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Michael Preetz returns to professional football
Status: 19.01.2024 | Reading time: 2 minutes
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Three years ago, a long time at Hertha BSC ended for Michael Preetz. After his professional career ended, he worked in Berlin’s management for 17 years. Now the 56-year-old is returning to German football as sports director.
Michael Preetz returns to professional football as an official. The 56-year-old former national player and long-time manager of Hertha BSC is the new managing director of MSV Duisburg. The third division football team announced this on Friday; “Bild” had previously reported on it.
This means that Preetz will once again take up office as an official at a former club. Preetz also played for the Meiderich team: the Düsseldorf native wore the MSV jersey for two seasons from the summer of 1992 and played 71 competitive games.
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The Duisburg team did not provide any information about the term of Preetz’s current contract. From now on he should help to save the club from relegation from professional football. MSV is currently in 19th and penultimate place in the table. In November, according to “Bild”, he rejected the position as sports director in Duisburg; he had been considered a preferred candidate for some time.
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“The club has an impressive history and I am determined to roll up my sleeves and do my part to lead MSV on a successful path,” Preetz was quoted as saying in the club’s official statement.
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His main task will not only be the sporting management of the club, but also the management of the entire organization, the statement said. This includes in particular the reorganization of the structures as a successor to the outgoing dual management team with Peter Mohnhaupt and Thomas Wulf.
After Preetz ended his professional career in 2003 and made seven appearances for the national team, he was initially assistant to the management at Hertha BSC before being promoted to managing director of sports and communications in mid-2009. He held the position until the separation almost three years ago.
