Christian Eichler

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Christian Eichler (* 1959 in Wanne-Eickel ) is a German sports journalist who focuses on reports on football . Eichler is the author of several books.

Life

Eichler grew up in Wanne-Eickel; after completing a corresponding degree, he was employed as a qualified librarian at federal ministries in Bonn from 1984 to 1989 . In his spare time he started working as a journalist, which eventually became his profession. He wrote freelance for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the Süddeutsche Zeitung , the Kicker , the world and the world on Sunday. In 1989 he joined the sports department of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. From 2001 to 2009 he initially reported on sport in Europe from Brussels, and since 2009 he has been a sports correspondent for the FAZ, based in Munich.

He is a member of the German Academy for Football Culture .

family

Eichler is married and has two sons.

Prizes and awards

  • Grand Prize of the Association of German Sports Journalists in 1991 and 2015
  • Fair Play Prize for Sports Journalism 1994 and 2002
  • Football Book of the Year 2018 by the German Academy for Football Culture for "90 or The Whole History of Football in Ninety Games"

Fonts

  • Lexicon of football myths , Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn 2002 (first edition 2000), ISBN 978-3-8218-3953-0 .
  • The ball is down. Small lexicon of football breakdowns , Frankfurt / Main: Eichborn 2007, ISBN 978-3-8218-4967-6 .
  • Sugar passport and blood rattle. True stories about football , Leipzig: Klett Children's Book 2010, ISBN 978-3-941411-25-8 .
  • 7: 1 - the game of the century. When the Brazilian myth broke and Germany's fourth star rose , Munich: Droemer 2015, ISBN 978-3-426-30086-2 .
  • 90 or The Whole History of Football in Ninety Games , Munich: Droemer 2017, ISBN 978-3-426-30139-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Eichler - person. Retrieved on May 17, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Eichler, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Wanne-Eickel