Son of the trainer legend
In the footsteps of his famous father: Dino Toppmöller takes over at Eintracht Frankfurt
Dino Toppmöller becomes the new head coach at Eintracht Frankfurt. The 42-year-old previously worked as an assistant coach under Julian Nagelsmann at record champions Bayern Munich.
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In the search for a successor to Oliver Glasner, Eintracht hired Dino Toppmöller. Exactly 30 years ago, his father started as head coach in Frankfurt.
Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt has clarified the open question as a coach and signed Dino Toppmöller as the new head coach. The 42-year-old succeeds Oliver Glasner and will receive a contract with Hessen until 2026, as Eintracht announced on Monday. “I’ve followed Dino’s path for a long time and in Leipzig I was able to get an idea of his way of working, which is characterized by a high level of tactical understanding and analytical skills,” said sports director Markus Krösche in the statement. “The way he lets football be played fits our philosophy.”
For Toppmöller, who was Julian Nagelsmann’s assistant at RB Leipzig and FC Bayern Munich, it is the first head coaching position in the Bundesliga. Before his positions as an assistant coach, he looked after F91 Dudelange in Luxembourg and Royal Excelsior Virton in Belgium. Frankfurt had already announced the separation from Glasner in the first half of May.
Father Klaus Toppmöller was also Eintracht coach
“Because of my past, I’ve always had a special relationship with Eintracht,” said Toppmöller, who had been traded as a top candidate for the post for weeks. “I’m all the more pleased to be part of Eintracht again and would like to drive the positive development forward with my coaching team, the team and all the employees in the club,” he emphasized.
Eintracht had deliberately waited for the end of the season and the cup final in Berlin before making the announcement. Toppmöller, whose father Klaus took over the post as Frankfurt’s head coach exactly 30 years ago, should confirm the great successes of the short Glasner era at the ambitious traditional club. The future sports director Timmo Hardung described him as a “great guy” and “world-class coach” even before the commitment.
The Austrian Glasner won the Europa League with Frankfurt in 2022 and reached the final of the DFB Cup the following season. In the league he did not get past the eleventh and seventh places. The separation was the result of a negative sporting series in which Glasner increasingly lost his nerve and appeared irritated in media appearances.