Danny Galm

Danny Galm
Personal information
Full name Danny Galm
Date of birth (1986-03-17)17 March 1986
Place of birth Miltenberg, Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1989–1998 TSV Amorbach
1998–2001 Kickers Offenbach
2001-2002 TSV 1860 Munich
2002-2005 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 - 2007 VfB Stuttgart II 62 (10)
2007-2008 Eintracht Frankfurt II 30 (17)
2008 Energie Cottbus II 16 (1)
2009 Stuttgarter Kickers (loan) 14 (3)
2009 -2010 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 12 (0)
2011 -2016 SpVgg Neckarelz 59 (19)
2016 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1 (0)
International career
2001-2002 Germany U16 9 (6)
2002-2003 Germany U17 10 (5)
2005 Germany U19 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013-2015 SpVgg Neckarelz U19
2016-2017 TSG Hoffenheim U16
2018-2020 TSG Hoffenheim U17
2020 TSG Hoffenheim U16
2020-2021 TSG Hoffenheim U17
2021-2023 FC Bayern Munich U19
2023 SV Sandhausen
2025-2026 FC Red Bull Salzburg U18
2026- FC Liefering
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Danny Galm (born 17 March 1986, in Miltenberg) is a former German professional footballer and current coach. He coaches FC Liefering in Austrias 2nd league.

Career

Player

Galm started playing football at TSV Amorbach . He then moved on to the youth teams of Kickers Offenbach, TSV 1860 Munich, and VfB Stuttgart. He made 38 appearances for VfB Stuttgart in the A-Junior Bundesliga, scoring 27 goals. In 2005, he won the German A-Junior Championship with VfB Stuttgart . He also was the league's top scorer.

While still in his youth team, Danny Galm began making appearances for VfB Stuttgart’s second team in the Regionalliga Süd. In 2007, he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt II in the Hessenliga for one year. Then he went on to the second team of Energie Cottbus in the Regionalliga Nord.

In the first half of 2009, Galm played on loan for Stuttgarter Kickers in the 3. Liga. He made his professional debut on February 5, 2009, in a 0–2 away defeat for Stuttgarter Kickers against Fortuna Düsseldorf. During the 2009/10 season, he played for the reserve team of 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the Regionalliga West.

In 2010, a disc surgery sidelined him for a year, leaving him without a club. In 2011, he kept himself fit at a summer camp for professional footballers without contract. From October 29, 2011, he played for SpVgg Neckarelz in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. After finishing third in his first year, he and the club won the Oberliga title in the 2012/13 seasonIn January 2016, he moved to Viktoria Aschaffenburg. There he finished his playing career.

Manager

From 2013 onwards, while still active as a player, Galm coached the U-19 team at SpVgg Neckarelz. During this period, he also earned his coaching licenses. Following the end of his playing career, he took charge of the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim U-16 team starting with the 2016/17 season. At the beginning of 2018, he coached U-17 side—which competed in the B-Junior Bundesliga. In both the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons, he led the U-17 team to a second-place finish in the Bundesliga South/Southwest.

In May 2021, Galm successfully completed his professional coaching license. From 2021 to 2023, he coached the FC Bayern Munich U19 team in the A-Junior Bundesliga.

For the 2023/24 season, Galm took charge of the third-division club SV Sandhausen. In October 2023—after just 12 matches with the club, which had recently been relegated from the second division—he was relieved of his duties.

For the 2025/26 season, Galm took over the U18 team at the FC Red Bull Salzburg academy in Austria. In February 2026, he was promoted to head coach of the second-division club FC Liefering.