Daniel Farke

Daniel Farke ([ˈdaːnjəl ˈfaːʁkə]; born 30 October 1976) is a German professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the head coach of Premier League club Norwich City.

Farke started his career with hometown club SV Steinhausen. He played the majority of his career with SV Lippstadt 08, with whom he had three spells. Farke has since said that he "knew how to score" but was probably "the slowest striker in the whole of Western Europe". He played his whole career in the lower levels of German football. Farke is a supporter of Bayer Leverkusen.

Early managerial career

Farke began his managerial career with SV Lippstadt 08. He was in charge for six years and took Lippstadt from the sixth tier of German football to the fourth, with his time in charge considered the most successful for Lippstadt football. He stepped down after six years, planning to take a year's sabbatical, before accepting the opportunity to take charge of Borussia Dortmund II, the reserve side of German club Borussia Dortmund. He managed the team for two seasons before he was recruited by Norwich City, having failed to agree a new contract at Dortmund.

Norwich City

On 25 May 2017, Farke was appointed as the head coach of Championship club Norwich City on a two-year contract. Farke's first league game for Norwich City ended in a 1–1 draw after a late equaliser from Nélson Oliveira at Craven Cottage and his first competitive game at Carrow Road saw Norwich beat Swindon Town 3–2 in the EFL Cup. Farke completed his inaugural season in the Championship winning 15 games, drawing 15, and losing 16 - finishing 14th in the league table.

The following season saw Norwich promoted as Championship title winners. Farke won the Manager of the Month award for November and in March 2019 signed a three-year contract extension, tying him to the club until June 2022. The team secured promotion to the Premier League on their penultimate match of the 2018–19 season, before securing the league title after the last match of the season.

On 14 September 2019, Farke oversaw a famous 3–2 league victory over Premier League Champions Manchester City. The nature of the win earning widespread praise from local and national media with Norwich suffering a depleted squad through various injuries to key players in the run up to the match.

As of match played 1 February 2020

SV Lippstadt

• Westfalenliga Group 1: 2011–12
• Oberliga Westfalen: 2012–13

Norwich City

• EFL Championship: 2018–19

Individual

• EFL Championship Manager of the Month: November 2018