Ralf Becker


Ralf Becker is a German former footballer and coach who currently works as the Director of Sports of Dynamo Dresden.

Playing career

Becker spent a significant portion of his time as a youth player with VfB Stuttgart, as well as with their smaller, regional rival Stuttgarter Kickers.
In 1993, he first entered into professional competition by leaving TSF Ditzingen and joining Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen, with whom he reached the quarterfinal of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the following year. In 1995, he moved to FC St. Pauli, another Bundesliga team, where he only stayed one season. Following a brief return to TSF Ditzingen in 1998–1999, he spent the remaining years of his playing career with 2. Bundesliga teams SSV Reutlingen 05 and Karlsruher SC, before retiring in 2006.

Coaching and managerial career

Becker acted as the Karlsruher SC's assistant coach under Edmund Becker from 2006–2009, after which he coached SSV Ulm 1846, a Regionalliga Süd team, for little more than one year. Since stepping back from this position on 30 November 2010, he has not worked as a coach again.
From 2010 to 2016, Becker was VfB Stuttgart's chief of scouting. He then became Holstein Kiel's managing director. Under his direction, the club secured a promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2016–2017, and only narrowly missed out on a subsequent promotion to the Bundesliga the following year.
On 28 May 2018, Becker joined the newly relegated Hamburger SV as its managing director. He controversially replaced head coach Christian Titz with Hannes Wolf in October 2018, despite his team being merely two points behind the top of the table. At the end of this season, the club missed promotion, causing its executive board to sack Becker and replace him with Jonas Boldt.
On 25 June 2020, Dynamo Dresden announced Becker as its new Director of Sports, following the departure of Ralf Minge.