Kuntz successor: HSV opts for a woman! | OneFootball

Since the start of the year, the position of sporting director at HSV has been vacant. Now, a surprising solution is emerging.

Just now, Abendblatt reported that Kathleen Krüger will take over the post that became vacant following the departure of Stefan Kuntz. According to the report, the supervisory board chose her by majority vote during a meeting on Tuesday. The 40-year-old, currently Head of Organization and Infrastructure at FC Bayern Munich, is expected to sign a contract in Hamburg soon.

At the German record champions, she has worked in a wide range of roles for more than 15 years. Now Krüger, who herself played as a midfielder in the Bundesliga between 2004 and 2009, will move into the front row for the first time. In doing so, she is making history. No Bundesliga club has ever appointed a female sporting director before. At Hamburg’s rival RB Leipzig, meanwhile, Swiss executive Tatjana Haenni even moved into the CEO role at the start of the year.

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HSV: Krüger beat out high-profile competition

HSV had also previously had a woman on the board — namely Katja Kraus, who successfully oversaw communications and marketing for eight years until 2011. At the time, she worked alongside Bernd Hoffmann. In the future, Krüger will help steer the club together with Eric Huwer — who knows the club inside out, but is primarily responsible for finances.

She is said to have prevailed over prominent competition during the application process. Among others, HSV also sounded out Markus Krösche (Eintracht Frankfurt) and Fabian Wohlgemuth (VfB Stuttgart). In addition, the names of former Borussia Dortmund executive Sebastian Kehl and long-time Augsburg sporting director Stefan Reuter were also mentioned publicly.

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In the end, Krüger got the nod. She is said to have impressed both the headhunting agency Pedersen & Partners, which was responsible for the search, and the supervisory board with her expertise and her concept. Her full range of skills will soon be needed. Regardless of which league they are in, HSV are facing a major overhaul this summer.

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