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 affix Brighton in January, topic to being granted a piece allow.
Fabian Hurzeler, who took over as Brighton supervisor this summer season, educated below Niedzkowski.
“He will probably be a superb addition to our teaching staff,” Hurzeler stated.
“He’s any person I do know very effectively from Germany and have been eager to carry him to the membership.”
Technical director David Weir stated: “He is aware of what it takes to get the very best out of younger footballers and develop them into turning 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 schooling and formulate a programme which can guarantee the best attainable stage 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 in addition managed Germany Below-21s.