 1. FC Lok Leipzig | 76 | (21) |
| Total | 269 | (68) | |
| International career | |||
| 1984–1989 | East Germany | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994 | VfB Leipzig | ||
| 1996 | VfB Leipzig | ||
| 1997–1998 | VfB Leipzig | ||
| 1998–1999 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| 2002–2006 | ZFC Meuselwitz | ||
| 2007 | SV Dessau 05 | ||
| 2007–2011 | ZFC Meuselwitz | ||
| 2012–2013 | Budissa Bautzen | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Damian Halata (born 8 August 1962) is a German former professionalfootball player and manager. Born in Poland, he represented theEast Germany national team internationally.
Halata was born inŚwiętochłowice,Silesia, Poland. He spent his senior career at two clubs, playing 267DDR-Oberliga matches for1. FC Magdeburg (1975–1988) and1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (1988–91).[1] He also appeared in 14 matches on the European level for the two clubs.[2]
In October 1988, Halata managed to score five goals in one game againstBSG Sachsenring Zwickau. After qualifying for2. Bundesliga with Lok Leipzig, Halata suffered an injury in the first match of the1991–92 season that ended his playing career.
Halata played four matches forEast Germany, scoring once.[3] As part of East Germany's Olympic team he qualified for the1984 Summer Olympics, but did not participate in the Games, due to theSoviet-led boycott. Altogether, Halata appeared in 30 matches with the Olympic squad during qualification.[2]
After his playing career, Halata became assistant manager ofVfB Leipzig, working under managersJürgen Sundermann andBernd Stange. Aged 31, on 9 April 1994, he took over as interim manager, when Leipzig were assured relegation from theBundesliga.Between 1 July 1994 and 30 April 1996, he returned to the role of assistant manager, until he was made interim manager once more on 1 May 1996. This time he prevented the club's relegation from 2. Bundesliga. After again returning to his duties as assistant manager in the following season, Halata was once more given the task to save VfB Leipzig from relegation on 7 December 1997, but he could not prevent the club's relegation at the end of theseason.From 8 December 1998 to February 1999, he was manager of1. FC Dynamo Dresden, staying at the club as assistant manager until 14 March 2001.
On 1 January 2002, he took over as manager ofZFC Meuselwitz, then on a relegation spot in the fifth-tierLandesliga Thüringen. He secured non-relegation, then finished second in 2003 before winning promotion to theNOFV-Oberliga in 2004. In their first season, Meuselwitz finished sixth. After a disappointing start to the 2005–06 season, Halata stepped down as manager of Meuselwitz,[4] only to rescind his decision days later.[5] He stayed at the helm until June 2006, leading the club to a 5th place.
On 22 March 2007, Halata took over as manager ofSV Dessau 05 in the NOFV-Oberliga. In December 2007, Halata returned as manager of ZFC Meuselwitz, signing a contract until June 2012.[6]