Player, sports director, agent – professional football from all perspectives.
I know how fantastic success feels. But I’m equally aware what injuries and sporting disappointments can do to a player. In 1991 I played my first match for FC Bayern Munich, where I was later sporting director and now advise experienced professionals and top talents. All at the highest level, always looking to take the next step.
Player, sports director, agent – professional football from all perspectives.
I know how fantastic success feels. But I’m equally aware what injuries and sporting disappointments can do to a player. In 1991 I played my first match for FC Bayern Munich, where I was later sporting director and now advise experienced professionals and top talents. All at the highest level, always looking to take the next step.
Player
1991-2005
At the age of 20, I was called up from the FC Bayern Munich youth team to the professional squad. These were formative years, crowned with many titles: two-time German champions, winners of the German Football Cup, German League Cup winners, and UEFA Cup winners.
In 1998 I moved to Borussia Dortmund and celebrated my debut for the German national team. Three years later, foreign shores beckoned and I set off for Rangers FC in Glasgow, where I enjoyed success as Scottish champions and cup winners. Quite apart from the achievements, this was a great experience that helped me grow as a person. In 2004 I returned to Germany, where I played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern before drawing my highly successful and multi-faceted career to a close one year later.
Team Manager | Sporting Director
2007-2012
I began planning for the time after my career when I was still a player, completing a degree in International Business Administration at the Munich Business School. During a semester abroad at the University of Bozen, I received an offer to join the FC Bayern management team – initially for a year as team manager and then for three years as sporting director, making me Uli Hoeness’s immediate successor.
Day in, day out, I had the opportunity to work with world-class players such as Philip Lahm, Arjen Robben, and Bastian Schweinsteiger as well as leading international trainers such as Jupp Heynckes and Louis van Gaal. To this day, I draw on my experience working at the absolute highest level and intense exchange with one of the best club leadership teams in the world.
Player Management
2014-now
As Managing Director of the media company ProSiebenSat.1, I built up the player management agency SAM SPORTS. At the same time, I could feel a desire growing within me: to found my own business and put into practice my own ideas and philosophy.
At CN Sports, I can now pass on all my experience from many areas of professional football to players. I consider myself not only an advisor but also a partner who understands players – whatever situation they and their career are currently in. As a partner who accompanies players over the long term and drives them forward. With experience and foresight, I can help you take your next step. So that you can experience as often as possible: that fantastic feeling of success.