Dino Toppmöller

Dino Nicolas Toppmöller (born 23 November 1980) is a German football manager and former player.^[2] He is the head coach of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.

Dino Toppmöller

Toppmöller in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Dino Nicolas Toppmöller[1]
Date of birth	(1980-11-23) 23 November 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Wadern, West Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Eintracht Frankfurt (head coach)
Youth career
0000–1997	SV Rivenich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	FSV Salmrohr
1999–2000	1. FC Saarbrücken	12	(1)
2001	Manchester City
2001–2002	VfL Bochum	12	(1)
2001–2002	→ VfL Bochum II	2	(4)
2002–2003	Eintracht Frankfurt	16	(3)
2003–2005	Erzgebirge Aue	43	(5)
2005–2006	Jahn Regensburg	22	(5)
2006–2008	Kickers Offenbach	40	(10)
2008–2009	FC Augsburg	5	(0)
2009–2010	F91 Dudelange
2010–2012	FSV Salmrohr
2012–2014	SV Mehring
2014–2016	RM Hamm Benfica
Managerial career
2013–2014	SV Mehring
2014–2016	RM Hamm Benfica
2016–2019	F91 Dudelange
2019	Virton
2023–	Eintracht Frankfurt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Managerial career

In June 2016, Toppmöller became manager of F91 Dudelange, having taken them to the Group Stages of the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the club's history in 2018–19, campaign which F91 Dudelange have finished with one point following a draw in their last game against Real Betis. This feat made history in Luxembourg's football history, as Dudelange were not just the first team to have ever qualified in the group stages of any European competition, but they also managed to obtain a point. He joined Belgian outfit Virton following that season, having spent a brief stint with them before being released after just one season.^[3]

On 20 July 2020, he was introduced as assistant coach to Julian Nagelsmann at RB Leipzig.^[4] On 18 June 2021, he followed coach Nagelsmann to be his assistant at Bayern Munich.^[5] On 24 March 2023, Nagelsmann was sacked by Bayern along with his assistant coaches including Toppmöller.^[6]

On 12 June 2023, he was appointed as manager of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.^[7]

Personal life

He is the son of Klaus Toppmöller.^[8] He was named after Dino Zoff.

Managerial statistics

As of 21 December 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record								Ref.
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
F91 Dudelange	1 July 2016	30 June 2019	110	77	17	16	309	115	+194	070.00
Virton	1 July 2019	2 December 2019	18	9	2	7	29	17	+12	050.00
Eintracht Frankfurt	1 July 2023	Present	71	31	20	20	130	100	+30	043.66
Total			199	117	39	43	468	232	+236	058.79

Honours

Manager

F91 Dudelange

• Luxembourg National Division: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

• Luxembourg Cup: 2016–17, 2018–19

References

1. "Tactical Line-ups, Matchday 3 – Wednesday 20 October 2021: SL Benfica v FC Bayern München" (PDF). UEFA. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
2. "Toppmöller, Dino" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
3. "[BGL Ligue] Le F91 officialise l'arrivée de Dino Toppmöller". Le Quotidien (in French). 16 June 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
4. "Dino Toppmöller wird neuer Co-Trainer bei RB Leipzig". Die Roten Bullen (in German). 20 July 2020.
5. "FC Bayern verpflichtet Co-Trainer Xaver Zembrod und Dino Toppmöller". Bayern Munich (in German). 18 June 2021.
6. "FC Bayern and Julian Nagelsmann part company – Thomas Tuchel new head coach". FC Bayern Munich. 24 March 2023. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
7. Schellhorn, Carsten. "Neuer Cheftrainer mit Spieler-Vergangenheit in Frankfurt : Dino Toppmöller kennt das ganz große Eintracht Frankfurt Drama als Spieler". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
8. "„Ich habe meine Kinder – er hat seine Playstation"". 5vier.de (in German). 27 February 2013.

External links

• Dino Toppmöller at WorldFootball.net
• Dino Toppmöller at kicker (in German)
• Dino Toppmöller at the German Football Association
• Dino Toppmöller at Fussballdaten.de (in German)