Personnel planning in Hanover
Six goals in the Bundesliga, 15 in the lower league and three in the DFB Cup: That’s the record of Hanover striker Hendrik Weydandt since his unusually rapid rise from the lower leagues to the professional level. And the 26-year-old, who was last associated with Karlsruher SC, wants to follow his 120 games to date for 96 more – a departure in the summer is out of the question for the native of Gehrden with a current contract until 2023, he announced now on. For his coach Christoph Dabrowski, however, it is now clear: If 96 does not extend his contract, he will probably leave the club.
For the first time since last August, Weydandt had scored again in the game against Erzgebirge Aue for the ailing offensive department of Lower Saxony this season (29 goals after 30 match days – only two teams scored fewer goals). The reward: The right footer was allowed to play 90 minutes against Düsseldorf for the third time in the current season. The strong centre-forward, like his team-mates up front, had often failed to live up to expectations in the previous months. Weydandt’s goal risk is primarily dependent on his teammates’ food, and he naturally found it difficult to play in a team that was in transition with three coaches last year.
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“It was a difficult time. You don’t ooze confidence when you play a little and don’t score. The goal helps me a lot to regain my self-confidence. One mustn’t forget: the quality of a player is one thing. But self-confidence is at least as important,” the striker sums up in the “picture“-Newspaper. Weydandt slipped into the professional squad of the Reds under André Breitenreiter in 2018, after moving from the regional league Germania Egestorf-Langreder to Hanover’s second representation just a few weeks earlier. The 26-year-old scored directly in his first Bundesliga game against Werder Bremen, who only four years earlier had dared to jump from TSV Groß Munzel to then Oberliga side Egestorf as the top scorer in the district league.
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“My place here is at 96. I don’t see any reason to leave Hanover,” Weydandt admitted to 96, putting a stop to all rumors of a transfer. “I have a close relationship with everyone at the club beyond my teammates. I fully identify with 96. It feels like back then in Egestorf.” Weydandt, who, in addition to being a professional, recently completed his master’s degree in taxation, has a clear plan for the future and wants to work in the family law firm after his active career enter: “Finish football, then join the law firm, do my tax consultant exam – and hopefully pass the first attempt.”
Until then, at 96, he still has a lot planned. The top priority is to secure a place in the league as quickly as possible, which can be made perfect if Dresden wins in Paderborn at the weekend and Dresden loses against Düsseldorf at the same time. “The winless March was bitter and unnecessary. It is important not to be satisfied too quickly. That it’s not enough if there’s a draw. Maybe we enjoyed February too much. We have to kick ourselves in the butt every morning,” says Weydandt.
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96-Coach Dabrowski: New professional contract or farewell
Meanwhile, the personal details of the coach remain unclear in Hanover. Whether Christoph Dabrowski, who had led 96 after taking office in winter with a positive series from the deepest relegation swamp, can continue, the club bosses only want to decide after the minimum sporting goal has been reached. The 43-year-old, who played for the Reds for three years between 2003 and 2006 and has primarily worked with the youth team since 2013, has now announced that he wants to continue his coaching career as a professional.
“My path will continue in professional football,” quotes the “New press“ the coach. He says the work is “great fun, and I’m really up for it. That’s why the question doesn’t arise at the moment,” Dabrowski replied when asked whether he could imagine returning to the Lower Saxony youth academy. That means: Should Hannover decide against continuing the cooperation, Dabrowski and 96 should part ways in the summer after nine years for the time being.
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