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New job for VfB legend Mario Gomez

Mario Gomez has been back on TV since last summer. Not as a player, but as an expert. Now he is also taking on a position as an official at a Bundesliga club.

Mario Gomez becomes Technical Director at Red Bull Soccer International. The “Bild” reported on Tuesday evening. Leipzig’s managing director Oliver Mintzlaff confirmed Gomez’s new commitment to the newspaper.

“He is an absolute team player, bursts with energy and passion and is full of anticipation and zest for action in view of the tasks and challenges ahead,” Mintzlaff is quoted as saying in “Bild”. Gomez himself has not yet commented on his new job.

Gomez has been back on TV since 2021

His tasks should include “strategic planning as well as work on processes and structures”. In his new position, Gomez will not only be responsible for Leipzig, but also for the Red Bull clubs in New York and Sao Paulo. On the other hand, there is no mention of the location in Salzburg, Austria. All of these clubs are under the control of Red Bull.

After retiring in 2020, Gomez took a break to spend more time with the family. He has been working as a TV expert for the streaming channel Amazon Prime Video in the Champions League since August 2021.

In his career, Gomez played for FC Bayern Munich, Fiorentina, Besiktas Istanbul, VfL Wolfsburg and, at the beginning and the end, for VfB Stuttgart. with which he became German champion in 2007 and celebrated promotion to the Bundesliga in 2020.

Most recently, the long-time national player had emphasized that he could also imagine a job as a coach or sports director. In autumn of last year he was considered a candidate to succeed Markus Krösche, who had moved from Leipzig to Frankfurt.

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