Jan Schindelmeiser (born 17 December 1963 in

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg's ...

) is a German

director of football A sporting director, or director of sport, is an senior management, executive management position in a sports club. The role is well known as a manager role for European football clubs, which are sometime also "sports clubs", offering many typ ...

who last worked as the executive board representative for sport of

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

Career

From 1981 to 1994 Schindelmeiser played for the second team of

KSV Hessen Kassel KSV Hessen Kassel is a semi-professional Football in Germany, German football club based in Kassel, Hesse. KSV competes in the German Regionalliga Südwest, the German football league system, fourth tier of German football. Nicknamed "Die Löwe ...

in the

Hessenliga The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the States of Germany, state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberliga (football), Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier ...

and 1. SC Göttingen 05 in the

Oberliga Nord The Oberliga Nord was the fourth tier of the German football league system in the north of Germany. It covered the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. With the introduction of the 3. Liga, the league ceased to exist fr ...

. In 1996, he was signed by

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

. From 1998 to 2000 he took over the same office for

Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in the locality of Westend in Berlin. History The team was founded in 1902 as ''Berliner Tennis- und Ping-Pong-Gesellschaft Borussia'' taking its name from its origins as a tennis and ...

. In 2005 Schindelmeiser was sporting director of

FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. T ...

. He worked for

TSG Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. (), commonly known as TSG Hoffenheim (), are a German professional football club based in Sinsheim. Originally founded in 1899 as a gymnastics club, Hoffenheim came into being in their modern fo ...

from 2006 to 2010 as director of football and CEO. In July 2016 Schindelmeiser became the sporting director and member of the executive board of

. However, after just a year, VfB Stuttgart announced that they have relieved Schindelmeiser of his duties as the club's executive board representative for sport.

References

External links

VfB.de profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schindelmeiser, Jan 1963 births Living people People from Flensburg Eintracht Braunschweig non-playing staff VfB Stuttgart non-playing staff German football chairmen and investors