Dennis Grassow

Dennis Grassow

Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-10-10) 10 October 1971
Place of birth	West Berlin, West Germany
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1987–1990	TSV 1860 München
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	TSV 1860 München	1	(0)
1991–1992	SpVgg Starnberg
1992–1993	FC Starnberg
1993–1997	SpVgg Unterhaching	51	(2)
1997	FC Bayern Munich	1	(0)
1997–1999	1. FC Köln	31	(0)
1999–2004	SpVgg Unterhaching	110	(6)
2004–2006	SV Darmstadt 98	47	(3)
2006–2009	SSV Jahn Regensburg	69	(13)
Managerial career
2008–2009	SSV Jahn Regensburg (playing assistant)
2010	SpVgg Weiden (assistant)
Medal record Bayern Munich Winner DFB-Ligapokal 1997
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis Grassow (born 10 October 1971 in Berlin) is a retired German footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Grassow was born and raised in Berlin, before moving to Munich the age of 16. He joined TSV 1860 München, where he made one appearance in the Bayernliga, before moving on to SpVgg Starnberg and later FC Starnberg. He began his senior career in 1993 with SpVgg Unterhaching, where he had four successful years, which earned him a move to FC Bayern Munich.

He was unable to break into Bayern's first team, making only one appearance – in a DFB-Pokal game against DJK Waldberg, a match which Bayern won 16–1. After half a season he moved again, joining 1. FC Köln, where his arrival bolstered a struggling defence. He remained in Cologne for eighteen months, but the club was relegated at the end of the 1998–99 season, and he left, rejoining Unterhaching, who had since been promoted to the Bundesliga. The club spent two years in the Bundesliga, finishing 10th in their first season, but then suffered two consecutive relegations, falling to the third-tier Regionalliga in 2002. Grassow stayed with the club as they returned to the 2. Bundesliga, and consolidated their position, before leaving at the end of the 2003–04 season.

Grassow returned to the Regionalliga, playing for SV Darmstadt 98 for two years, before moving on to Bayernliga side SSV Jahn Regensburg in 2006. Here he was appointed captain by the coach Günter Güttler, as the side were promoted to the Regionalliga, which they followed with qualification for the new 3. Liga. After one season at this level, Grassow retired.

Honours

Bayern Munich

• DFB-Liga-Pokal: 1997

External links

• Dennis Grassow at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Dennis Grassow on ran.de