Christian Benbennek

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Christian Benbennek
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-11-09) 9 November 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Soltau, West Germany
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2005–2007 VfL Wolfsburg II
2009–2011 Eintracht Braunschweig II
2012–2013 SV Babelsberg 03
2013–2015 TSV Havelse
2015 Alemannia Aachen
2016–2017 SV Ried
2015 Greuther Fürth II (caretaker)
2017–2018 TSV Havelse
2019–2022 BFC Dynamo

Christian Benbennek (born 9 November 1972) is a German football coach who most recently coached BFC Dynamo.

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Career

Benbennek joined VfL Wolfsburg as a youth coach in 1999, and spent ten years with the club, managing the reserve team from 2005 to 2007. In 2009, he moved to Wolfsburg's neighbours Eintracht Braunschweig, where he also served as reserve team manager for two years, before being replaced by Henning Bürger. After a year serving as a scout for Eintracht, he was surprisingly appointed as manager of 3. Liga side SV Babelsberg 03 at the beginning of the 2012–13 season, replacing Dietmar Demuth. [1] He was sacked from the role in April 2013 with the club in danger of relegation. [2] He took over as TSV Havelse manager in July 2013.

Benbennek joined Alemannia Aachen in May 2015. He was fired in December 2015. [3] In May 2016, Benbennek took over as manager of Austrian Football Bundesliga club SV Ried. [4]

On 7 April 2022 he was fired as the head coach of BFC Dynamo.

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References

  1. "Demuth beurlaubt, Benbennek übernimmt" [Demuth sacked, Benbennek takes over] (in German). Kicker. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  2. "Nun ist es offiziell: Benbennek gefeuert!" [Now it's official: Benbennek fired!] (in German). Kicker. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. "Trainer Benbennek muss gehen" [Manager Benbennek has to leave] (in German). reviersport.de. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  4. "Christian Benbennek wird neuer Trainer der SV Ried" [Christian Benbennek new manager of SV Ried] (in German). Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2017.