Heribert Bruchhagen
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Eintracht Frankfurt
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Fußball AG since December 1 2003.
From 1988 until 1992 he was general manager at FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
, on the same position he worked from 1992 until 1995 at Hamburg
Hamburger SV
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and from 1998 until 2001 at Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld
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. After that stint Bruchhagen was vice director "Spielbetrieb" at the Deutsche Fußball Liga
Deutsche Fußball Liga
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As an active player Heribert Bruchhagen played from 1969 until 1982 for FC Gütersloh
FC Gütersloh
FC Gütersloh 2000 is a German association football club based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :The club was formed in 1978 out of the merger of the football sides of Sport Verein Arminia and Deutsche Jugendkraft Gütersloh in the hopes that the new club would be more successful than...
, where he subsequently managed from 1982 until 1988. After that he had a short managing stint with SC Verl
SC Verl
SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football.-History:...
, before moving to Schalke 04.
Bruchhagen is teacher for sports and geography and taught from 1977 until 1986 in Halle, Westphalia
Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia
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In August 2007 he was elected to the board of the Bundesliga execution.
Bruchhagen is widely known for his eloquent interviews, often criticizing the commercialisation in modern football and does not hesitate to counteract against ones like Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a German former football player.He had his greatest career success with German club Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup, the European Cup, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups.A member of the German national team, Rummenigge won the...
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