Opposition Focus: The boss
Daniel Farke became Norwich City manager in May 2017. The 44-year-old played as a striker in his native Germany, beginning his career with his local club,
SV Steinhausen. Farke did not feature in the Bundesliga during his playing days, and spent the majority of his career in Germany’s lower tiers. He enjoyed three separate spells with
SV Lippstadt, and also featured for
Bonner SC and
SV Meppen. His most successful season was the 2002/03 campaign, during which he scored 28 goals for Lippstadt. Farke retired from football in 2008, at the age of 32.
The German moved into coaching with his former side Lippstadt, taking the managerial role at the club in 2009. During his six-year spell at the Stadion am Waldschlößchen, Farke took the club from the sixth tier to the fourth division, winning the Westfalenliga Group 1 in 2011/12 and the Oberliga Westfalen the following season. In 2015, he succeeded