Kicker reports that VfL Wolfsburg have finally found a new sporting director. Eintracht Frankfurt director of professional football Pirmin Schwegler is the man who will take the place of the recently sacked Sebastian Schindzielorz. Schwegler will work with current Wolfsburg managing director Peter Christiansen to help strengthen the squad during the January transfer window. Wolfsburg are currently 15th place in the Bundesliga table.
Schwegler is actually highly regarded by those who cover German football administrative politics. The former Swiss international spent the bulk of his playing career in Germany at Eintracht, Leverkusen, Hoffenheim, and Hannover. After retiring, he worked as Bayern Munich’s chief scout and Hoffenheim’s licensing director.
Eintracht board-member-for-sport Markus Krösche recruited him to Eintracht to serve as professional football director on the occasion of his own promotion from sporting director last January. Schwegler is the third personnel executive in the SGE chain-of-command behind Krösche and sporting director Timmo Hardung.
The 38-year-old served as Bayern’s chief scout for well over two years between 2021 and 2023. He worked as Hoffenheim’s licensing and later footballing director for 19 months between 2023 and 2024. Schwegler brings with him quite the pedigree and is a very experienced new hire.
