Wolfgang Niersbach

Wolfgang Niersbach ( born November 30, 1950 in Rommerskirchen - Nettesheim ) is a German journalist and sports official. Since 2 March 2012, he is DFB president; he took over the office of Theo Zwanziger.

Career

As editor of the news agency Sport - Informations-Dienst ( sid ) Niersbach worked in the fields of football and hockey 15 years at numerous World and European Championships and Olympic Games. Alongside he As senior editor for eleven years, the stadium of Fortuna Dusseldorf Fortuna newspaper date and four years, the stadium newspaper Düsseldorf EC.

As press officer of the European Football Championship 1988 in Germany Niersbach gained his first experience in the organization of media work, which he transposed it in the connection as press secretary and media director of the German Football Association. His successor as director of communications at the German Football Association was founded in 2001 Harald Stenger. Then Niersbach was executive vice president and chief press officer of the organizing committee for the Football World Cup 2006 in Germany. On 15 September 2006 he was again in place of Bernd Pfaff Director at the German Football Association. He worked in this position closely with national team manager Oliver Bierhoff and sporting director Matthias Sammer. On the DFB Bundestag in Mainz on 26 October 2007 Niersbach was appointed as successor to Horst R. Schmidt as the new DFB General Secretary. He was also the highest paid staff of the German Football Association.

After a DFB board meeting on December 7, 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, it was announced that Niersbach ready stand for election as the new DFB president. The previous president Theo Zwanziger ended his term of office in March 2012. On 2 March 2012 Niersbach was unanimously elected as the new DFB president. His successor as General Secretary was Helmut Sandrock.

Honors

  • 2011: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Works

  • Wolfgang Niersbach: 85 years Fortuna Dusseldorf. Dasbach Verlag, Taunusstein 1980.
  • Wolfgang Niersbach: DEG - Hockey fascination in Dusseldorf. Dasbach Verlag, Taunusstein 1981
  • Wolfgang Niersbach and Ulf May: 50 Years DEG. o V. 1985
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