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Damian Halata 
Personal information Date of birth 8 August 1962 Place of birth Świętochłowice, Poland Playing position Forward Club information Current club ZFC Meuselwitz (Manager) Youth career 1975–1980 1. FC Magdeburg Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1980–1988 1. FC Magdeburg 193 (47) 1988–1991 1. FC Lok Leipzig 76 (22) National team 1984–1989 East Germany 4 (1) Teams managed 1994 VfB Leipzig 1996 VfB Leipzig 1997–1998 VfB Leipzig 1998–1999 Dynamo Dresden 2002–2006 ZFC Meuselwitz 2007 SV Dessau 05 2007– ZFC Meuselwitz * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Damian Halata (born 8 August 1962) is a former German international football player. He was born in Świętochłowice, Silesia, Poland. After his playing career, Halata became a manager.
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Playing career
Halata spent his senior career at two clubs, playing 267 DDR-Oberliga matches for 1. FC Magdeburg (1975–1988) and 1. FC Lok Leipzig (1988–91). He also appeared in 10 matches on the European level for the two clubs.[1]
In October 1988 Halata managed to score 5 goals in one game against BSG Sachsenring Zwickau. After qualifying for 2nd Bundesliga with Lok Leipzig, Halata suffered an injury in the first match of the 1991–92 season that ended his playing career.
International
He played four matches for East Germany, scoring once.[2] As part of East Germany's Olympic team he qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics, but did not participate in the Games, due to the Soviet-led boycott. Altogether, Halata apperaed in 30 matches with the Olympic squad during qualification.[1]
Managing career
After his playing career, Halata became assistant manager of VfB Leipzig, working under managers Jürgen Sundermann and Bernd Stange. Aged 31, on 9 April 1994 he took over as interim manager, when Leipzig were assured relegation from the Fußball-Bundesliga. Between 1 July 1994 and 30 April 1996 he returned to the role of assistant manager, until he was made interim manager once more on 1 May 1996. This time he prevented the club's relegation from 2nd Bundesliga. After again returning to his duties as assistant manager in the following season, Halata was once more given the task to save VfB Leipzig from relegation on 7 December 1997, but he could not prevent the club's relegation at the end of the season. From 8 December 1998 to February 1999 he was manager of 1. FC Dynamo Dresden, staying at the club as assistant manager until 14 March 2001.
On 1 January 2002 he took over as manager of ZFC Meuselwitz, then on a relegation spot in the fifth-tier Landesliga Thüringen. He secured non-relegation, then finished second in 2003 before winning promotion to the NOFV-Oberliga in 2004. In their first season, Meuselwitz finished 6th. After a disappointing start to the 2005–06 season, Halata stepped down as manager of Meuselwitz,[3] only to rescind his decision days later.[4] He stayed at the helm until June 2006, leading the club to a 5th place.
On 22 March 2007, Halata took over as manager of SV Dessau 05 in the NOFV-Oberliga. In December 2007, Halata returned as manager of ZFC Meuselwitz, signing a contract until June 2012.[5]
References
- ^ a b Matthias Arnhold (26 January 2006). "Germany – Player Data – H". rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/players/duit-players-h.html. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- ^ "Alle Nationalspieler". Deutscher Fußball-Bund. http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500280&action=showPlayer&full=1&liga=DDR-Nationalmannschaft&vorname=&nachname=Halata&cHash=3c0fb7233a. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- ^ Jan Vollrath. "Damian Halata legt Traineramt in Meuselwitz nieder" (in German). ZFC Meuselwitz. http://www.zfc.de/zfc-web/?&ID=554. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- ^ Jan Vollrath. "Damian Halata bleibt Trainer beim ZFC Meuselwitz" (in German). ZFC Meuselwitz. http://www.zfc.de/zfc-web/?&ID=555. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
- ^ Ronny Eichhorn (2 December 2007). "Halata ist wieder Trainer beim ZFC Meuselwitz" (in German). ZFC Meuselwitz. http://www.zfc.de/zfc-web/?&ID=1054. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
Categories:- 1962 births
- People from Świętochłowice
- Living people
- German people from the Polish part of Silesia
- German people of Silesian descent
- German people of Polish descent
- German footballers
- East German footballers
- East Germany international footballers
- 1. FC Magdeburg players
- 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players
- German football managers
- 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig managers
- Dynamo Dresden managers
- Dynamo Dresden non-playing staff
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