| Capital: | € 12 million |
| Age: | 71 |
| Born: | 11/23/1948 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | Soccer player |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Reiner Calmund is a former soccer official who has since expanded his popularity outside of sports as a media figure in various activities. After the end of his career as an amateur player, he became a youth coach, from the 1976 youth leader at Bayer Leverkusen, manager later. In 1999 he became the director of executive until 2004. Since then he can be seen in various genres in public appearance, from reading from his biography to participation in cooking events.
Early life
Rainer Calmund grows in relatively simple circumstances, studying foreign trade and successfully studying business administration. As a soccer player he was active at SPVG Frechen 20 to 1966 before the shoulder injury stopped him. He later became a youth coach and won the Central Rhine championship for Junior with the club. Further position in lower class football was followed as an assistant coach before he became a youth leader and stadium spokesman for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1976. However, he immediately took over the position of professional soccer player managers, and his extraordinary skills in making Commitment distinguishes it distinguishes it for a long time.
Career highlights
In the term sports, Bayer Leverkusen’s victory over the UEFA Cup is the biggest success with him as a manager. However, people cannot ignore many very successful transfers as the real success of Reiner Calmund. In his heyday he had a famous nose for registering for the world’s stars to come with relatively small money. In addition, as a type of full-bodied Rheenh mind, he has long been a human figure from Bayer Leverkusen, which is the opposite considered rather gray, and who gives the club to many sympathy.
Famous quotes
“It’s not the big who eat the small, but the fast who eat the slow.”
“Before we pay 15 to 20 million marks for a goalkeeper, I put myself in the goal.”
“Friendships count a lot for me, but not in this business. I put Jürgen Gelsdorf outside the door, he was even my best man. ”
“Now the odds are 50:50 or even 60:60.”
“It is important that we also convince fighters and not just do figure skating.”
Amazing facts
For a while Reiner Calmund also appeared in the Computer Second Life game, where he lived on his own island, Calli Island.
In 2008 he wanted to lose weight firmly as part of the Iron Calli campaign with the support of durability specialist Joey Kelly. Loss of more than 30 kg of body weight allowing him to complete his first round marathon in less than 4 hours.
Reiner Calmund was married in a third marriage and had five children from his first two marriages. With his youngest wife, he adopted a girl from Thailand.
He published his autobiography in 2008 with the title “Football Crazy!”