Wolfgang Niersbach

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wolfgang Niersbach
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Nov 30, 1950(1950-11-30)
Age	74
Country	Germany
Birth City	Rommerskirchen
Horoscope	Scorpio

Wolfgang Niersbach Biography

Wolfgang Niersbach is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on November 30, 1950 in Rommerskirchen, Germany. Wolfgang Niersbach (born 30 November 1950) is Wolfgang Niersbach was born on 30 November 1950. He is a German sporting official as well as a sports journalist from the past. Between 2 March 2012 to 9 November 2015, he was the president of the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fussball-Bund, DFB).

Niersbach married and is the father of two adult daughters. At the end of 2014, Niersbach announced that he was engaged to an individual from Munich who was 23 years older than him.

On 25 July 2016, FIFA’s ethics committee has announced a one-year ban from all football-related activities for Wolfgang Niersbach for failing to report potential misconduct surrounding the award of the 2006 World Cup to Germany.

Following an DFB board meeting held on the 7th of December in Frankfurt the announcement was made that Niersbach was now ready to be elected as the next DFB president. The president before him, Theo Zwanziger, ended his presidency in March 2012 and on March 2, 2012 Niersbach won a majority vote to become the next DFB president. The secretary general he succeeded as his successor was Helmut Sandrock. In January 2013, he signed the Declaration of the 53 European FIFA member associations that sought to change the Fifa Statutes. The declaration disapproved that there should be a time limit for membership to the FIFA Executive Committee and an integrity check for the members of FIFA. The integrity checks will be performed by regional associations. On May 24, 2013 the man was elected to the UEFA Executive Committee and on 24 March 2015, he was elected into the FIFA Council.

Wolfgang Niersbach Net Worth

Wolfgang Niersbach is one of the richest Journalist from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wolfgang Niersbach 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Niersbach played in the youth football squad that was part of Dusseldorfer SC 99 and went to high school at the Gorres-Gymnasium in Dusseldorf. After high school, he studied German studies and started volunteering in 1973 for the news agency Sport-Informations-Dienst. From 1973 to 1988, he was writing reports for this agency, and also served as an editor for association soccer and ice hockey, reporting on many World as well as European Championships and Olympic Games. While at the same time as the editor responsible of the newspaper that was published in the stadium at Fortuna Dusseldorf for eleven years in which he created the Fortuna aktuell newspaper, and also working for four years as the newspaper of the stadium for the Dusseldorfer Ice Hockey Club EG.

As press officer for in 1988’s European Football Championship in West Germany, Niersbach gained experience in coordinating press events during big sporting competitions. Then, he was promoted to the media director and press secretary in the DFB. He joined the DFB in February 1997 and was appointed part of the bidding committee to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup. After the successful submission of his application, on January 2001, he became the Executive Secretary and President for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee. The person who succeeded him to the position of Director of Communications at DFB was Harald Stenger. On the 15th of September, 2006 the DFB appointed him as the successor to Bernd Pfaff, director of the DFB responsible for managing teams, young players, and coaching. He was closely associated in this role with Germany national soccer coach Oliver Bierhoff and DFB sporting director Matthias Sammer. In the DFB Bundestag in Mainz on 26 October 2007 Niersbach was named the successor in the role of Horst Schmidt. Schmidt as the new Secretary General. Niersbach is the highest-paid employee of the DFB.

On 9 November 2015, he resigned as DFB president amidst reports about alleged bribery surrounding the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In March 2016, the FIFA Ethics Committee opened formal proceedings against Niersbach regarding the awarding of the 2006 World Cup.

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Wolfgang Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Wolfgang Niersbach celebrates birthday on November 30 of every year.