Reiner Calmund

Reinhold "Reiner" Calmund (born 23 November 1948) is a German retired football executive. He was the managing director of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen from 1976 to 2004.

Reiner Calmund
Calmund in 2017
Personal information
Full name Reinhold Calmund
Date of birth (1948-11-23) 23 November 1948
Place of birth Brühl, Germany

Early life and career

Calmund completed the training to be a commercial clerk and studied business administration. In Rhine-Erft he was a football player and after a serious injury became a youth coach (SpVg Frechen 20 Franken Lövenich and BC Efferen). From 1974 to 1976, he was assistant coach, under Fritz Pott, for SC Brühl. In 1975, the SC Brühl was able to participate in the final round of the German Amateur Championship.

Career with Bayer Leverkusen
Calmund in 2002

Calmund started working at TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1976 as a youth leader and announcer. Then, until 1988, he was a board member. Afterwards he was manager of the professional football department. Calmund became Managing Director of Bayer Leverkusen in 1999.

Leverkusen's greatest success during Calmund's tenure was winning the UEFA Cup in 1988 and the German Cup in 1993. In addition, Leverkusen were runners-up four times for the Meisterschaft, as well as once for the Champions League final.

Calmund was responsible for the signings of Bernd Schuster, Ulf Kirsten, Michael Ballack, and Rudi Völler. Additionally, he was able to win the Brazilians Paulo Sérgio, Jorginho, Emerson, Zé Roberto, Lúcio and Juan, as well as Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov for the club.

On 8 June 2004, Calmund announced – for health reasons – his resignation as CEO of Bayer 04 Leverkusen for 30 June 2004. It became public in March 2006 that Calmund had been laid off by the club. The reason being an unexplained cash payment of €580,000 to the Bielefeld player's agent, Volker Graul, allegedly to purchase two Croatian players who never committed.[1] In addition, Calmund claims to have paid Graul, at the request of Bayer Leverkusen, €350,000 from his private assets.[2] The Cologne public prosecutor held proceedings against Calmund for a breach of trust, but the matter was settled with the payment of a €30,000 fine .[3]

Other activities

From 26 October 2004 to 4 January 2005, Calmund hosted the show Big Boss at RTL, an adaptation of the US show The Apprentice, with Donald Trump as a mentor.

On 25 April 2005, Calmund was elected to the Supervisory Board of Fortuna Düsseldorf.[4]

He was involved as an ambassador for people with disabilities in Germany for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Calmund was an honorary ambassador for North Rhine-Westphalia for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and "International Championship Ambassador 2008 Klagenfurt".[5]

On 15 June 2010, it was announced that Calmund would be a consultant for Dynamo Dresden. He stated that he wanted to "create clean, professional structures". This commitment was to be free for the city of Dresden, which has a say in the club, and the club itself.[6]

Personal life

September 2003, Calmund married for the third time.[7] In 2013, Reiner and Sylvia Calmund adopted a two-year-old girl.[8] He also has five children and three grandchildren from his first two marriages.

Calmund has lived in Saarlouis since 2012.[9]

Publications
  • Fußballbekloppt! Autobiographie. Bertelsmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-570-01061-7.
  • Eine Kalorie kommt selten allein, Mosaik 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-39216-2.

References
  1. Schirmer, Andreas (2016-03-05). "Calmunds Rücktritt war ein Rauswurf" (in German). Stern. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  2. "Calmund belastet Holzhäuser" (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2006-03-10. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  3. "Bundesliga: Calmund-Affäre vorbei" (in German). Zeit. 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  4. "Fortuna Düsseldorf" (in German). Reiner Calmund. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  5. "Internationaler EM-Botschafter 2008" (in German). Reiner Calmund. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  6. "Calmund berät Dynamo" (in German). kicker. 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  7. "Lebenslauf" (in German). Reiner Calmund. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  8. "Calmunds Kind ist da!" (in German). Bild. 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  9. "In eigener Sache: "Calmund zieht ins Saarland"" (in German). Reiner Calmund. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
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