Holger Obermann

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Holger Obermann
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-08-31) 31 August 1936 (age 85)
Place of birth Kassel, Germany
Position(s) goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Concordia Hamburg
SC Elizabeth
Teams managed
2003 Afghanistan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Holger Obermann (born 31 August 1936 in Kassel) is a German former (semi-) professional football player and football manager, journalist and ARD television reporter. From 1971 to 1984 he was one of the moderators of the sports program.

Career[]

Obermann was contracted players at Concordia Hamburg. In 1961 he went to the USA, where he was the first German professional[1] in the United States. He played in New York City at SC Elizabeth the 1st German-American Soccer League.

His journalist career began with an internship at the Hamburger Morgenpost. Later, he was an editor and foreign correspondent for the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, head of a German radio station and staff of the American television ABC in Miami. After his return to Germany in 1966, he was a senior editor at TV the Hessischer Rundfunk, later head of the editorial Television Sports currently at South German Radio. Here he commented football games for ARD.

Holger Obermann has been involved for many years in the sport-related development assistance in crisis areas. His work as a "sports development expert" led him on behalf of the German Football Association and the National Olympic Committees around 30 locations, including East Timor, Cameroon, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Several times he was honored for his commitment. In 1997, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit and 2004, the price for tolerance and fair play of the Minister of the Interior.

He was a senior adviser of the Afghanistan football project sponsored by FIFA.[2] Since January until March 2003 he led the Afghanistan national football team.[3][4] Since March 2004, Obermann is an honorary member of the Afghan Football Association for his contributions to youth development. After the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, he was named by FIFA as technical consultant for the reconstruction program in Sri Lanka, where he worked directly on site.

Obermann helped to found the German American Society of Hollywood Florida in 1964.

References[]

  1. ^ Blog von Obermann Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine bei 11freunde.de
  2. ^ Boston.com / News / World / A global kick-start for Afghan soccer team
  3. ^ Fußball in Afghanistan – Doppelpass mit der Angst - Die Welt
  4. ^ Germany backs Afghan effort - UEFA.com



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