Dennis Brinkmann
Dennis Brinkmann ( born November 22, 1978 in Essen) is a former German football player and current coach. The midfielder acted mostly as a defensive midfielder.
His twin brother Tim Brinkmann plays since 2000 in the Football Oberliga Westfalen at FC Gütersloh 2000 and there is team captain.
Career
In youth Brinkmann played at various clubs in the Ruhr. His first club in the men's area was Borussia Dortmund, where he played in the second team in 1998/99.
From 1998 to 2003 Brinkmann stood at Rot-Weiss Essen under contract, where he played in the top and Regional. After food had just missed the 2003 ascent to the 2nd Bundesliga, Brinkmann joined the second division Alemannia Aachen.
There he saw at first only as " alternative ", but in its first second-division season he soon made the jump into the starting eleven of the strong playing Alemannia, the missed only by a defeat on the final day by one point promotion to the first division. Together with players like Frank Paul and Emmanuel Krontiris stood Brinkmann for the so-called " new Alemannia " and scored in 29 league games four league goals. In addition, the club reached the finals in the same season in the DFB Cup, but was defeated Werder Bremen 2:3. For Aachen Brinkmann denied a total of 54 second-division games and played seven games in the UEFA Cup 2004/05. It was thanks to its flexibility, a fixture in the defense of Alemannia. The targeted promotion to the 1st League did not succeed in his club at this time.
2005 moved Brinkmann second division team Eintracht Braunschweig for, as he promised there a better chance of regular operations. It developed in the 2005 /06 quickly became a performer in lions and denied to February 2006, 16 league games when he had to undergo surgery because of a ruptured Achilles tendon and turned out for the rest of the season.
At the beginning of the season 2006/ 07 he came to missions, but could not prevent the descent of concord. Brinkmann extended in May 2007 with Eintracht Braunschweig until 2009. During the season 2007/ 08 the North Regional Dennis Brinkmann was the team captain of Eintracht Braunschweig.
For the 2010/11 season changed Brinkmann within the league for TuS Koblenz. When relegated from the Bundesliga 2, he should help lead a young, new crew. Coach Petrik Sander appointed him captain. Brinkmann received in Koblenz a contract until 2012, however, he moved to the 2011/12 season due to the withdrawal of TuS Koblenz from the 3rd league again and signed a contract with the Wuppertal SV Borussia. May 27, 2012 Brinkmann announced his career end, due to disability sport.
Coaching career
During his time as a player graduated Brinkmann first coach exams. After his career end Brinkmann committed first volunteer at the ESG 99/ 06 Food in the youth field. For the 2013/2014 season Brinkmann finally signed a contract until 2016 as an assistant coach of the second team of VfL Bochum in the Regionalliga West.
Private
After graduation, he joined the first training in wholesale and foreign trade merchant and later the sports management degree with a bachelor successfully.
Achievements
- 2nd place in the DFB Cup 2004
- Promotion to the Regionalliga West / Southwest with Rot-Weiss Essen 1999