Martin Hägele (journalist)

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Martin Hägele (* 1951 in Heilbronn ) is a German sports journalist and Far East football specialist .

Life

Martin Hägele attended the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Heilbronn . Achim Späth , who later became a football official, was one of his classmates . After graduating from high school there in 1973, he started a traineeship at Heilbronner Voice . He worked as a sports reporter for around 30 years, including for Kicker , the Stuttgarter Zeitung , the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , the Süddeutsche Zeitung and various Japanese sports magazines. From 1985 to 1990 he was head of department at Stern , where he mainly dealt with doping reporting. He ironically referred to Chung Mong-joon as his “special friend ” and expressed his joy that this “Korean puller” was withdrawn from circulation by the FIFA Ethics Committee for several years in 2015 .

In 2006, Hägele became Head of International Relations at FC Bayern Munich . In 2016 he received an honorary doctorate from Hiroshima University of Economics .

Martin Hägele is married and has two children. He lives in Tutzing and has been involved in social projects since he retired.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefanie Wahl, Launige Fußball-Anekdoten , in: Heilbronner Voice , July 6, 2018, on: www.stimme.de
  2. ^ A b c Joachim Friedl, ex-Leingartener brings FC Bayern to Heilbronn , in: Heilbronner Voice , April 7, 2011, on: www.stimme.de
  3. ↑ a b Wolfgang Uhrig, transferring Martin Hägele - “A small state act” , January 26, 2016, on: www.sportjournalist.de
personal data
SURNAME Hägele, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports journalist and Far East football specialist
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn