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Ex-professional Marcell Jansen is aiming for a presidential post

Marcell Jansen:

He has played in the Bundesliga 242 times.

(Foto: imago/Michael Wigglesworth)

Düsseldorf Marcell Jansen was just 29 years old when he ended his football career. “Anyone who does something like this has never loved football,” shouted world champion Rudi Völler after him. Jansen, who has been with the Hamburg sports club since 2008, even agreed with his critic: he never loved the football business. He was only grateful for what made it possible for him.

Now Jansen wants to go back to that business, even if only on a voluntary basis. This Saturday, the HSV members will elect a new club president – and the now 33-year-old is considered the most promising candidate. The ex-left-back has been on the supervisory board of HSV Fußball AG, as the outsourced professional department is called, for almost a year.

Jansen criticizes the lack of sports competence at the top of the HSV, which is also home to amateur sports in more than 30 branches. He wanted to use his network in the search for sponsors, “so that the amateur sector doesn’t just have to live on membership fees,” explained Jansen in the “Rheinische Post”.

Since his professional retirement, the Mönchengladbach native has been earning money as a speaker and TV expert – and has invested in companies. Among other things, he is involved in a medical supply store, a sports brand and a patisserie.

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