Brighton have appointed German Daniel Niedzkowski as assistant head coach.
The 47-year-old will depart his position as head of the German Soccer Affiliation’s (DFB) coaches coaching programme to hitch Brighton in January, topic to being granted a piece allow.
Fabian Hurzeler, who took over as Brighton supervisor this summer time, educated beneath Niedzkowski.
“He will likely be a wonderful addition to our teaching staff,” Hurzeler mentioned.
“He’s someone I do know very effectively from Germany and have been eager to carry him to the membership.”
Technical director David Weir mentioned: “He is aware of what it takes to get the very best out of younger footballers and develop them into changing into first-team gamers, which is one thing that’s essential to our personal DNA.
“In his position he may also assist the broader growth of coach training and formulate a programme which can guarantee the best attainable degree of teaching from the academy upwards, throughout each our males’s and ladies’s groups.”
Niedzkowski is a former assistant coach at Bayer Leverkusen and likewise managed Germany Below-21s.
