18 Facts About Christoph Daum

Christoph Paul Daum was a German professional football manager and player.

Christoph Daum won further national championships with the Turkish clubs Besiktas and Fenerbahce as well as Austria Wien.

Christoph Daum began his senior career with Hamborn 07 and Eintracht Duisburg, before joining 1.

The UK newspaper The Sun dubbed him 'Christoph Daum Dumb' following this incident.

Christoph Daum returned to Germany two years later to coach Bayer Leverkusen in 1996.

Christoph Daum was very successful at Bayer Leverkusen, winning three second places in Bundesliga in four years of coaching.

At first, Christoph Daum still claimed that the hairs were not his.

One year later, after a period out of the public eye and facing the prospect of jail time, Christoph Daum admitted he had used cocaine.

Christoph Daum won two consecutive Turkish league championships in 2004 and 2005.

Christoph Daum signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahce on 2 June 2009.

On 22 March 2011, it was confirmed that Christoph Daum had signed a contract with Eintracht Frankfurt as coach after the club has sacked Michael Skibbe following a decline in the Bundesliga in the second half of season.

Christoph Daum took charge of just seven games and failed to manage a victory, his record of three draws and four defeats insufficient to beat the drop.

On 9 November 2011, after pausing for six months, Christoph Daum took over as head coach of the Belgian Club Brugge.

On 14 August 2013, Christoph Daum took over as head coach of Bursaspor.

On 7 July 2016, after two years of pause from coaching, Christoph Daum started his first experience at a national team after agreeing terms with Romania.

Christoph Daum became the third foreign manager in the history to coach the Romanian team.

Christoph Daum was sacked in September 2017, after yet another disappointing World Cup qualifying campaign where Romania failed to qualify.

Christoph Daum died from the disease in Cologne on 24 August 2024 at the age of 70.