Nico Däbritz

Nico Däbritz ( born August 26, 1971 in Freital, East Germany ) is a former German football player and current coach. He played both in the region of the GDR Football Association (DFV ) and the German Football Association ( DFB) in the first division, and in junior national teams.

Career as a football player

Däbritz began his football career at the Sports Association (SPA) engine in the south of Dresden located Bannewitz. About the BSG steel Freital he finally came to SG Dynamo Dresden, the football center of the East Saxon area. There he played from 1987 to 1989 in the junior league and 1989-1991 in the junior league. In 1988, he was with Dynamo Dresden both GDR youth and junior champion. In the years 1988 and 1989 he was part of the squad of U-18 national team of East Germany, for which he played as a midfielder several junior internationals. His start in the men's field, he was already in the season 1988/89 with four -point games and a goal for Dynamo Dresden II in the second-rate DDR -Liga. 1989 Däbritz was appointed to the Sport Olympic selection in the GDR, with whom he performed in several test games. Even before the start of the qualifiers for the Olympic Games 1992, the team was withdrawn in the wake of German reunification. His only game in the DDR - Oberliga denied the 1.80m wide Däbritz on 1 September 1990 in the encounter of the 3rd day game Dynamo Dresden - FC Berlin (4:1), he came on in the 39th minute.

For the 1991/92 season Däbritz moved to VfB Leipzig in the 2nd Bundesliga, where he was initially only a substitute. He came at the 14th Matchday, and his 13 -point games this season, he completed only four games as a midfielder over the full 90 minutes. In the following season 1992/93 he managed with 39 -point game inserts the leap into the starting eleven of the VfB, who had managed to climb to the 1st Bundesliga at the end of the season. In his first Bundesliga season Däbritz played 24 of 34 games and was always summoned in midfield. At the same time he was included in the squad of the U-21 national team, for whom he the international match Germany on 21 September 1993 - Greece ( 3:3 ) denied. After only one year of VfB rose again from the 2nd Bundesliga, in the Däbritz still in the Regionalliga in 1998 played to descent for the Leipzig and has always belonged to the root formation. In addition to his 24 Premier League matches he played until his departure 164 second league games and scored a total of twelve championship goals.

With the start of the 1998/99 season Däbritz switched back to the 1st Bundesliga for VfL Wolfsburg. There he was, however, only to the end of the season in eight league matches are used, including only a 90-minute encounter. Also 1999/2000 Däbritz was eleven league games only replacement in Wolfsburg. In the summer of 2000 Däbritz returned to the 2nd Bundesliga and now played for Hannover 96, where he was in the 2000/ 01 season, although in 20 -point games from the start in the team, but was replaced also eleven times ahead. After he was not used at all in the first half of the season 2001 /02 in Hanover, Däbritz changed in early 2002 to league rivals SV Babelsberg 03 Even there he was with his nine short-term assignments and a 90 - minute game only replacements.

For the 2002/03 season Däbritz returned to Dynamo Dresden back, now only third division in the regional. There he was able to fight as a midfielder back a place in the starting eleven expanded and came in the season -long 34 games 21 times used. Due to a knee injury he was then forced to end his career as a football player.

Career as a coach

Däbritz remained after end of his career with Dynamo Dresden, worked in youth and was established in April 2011, Ralf Loose assistant coach of the first team in place of Nikica Maglica. He also took over the management of the scouting team.