| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Krzysztof Dąbrowski | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-08-01)1 August 1978 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Katowice, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1993 | 1. FC Schöneberg | ||
| 1993–1994 | BFC Preußen Berlin | ||
| 1994–1995 | Hertha BSC | ||
| 1995–1996 | Werder Bremen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2001 | Werder Bremen II | 51 | (2) |
| 1998–2001 | Werder Bremen | 49 | (3) |
| 2001–2003 | Arminia Bielefeld | 57 | (5) |
| 2003–2006 | Hannover 96 | 78 | (3) |
| 2006–2013 | VfL Bochum | 192 | (23) |
| 2009 | →VfL Bochum II | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 429 | (36) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Germany U-21 | 9 | (1) |
| 1998 | Germany Olympic | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2004 | Germany B | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2021 | Hannover 96 II | ||
| 2021–2022 | Hannover 96 | ||
| 2022– | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christoph Dabrowski (bornKrzysztof Dąbrowski; 1 August 1978) is a Germanfootball manager and former player who last managedRot-Weiss Essen.[1][2] He played forWerder Bremen,Arminia Bielefeld, Hannover 96 andVfL Bochum.[1][3]
On 11 May 1999, Dabrowski scored the decisive goal inWerder Bremen's 1–0 win againstSchalke 04 and greatly contributed to the club'sBundesliga survival. It was also the first match with managerThomas Schaaf in charge of the team.[4] Shortly afterwards he helped them win the1998–99 DFB-Pokal, starting in thefinal againstBayern Munich as Bremen won on penalties.[5]
Of Polish descent, Dabrowski owns dual German-Polish citizenship and in October 2005 thePolish Football Association requested to nominate Dabrowski for theirnational team. However, theFIFA rejected the request because Dabrowski was not entitled to play for Poland, as he had already played for theGerman Team 2006.[6]
On 10 October 2013, Dabrowski was named as the new assistant manager ofHannover 96's reserve team,Hannover 96 II.[7] He left this position on 28 January 2014, and was picked as the new manager of the U17 team ofHannover 96.[8]
On 11 June 2015, Dabrowski was named as the new assistant coach ofHannover 96 under managerMichael Frontzeck.[9]
On 1 December 2021, Dabrowski was announced as interim coach of Hannover 96 afterJan Zimmermann was sacked.[10] The appointment was made permanent on 21 December 2021, after the team had won two out of three matches under Dabrowski; he received a contract until the end of the season.[11] After the 2021–22 season he left Hannover.[12] In June 2022, he was appointed byRot-Weiss Essen.[13] He was sacked in December 2024.[14]
Dabrowski was born inKatowice and emigrated in the age of six years with his mother as anethnic German (Aussiedler) – his maternal grandfather had served in the German Wehrmacht and therefore got an Aussiedler status[15] – from his country of birth and settled inWest-Berlin.
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Ligapokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Werder Bremen II | 1996–97 | Regionalliga Nord | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 1997–98 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| 1998–99 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 1999–00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2000–01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2 | ||
| Werder Bremen | 1998–99 | Bundesliga | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| 1999–00 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 62 | 5 | ||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2001–02 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| Total | 57 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 5 | ||
| Hannover 96 | 2003–04 | Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2005–06 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 78 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 3 | ||
| VfL Bochum | 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2007–08 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 5 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 6 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 4 | |||
| 2011–12 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 192 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 24 | ||
| VfL Bochum II | 2009–10 | Regionalliga West | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 429 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 467 | 39 | ||
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Hannover 96 II | 1 July 2018 | 1 December 2021 | 81 | 33 | 14 | 34 | 115 | 111 | +4 | 040.74 |
| Hannover 96 | 1 December 2021 | 16 May 2022 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 042.86 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 28 June 2022 | 9 December 2024 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 030.43 |
| Total | 125 | 49 | 28 | 48 | 185 | 176 | +9 | 039.20 | ||
