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Werder Bremen hires Daniel Thioune as coach after Steffen's exit

Daniel Thioune replaces Horst Steffen after a 10-game winless streak; Bremen has only four wins in 20 league games this season, officials said.

  • Werder Bremen hired Daniel Thioune, 51-year-old coach, on Wednesday to replace Horst Steffen after a 10-game winless run, with immediate effect.
  • After a first-round German Cup exit, Bremen had won just four of 20 league games and sat 15th in the 18-team division.
  • A coach since 2017, Daniel Thioune most recently coached Fortuna Düsseldorf and previously led Hamburger SV and VfL Osnabrück, becoming the first German-born Black professional soccer manager.
  • The club said it is convinced it can achieve a turnaround with him, citing his fit for the current sporting situation.
  • As his first Bundesliga assignment, Werder Bremen confirmed Daniel Thioune as head coach, marking a major career milestone.
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Werder Bremen quickly presented a successor with Daniel Thioune after Horst Steffen was thrown out.The new coach meets the same problems.Werder Bremen presented a new coach at the Weser just three days after Horst Steffen was dismissed: It is Daniel Thioune, 51 years old. The Niedersachse is supposed to lead Werder out of the descent zone, into which the club under its predecessor Steffen has entered. Currently, after ten victorious games in a r…

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51-year-old Daniel Thioune has been appointed as the new head coach of Karl Jakob Hein's home club Werder Bremen.

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German football expert Daniel Thioune is the new coach of Werder Bremen. The 51-year-old Thioune replaces Horst Steffen, who was dismissed by the Bremen club's management after ten consecutive matches without a win, the German news agency dpa reported.

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Werder Bremen hires Daniel Thioune as coach after Steffen's exit

Werder Bremen has hired Daniel Thioune as coach to replace Horst Steffen, who was fired over the weekend after a 10-game winless run in the Bundesliga. Bremen said Wednesday that Thioune, who landed a rare top-division job for a Black…

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Wort.lu broke the news in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
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