Florian Blüchel

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Florian Blüchel
Florian Blüchel after defeating TUS Jena in 2007
Personal information
Surname:	Florian Blüchel
Nationality:	German
Date of birth:	February 21, 1984
Place of birth:	Bayreuth
Size:	1.75 m
Style:	Freestyle
Weight class:	74 kg / 84 kg

Florian Blüchel (* 21st February 1984 when Florian Doerfler) is a former German Bundesliga wrestlers in free style in Welter - and middleweight . He was a member of the German Junior - National 2000-2004.

Since 2010 he has been working as a game analyst or scout in the field of game and player monitoring at FC Bayern München AG . Specializing in data and video analysis, he is currently working as a Senior International Scout for the licensed player department of the German soccer record champions.

Sports career and successes

As a wrestler, Blüchel was, among other things, multiple German youth champions. In addition, he wore the German eagle on his chest at international tournaments (Grand Prix of Germany & France) and represented his home country at continental junior competitions in 2001 & 2004 at the European Championships. With victories for his teams in the weight classes up to 74 kg & 84 kg in free style, he was able to lead KSV Ketsch and AC Lichtenfels into the 1st Bundesliga. At the highest national level, he was also able to win a large number of fights for SV Wacker Burghausen and SV St. Johannis Nürnberg in the Bundesliga seasons and in the play-offs for the German team championship.

He has also been active as a footballer since childhood, for example he played in the regional league for BSV 98 Bayreuth, was in the extended squad of the U15 Bavarian team and was also able to achieve successes at university level such as 2nd place in the 2012 South German University Championship as a player-coach from the Technical University of Munich. In the 2010s, he laced his football boots for Schwabing- based FC Alte Haide Munich and FC Moosinning near Franz-Josef Strauss Airport , before rejoining his hometown club SC Altenplos in 2020.

Professional background

Just over half a year after starting his career at Bayern Munich in spring 2010, Blüchel ended his active wrestling career under his maiden name Florian Dörfler in the SV Johannis Nürnberg jersey on November 14th of the same year with a shoulder win over Patryk Dublinowski from SV Luftfahrt Berlin. After a strong season as a newcomer, the Grizzlys just missed a place in the play-off finals.

After working as a student worker as a video operator for the FCB junior team (U19-U17) and as a data and video analyst in the area of opponent preparation for the professional team under the direction of Marcel Bout , Blüchel became an integral part of the expanded coaching staff in the department in the 2012/13 season the game analysis. His main tasks included the dissection of the team tactical behavior pattern, the presentation of the key players of the next opponent, as well as the creation of a data catalog of standard situations (corners, free kicks, penalties).

Under the new head coach Pep Guardiola , the topic of video analysis was intensified again compared to his predecessors Louis van Gaal and Jupp Heynckes when he took office in the summer of 2013. At the instruction of the meticulous Catalan, Blüchel specialized in the preparation of individual tactical player profiles for the next opponent in order to guarantee the best possible game preparation for the newly composed coaching staff.

With Michael Reschke in the newly created position of Technical Director, the working modalities in the scouting department of the record champion also changed. The Rhinelander commissioned Blüchel to also process the player profiles of the potential newcomers with videos and data in order to be able to present them to the board of directors. The analyzes made on Joshua Kimmich , Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman convinced Matthias Sammer , who was then in office as sports director , that all three players were signed in the summer of 2015 and that Blüchel had to change departments. He was entrusted with the management of technical scouting, in the course of which he implemented SAP Sports One and a club's own video database in the club. In addition, he coordinated all scouting activities in the back office and trained the next generation of football scouts for the professional area and the youth academy with supporting technical means.

Since Hasan Salihamidžić took office in the 2017/18 season and as a result of the redesign of the scouting department under the direction of Marco Neppe, Blüchel has held the role of Senior International Scout with the following areas of responsibility.

He has regional responsibility for the Spanish market ( Primera División and national teams). Global scouting measures via live and video viewings as well as the management of data analysis with regard to squad planning are part of his daily business. His football-specific expertise with regard to all potential new signings for the licensing team and top young talents for the FCB campus flow into the decision-making processes of those responsible for FCB.

Origin, education, private matters

Born in Upper Franconia, he grew up in Altenplos with his younger sister. He attended the Graf-Münster-Gymnasium in Bayreuth , where he graduated from high school in German and sports. His technical work from 2003 with the title The basic techniques of freestyle wrestling in standing and ground combat was produced as a PowerPoint presentation with video content that was partly self- made.

After a teaching degree in Heidelberg with the subjects sports, history and geography he completed his thesis on the possibilities of analysis of set pieces (free kicks and corners) of the first football league in the 2012/2013 season his university studies in sports science , with a focus Competitive sport , at the Technical University of Munich .

Blüchel is married and has been living with his wife and son in his hometown of Bayreuth again since 2019 .

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Blüchel, Florian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dörfler, Florian (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1984