# Dirk Lottner

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{{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](/source/Cologne), West Germany
| height = 1.87 m
| position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder)
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1985
| youthclubs1 = Rot-Weiß Zollstock
| youthyears2 = 1989–1990
| youthclubs2 = [Fortuna Köln](/source/SC_Fortuna_K%C3%B6ln)
| years1 = 1990–1997
| clubs1 = [Fortuna Köln](/source/SC_Fortuna_K%C3%B6ln)
| caps1  = 231
| goals1 = 41
| years2 = 1997–1998
| clubs2 = [Bayer Leverkusen](/source/Bayer_04_Leverkusen)
| caps2  = 17
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1999–2004
| clubs3 = [1. FC Köln](/source/1._FC_K%C3%B6ln)
| caps3  = 161
| goals3 = 54
| years4 = 2004–2006
| clubs4 = [MSV Duisburg](/source/MSV_Duisburg)
| caps4  = 41
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2006–2007
| clubs5 = [1. FC Köln II](/source/1._FC_K%C3%B6ln_II)
| caps5  = 
| goals5 = 
| manageryears1 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs1 = [1. FC Köln II](/source/1._FC_K%C3%B6ln_II)
| manageryears2 = 2012–2014
| managerclubs2 = [1. FC Köln II](/source/1._FC_K%C3%B6ln_II)
| manageryears3 = 2014
| managerclubs3 = [Hansa Rostock](/source/FC_Hansa_Rostock)
| manageryears4 = 2016–2019
| managerclubs4 = [1. FC Saarbrücken](/source/1._FC_Saarbr%C3%BCcken)
| manageryears5 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs5 = [Energie Cottbus](/source/FC_Energie_Cottbus)
| manageryears6 = 2025
| managerclubs6 = [Hannover 96](/source/Hannover_96) (interim)
}}
'''Dirk Lottner''' (born 4 March 1972) is a German [football](/source/Association_football) manager and a former player who is currently the manager of [Hannover 96](/source/Hannover_96)'s under-19 team.

==Coaching career==
From 2016 to 2019, he coached [1. FC Saarbrücken](/source/1._FC_Saarbr%C3%BCcken).<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](/source/FC_Energie_Cottbus).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[FC Energie Cottbus](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Lars_Barlemann) and [Christian Schulz](/source/Christian_Schulz) until the end of the [2024–25 season](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_Hannover_96_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](/source/Bundesliga) runner-up: [1998–99](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_Bundesliga)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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