Dennis Brinkmann

Dennis Brinkmann

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-11-22) 22 November 1978
Place of birth	Essen, West Germany
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	VfL Bochum (youth)
Youth career
	TuS 84/10 Essen
	SG Wattenscheid 09
	Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Borussia Dortmund II
1998–2003	Rot-Weiss Essen
2003–2005	Alemannia Aachen	54	(4)
2005–2010	Eintracht Braunschweig	129	(3)
2010–2011	TuS Koblenz	27	(0)
2011–2012	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	2	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2013	VfL Bochum Youth Academy (assistant)
2013–2015	VfL Bochum II (assistant)
2015–	VfL Bochum (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis Brinkmann (born 22 November 1978 in Essen) is a German football coach and former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

He is currently working as manager for a youth team of VfL Bochum.

Life

In his youth, Brinkmann played for various clubs in the Ruhr Area. He started his senior career at Borussia Dortmund in 1997.

From 1998 to 2003, he spent five years in the Oberliga and the Regionalliga with Rot-Weiss Essen. Then he went to 2. Bundesliga-side Alemannia Aachen.

Brinkmann then successfully spent two years in Aachen along with players like Frank Paulus and Emmanuel Krontiris. He was part of the so-called "New Alemannia" and was capped 54 times. However, in 2005 he went to Eintracht Braunschweig, which was also a member of the 2nd Bundesliga at that time.

Honors

• Promotion to the Regionalliga West/Südwest with Rot-Weiss Essen in 1999
• Runner-Up in the 2003–04 DFB-Pokal

External links

• Dennis Brinkmann profile at Fussballdaten