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{{short description|German retired football player and coach|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image               = Daniel Bierofka 1860 2011 1.JPG
| caption             = Bierofka with [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]] in 2011
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1979|2|7|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Munich]], [[West Germany]]
| height              = 1.78 m
| position            = [[Midfielder#Winger|Left winger]]
| currentclub         = 
| youthyears1         = 1985–1993
| youthclubs1         = SpVgg Feldmoching
| youthyears2         = 1993–1994
| youthclubs2         = [[SpVgg Unterhaching]]
| youthyears3         = 1994–1997
| youthclubs3         = [[Bayern Munich Junior Team|Bayern Munich]]
| years1              = 1997–2000
| clubs1              = [[FC Bayern Munich II|Bayern Munich II]]
| caps1               = 47
| goals1              = 2
| years2              = 2000–2002
| clubs2              = [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
| caps2               = 55
| goals2              = 7
| years3              = 2002–2005
| clubs3              = [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
| caps3               = 78
| goals3              = 11
| years4              = 2005–2007
| clubs4              = [[VfB Stuttgart]]
| caps4               = 13
| goals4              = 0
| years5              = 2005–2006
| clubs5              = [[VfB Stuttgart II]]
| caps5               = 6
| goals5              = 0
| years6              = 2007–2014
| clubs6              = 1860 Munich
| caps6               = 138
| goals6              = 20
| years7              = 2014–2015
| clubs7              = [[TSV 1860 Munich II|1860 Munich II]]
| caps7               = 0
| goals7              = 0
| totalcaps           = 337
| totalgoals          = 40
| nationalyears1      = 1999–2001
| nationalteam1       = [[Germany national under-21 football team|Germany U21]]
| nationalcaps1       = 20
| nationalgoals1      = 6
| nationalyears2      = 2002
| nationalteam2       = [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
| nationalcaps2       = 3
| nationalgoals2      = 1
| nationalyears3      = 2002–2004
| nationalteam3       = [[Germany national football B team|Germany Team 2006]]
| nationalcaps3       = 5
| nationalgoals3      = 0
| manageryears1       = 2015–2016
| managerclubs1       = [[TSV 1860 Munich II|1860 Munich II]]
| manageryears2       = 2016
| managerclubs2       = [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
| manageryears3       = 2016
| managerclubs3       = 1860 Munich II
| manageryears4       = 2016
| managerclubs4       = 1860 Munich
| manageryears5       = 2016–2017
| managerclubs5       = 1860 Munich II
| manageryears6       = 2017–2019
| managerclubs6       = 1860 Munich
| manageryears7       = 2020–2021
| managerclubs7       = [[FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002)|FC Wacker Innsbruck]]
| manageryears8       = 2022–
| managerclubs8       = [[SpVgg Unterhaching|SpVgg Unterhaching (U17)]]
}}
'''Daniel Bierofka''' ({{IPA|de|ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈbiːʁɔfkaː, -ni̯ɛl -}}; born 7 February 1979) is a German [[Association football|football]] coach and a former player. A former left [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]], his playing career had been plagued by injuries which limited his chances of playing more matches for the Germany national squad and forced him to retire after the 2013–14 season.

==Club career==
Bierofka came through the [[Bayern Munich Junior Team|Bayern Munich youth system]] and made it to the reserve squad but never played for the senior team. He then transferred to city rival [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]] where he played 55 games in two seasons. Bierofka then moved to [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]] for three years before going over to [[VfB Stuttgart]]. In the 2006–07 season, Bierofka won the [[Bundesliga]] title with VfB Stuttgart. In June 2007, Bierofka returned to 1860 Munich with the club committing to a deferred payment of €400,000.<ref>{{cite web | title = Bierofka und Gentner: Transfers vor Abschluss |trans-title=Bierofka and Gentner: Transfers almost complete | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | language = de | access-date =  28 November 2007 | date= 11 June 2007 | url = https://www.kicker.de/bierofka-und-gentner_transfers-vor-abschluss-124629/artikel}}</ref> In the first three levels of [[German football league system|German league pyramid]] he scored more than 40 goals in almost 340 matches.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/dui-bierofkadata.html | title = Daniel Bierofka - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 February 2024 | accessdate = 4 March 2024 | publisher = [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF.org]]}}</ref>

==International career==
Bierofka has played three internationals for [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and scored one goal – on 18 May 2002, in the 6–2 win against [[Austria national football team|Austria]] in a [[friendly match]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/dui-bierofka-intl.html | title = Daniel Bierofka - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 February 2024 | accessdate = 4 March 2024 | publisher = [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF.org]]}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
===1860 Munich===
After ending his club career at [[TSV 1860 Munich II|1860 Munich II]] in May 2014 Bierofka became head coach of the U-16 squad of his former club.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eicher|first1=Matthias|title=Daniel Bierofka: Ich leide mit den Löwen|trans-title=Daniel Bierofka: I'm suffering with the lions|url=http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.ex-profi-des-tsv-1860-im-az-interview-daniel-bierofka-ich-leide-mit-den-loewen.32f985fa-15ca-4036-a965-9b6eba4461ac.html|access-date=13 March 2015|publisher=[[Abendzeitung]]|date=30 December 2014|language=de}}</ref> On 18 February 2015 he became the head coach of 1860 Munich II<ref name='Bierofka übernimmt die "kleinen Löwen"'>{{cite news|url=https://www.kicker.de/bierofka-uebernimmt-die-kleinen-loewen-621371/artikel|title=Bierofka übernimmt die kleinen Löwen|trans-title=Bierofka takes over the small lions|access-date=2 March 2015|publisher=kicker|date=18 February 2015|language=de}}</ref> after [[Torsten Fröhling]] was appointed head coach of the first team.<ref name="Erfrischend klare Worte">{{cite news|last1=Niemann|first1=Florence|title=Erfrischend klare Worte|trans-title=Bracing clear words|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/torsten-froehling-bei-muenchen-erfrischend-klare-worte-1.2357369|access-date=2 March 2015|work=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]|date=18 February 2015|language=de}}</ref> On 14 March 2015, in his debut, 1860 Munich II and [[SV Schalding-Heining|Schalding-Heining]] finished in a 0–0 draw.<ref name="2014–15 season"/> In a [[Bavarian football derbies|Bavarian derby]], on 21 March 2015, 1860 Munich II lost to [[1. FC Nürnberg II]] 2–0.<ref name="2014–15 season">{{cite web|title=1860 München II|url=https://www.kicker.de/1860-muenchen-ii/spielplan/regionalliga-bayern/2014-15|website=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]]|publisher=kicker|access-date=2 March 2015|language=de}}</ref> He finished with a record of four wins, three draws, and five losses.<ref name="2014–15 season"/>

He took on the first team on 19 April 2016.<ref name="«Löwen» beurlauben Möhlmann - Bierofka soll es richten">{{cite news|title="Löwen" beurlauben Möhlmann – Bierofka soll es richten|trans-title="Lions" are putting Möhlmann on leave – Bierofka is supposed to fix things|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/news/sport/fussball-loewen-beurlauben-moehlmann---bierofka-soll-es-richten-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-160419-99-637703|access-date=25 April 2016|agency=dpa-Newskanal|work=Süddeutsche Zeitung|date=19 April 2016|language=de|archive-date=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420151020/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/news/sport/fussball-loewen-beurlauben-moehlmann---bierofka-soll-es-richten-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-160419-99-637703|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under Bierofka's coaching 1860 Munich won its first three matches against [[Eintracht Braunschweig]], [[FC St. Pauli]] and [[SC Paderborn 07|SC Paderborn]] and thereby avoided relegation from the [[2015–16 2. Bundesliga|2. Bundesliga]]. As Bierofka did not held a coaching license for the 2. Bundesliga he was only allowed to coach with a special permit for three matches. He won all three of his matches.<ref name="1860 Munich coaching record">{{cite web|title=1860 München|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/2015-16/1860-muenchen-5/trainer.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025192519/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/2015-16/1860-muenchen-5/trainer.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2015|website=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]]|publisher=kicker|access-date=2 May 2016|language=de}}</ref> After this permit expired he took over the second team again and was replaced by interim coach [[Denis Bushuev]] for the last match of the season against [[FSV Frankfurt]].<ref name="Bierofka muss sofort gehen">{{cite news|title=Bierofka muss sofort gehen – Bushuev Chef gegen FSV|trans-title=Bierofka has to leave immediately – Bushuev head coach against FSV|url=http://www.tz.de/sport/1860-muenchen/1860-muenchen-darum-kehrt-daniel-bierofka-zurueck-u21-6384825.html|work=[[Tz (newspaper)|tz]]|access-date=29 May 2016|date=9 May 2016|language=de}}</ref> He was again appointed as the interim head coach on 22 November 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=1860 entlässt Runjaic – Bierofka übernimmt|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/1860-entlaesst-trainer-runjaic-bierofka-uebernimmt-158228/|access-date=22 November 2016}}</ref>

After the first team was relegated from the 2. Bundesliga and failed to obtain a licence for the [[3. Liga]] Bierofka was appointed head coach for the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Daniel Bierofka & sein Team legen los.|trans-title=Daniel Bierofka & his team are getting started.|url=http://www.tsv1860.de/de/Aktuelles_News/3051.htm|publisher=1860 Munich|access-date=9 June 2017|date=9 June 2017|language=de}}</ref> He resigned on 7 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsv1860.de/de/Aktuelles_News/4689.htm|title=Der TSV 1860 und Daniel Bierofka beenden die Zusammenarbeit|website=tsv1860.de|date=7 November 2019|access-date=7 November 2019|language=de}}</ref>

===Wacker Innsbruck===
In May 2020, Bierofka signed a contract to become head coach at Wacker Innsbruck from the [[2020-21 Austrian Football Second League|2020-21 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/news/news-kampfmannschaft/4311-neues-trainerteam-fuer-neue-saison.html|title=Neues Trainerteam für neue Saison|website=fc-wacker-innsbruck.at|access-date=1 September 2020|language=de|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108103458/https://fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/news/news-kampfmannschaft/4311-neues-trainerteam-fuer-neue-saison.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> His appointment ended on 7 October 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/news/news-kampfmannschaft/4744-trainerwechsel-beim-fc-wacker-innsbruck.html|title=Trainerwechsel beim FC Wacker Innsbruck|website=fc-wacker-innsbruck.at|date=7 October 2021|access-date=12 January 2022|language=de|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108103458/https://fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/news/news-kampfmannschaft/4744-trainerwechsel-beim-fc-wacker-innsbruck.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
His father {{Interlanguage link multi|Wilhelm Bierofka|de|3=Wilhelm Bierofka|lt=Willi}} is a former player and former head coach of 1860 Munich.

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="soccerway">{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-bierofka/1946/|title=Germany – D. Bierofka – Profile with news, career statistics and history|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=12 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[FC Bayern Munich II|Bayern Munich II]]
|[[1997–98 Regionalliga|1997–98]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012)|Regionalliga Süd]]
|1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[1998–99 Regionalliga|1998–99]]
|19||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||1
|-
|[[1999–2000 Regionalliga|1999–2000]]
|27||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!47!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!47!!2
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
|[[2000–01 Bundesliga|2000–01]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Bundesliga]]
|28||3||3||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||36||3
|-
|[[2001–02 Bundesliga|2001–02]]
|27||4||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!55!!7!!5!!0!!5!!0!!0!!0!!65!!7
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|[[2002–03 Bundesliga|2002–03]]
|rowspan="3"|Bundesliga
|30||7||5||2||5||0||2||0||42||9
|-
|[[2003–04 Bundesliga|2003–04]]
|32||4||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||5
|-
|[[2004–05 Bundesliga|2004–05]]
|16||1||0||0||4||0||1||0||21||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!78!!11!!8!!1!!9!!0!!3!!0!!98!!15
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|[[2005–06 Bundesliga|2005–06]]
|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga
|1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[2006–07 Bundesliga|2006–07]]
|12||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!13!!0!!3!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!16!!1
|-
|[[VfB Stuttgart II]]
|[[2005–06 Regionalliga|2005–06]]
|Regionalliga Süd
|6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||0
|-
|rowspan="8"|1860 Munich
|[[2007–08 2. Bundesliga|2007–08]]
|rowspan="7"|[[2. Bundesliga]]
|32||7||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||7
|-
|[[2008–09 2. Bundesliga|2008–09]]
|11||4||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||5
|-
|[[2009–10 2. Bundesliga|2009–10]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|[[2010–11 2. Bundesliga|2010–11]]
|25||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||0
|-
|[[2011–12 TSV 1860 Munich season|2011–12]]
|31||6||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||6
|-
|[[2012–13 TSV 1860 Munich season|2012–13]]
|30||2||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||3
|-
|[[2013–14 TSV 1860 Munich season|2013–14]]
|9||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||9||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!138!!20!!14!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!152!!22
|-
|[[TSV 1860 Munich II|1860 Munich II]]
|[[2014–15 Regionalliga|2014–15]]
|[[Regionalliga Bayern]]
|0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!337!!40!!30!!4!!14!!0!!3!!0!!384!!44
|}

===International goal===
:''Score and result list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Bierofka goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ International goal scored by Daniel Bierofka
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 18 May 2002 || [[BayArena]], [[Leverkusen]] || {{fb|AUT}} || align="center"|6–2 || align="center"|6–2 || [[Friendly match]]
|}

===Coaching record===
{{updated|9 July 2017}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="6"|Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|M|Matches coached}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
!{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[TSV 1860 Munich II|1860 Munich II]]
| 18 February 2015<ref name='Bierofka übernimmt die "kleinen Löwen"'/>
| 19 April 2016<ref name="«Löwen» beurlauben Möhlmann - Bierofka soll es richten"/>
{{WDL|41|13|15|13}}
|<ref name="2014–15 season"/>
|-
| [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
| 19 April 2016<ref name="«Löwen» beurlauben Möhlmann - Bierofka soll es richten"/>
| 9 May 2016<ref name="Bierofka muss sofort gehen"/>
{{WDL|3|3|0|0}}
|<ref name="1860 Munich coaching record"/>
|-
| 1860 Munich II
| 1 July 2016
| 22 November 2016
{{WDL|34|18|9|7}}
|<ref name="2016–17 season">{{cite web|title=1860 München II|url=https://www.kicker.de/1860-muenchen-ii/spielplan/regionalliga-bayern/2016-17|website=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]]|publisher=kicker|access-date=9 June 2017|language=de}}</ref>
|-
| 1860 Munich
| 22 November 2016
| 18 December 2016
{{WDL|3|1|0|2}}
|<ref name="1860 Munich coaching record"/>
|-
| 1860 Munich II
| 18 December 2016
| 9 July 2017
{{WDL|13|8|3|2}}
|<ref name="2016–17 season"/>
|-
| 1860 Munich
| 9 July 2017
| 7 November 2019
{{WDL|43|30|6|7}}
|<ref name="1860 Munich coaching record"/>
|-
| FC Wacker Innsbruck
| 1 September 2020
| 7 October 2021
{{WDL|45|24|9|12}}
|
|-
| SpVgg Unterhaching (U17)
| 1 July 2022
| 
{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}
|<ref name="2016–17 season2">{{cite web|title="Perfekte Wahl für unsere Talente": Bierofka übernimmt Hachings U 17|url=https://www.kicker.de/perfekte-wahl-fuer-unsere-talente-bierofka-uebernimmt-hachings-u-17-900082/artikel|publisher=kicker|access-date=28 April 2022|language=de}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|165|87|39|39}}
!—
|}

==Honours==
;VfB Stuttgart<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-bierofka/1946/ | title = D. Bierofka | publisher = Soccerway | access-date = 4 September 2014}}</ref>
* [[Bundesliga]]: [[2006–07 Bundesliga|2006–07]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Fussballdaten}}

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