Heribert Bruchhagen
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Heribert Bruchhagen (born September 4, 1948 in Düsseldorf-Derendorf) is the executive chairman of Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball AG since December 1 2003.
From 1988 until 1992 he was general manager at FC Schalke 04, on the same position he worked from 1992 until 1995 at Hamburg and from 1998 until 2001 at Arminia Bielefeld. After that stint Bruchhagen was vice director "Spielbetrieb" at the Deutsche Fußball Liga.
As an active player Heribert Bruchhagen played from 1969 until 1982 for FC Gütersloh, where he subsequently managed from 1982 until 1988. After that he had a short managing stint with SC Verl, before moving to Schalke 04.
Bruchhagen is teacher for sports and geography and taught from 1977 until 1986 in Halle, Westphalia.
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.
