Dirk Lottner

{{Short description|German footballer (born 1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dirk Lottner | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|3|4}} | birth_place = Cologne, West Germany | height = 1.87 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1985 | youthclubs1 = Rot-Weiß Zollstock | youthyears2 = 1989–1990 | youthclubs2 = Fortuna Köln | years1 = 1990–1997 | clubs1 = Fortuna Köln | caps1 = 231 | goals1 = 41 | years2 = 1997–1998 | clubs2 = Bayer Leverkusen | caps2 = 17 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 1999–2004 | clubs3 = 1. FC Köln | caps3 = 161 | goals3 = 54 | years4 = 2004–2006 | clubs4 = MSV Duisburg | caps4 = 41 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2006–2007 | clubs5 = 1. FC Köln II | caps5 = | goals5 = | manageryears1 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs1 = 1. FC Köln II | manageryears2 = 2012–2014 | managerclubs2 = 1. FC Köln II | manageryears3 = 2014 | managerclubs3 = Hansa Rostock | manageryears4 = 2016–2019 | managerclubs4 = 1. FC Saarbrücken | manageryears5 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs5 = Energie Cottbus | manageryears6 = 2025 | managerclubs6 = Hannover 96 (interim) }} '''Dirk Lottner''' (born 4 March 1972) is a German football manager and a former player who is currently the manager of Hannover 96's under-19 team.

==Coaching career== From 2016 to 2019, he coached 1. FC Saarbrücken.<ref>[https://www.kicker.de/lottner-uebernimmt-den-1-fc-saarbruecken-652142/artikel Lottner übernimmt den 1. FC Saarbrücken], kicker.de, 18 May 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/sport/sz-sport/1fc-saarbruecken-trennt-sich-von-trainer-dirk-lottner_aid-47572253 FCS trennt sich von Trainer Lottner], saarbruecker-zeitung.de, 2 December 2019</ref>

On 11 September 2020, he was hired by Energie Cottbus.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FC Energie Cottbus|url=http://www.fcenergie.de/news/dirk-lottner-wird-cheftrainer-beim-fc-energie.html|title=DIRK LOTTNER WIRD CHEFTRAINER BEIM FC ENERGIE|trans-title=Dirk Lottner is the head coach of FC Energie|date=11 September 2020|access-date=16 November 2020|language=de}}</ref>

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Lottner was hired to coach the under-19 team of Hannover 96.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hannover96.de/newscenter/news/details/30650-neue-gesamtstrategie-hannover-96-stellt-sich-im-nachwuchsbereich-neu-auf.html |title=Hannover 96 stellt sich im Nachwuchsbereich neu auf |website=hannover96.de |publisher=Hannover 96 |date=20 June 2022 |access-date=23 April 2025 |language=de}}</ref> On 23 April 2025, he was named interim coach for the club's first team together with Lars Barlemann and Christian Schulz until the end of the 2024–25 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hannover96.de/newscenter/news/details/35236-interimsloesung-bis-saisonende-hannover-96-und-andre-breitenreiter-beenden-zusammenarbeit-mit-sofortiger-wirkung.html |title=Hannover 96 und André Breitenreiter beenden Zusammenarbeit mit sofortiger Wirkung |website=hannover96.de |publisher=Hannover 96 |date=23 April 2025 |access-date=23 April 2025 |language=de}}</ref>

==Honours== '''Bayer Leverkusen''' * Bundesliga runner-up: 1998–99

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|dirk-lottner|new_id=pe40827}} * {{Soccerway|dirk-lottner/247467}}

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