Daniel Farke

Daniel Farke interests me precisely because he was never a star player. Coming from a small town near Tubingen and spending his playing days largely at SV Lippstadt, he had to build a career on tactics and man-management rather than reputation. That underdog path makes his coaching success more compelling: two EFL Championship titles with Norwich City and now the manager's chair at Premier League side Leeds United. I am drawn to coaches who think their way to the top, favoring attacking, identity-driven football. Farke is a self-made tactician, and there is something genuinely admirable about a modest player becoming a serious manager.

Name (English)

Daniel Farke

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・ファルケ

Reading

だにえる・ふぁるけ

Born

October 30, 1976 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

Origin

Steinhausen an der Rottum, Tübingen Government Region, Germany

Height

182 cm

Occupation

association football coach / association football player

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Farke
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30015253

Tags

• Tübingen Government Region
• association football coach
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.