Max Eberl

Max Eberl (German pronunciation: [ˈmaks ˈeːbɐl]; born 21 September 1973) is a German professional football executive and a former player who used to work as RB Leipzig's director of sport.

Max Eberl
Eberl in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-21) 21 September 1973
Place of birth Bogen, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1979–1991 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1994 Bayern Munich (A) 48 (0)
1991–1994 Bayern Munich 1 (0)
1994–1997 VfL Bochum 42 (0)
1997–1999 Greuther Fürth 35 (0)
1999–2005 Borussia Mönchengladbach[1] 137 (0)
Total 263 (0)
International career
1989–1990 Germany U-16 9 (0)
1990–1991 Germany U-17 2 (1)
1991–1992 Germany U-18 9 (0)
1992–1993 Germany U-20 8 (0)
1993–1995 Germany U-21 12 (0)
Managerial career
2005–2008 Borussia Mönchengladbach (academy manager)
2008–2022 Borussia Mönchengladbach (director of sport)
2022–2023 RB Leipzig (director of sport)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Bogen, Eberl's career as a professional footballer began in 1991 as a defender with Bayern Munich. A highly rated youngster, he represented Germany at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia. During the tournament he started the group games against Ghana and Portugal.[2]

After making only one Bundesliga appearance in two years at Munich, Eberl dropped down a division to the 2. Bundesliga to play for VfL Bochum. Eberl spent four seasons at Bochum, split evenly between the top two divisions, before moving to Greuther Fürth. He spent only 18 months playing for Greuther Fürth before moving to Borussia Mönchengladbach halfway through the 1998–99 season. Eberl saw out the rest of his career with Mönchengladbach, retiring in 2005. In a career lasting over 200 games in the first and second Bundesliga, Eberl did not score a single goal.

Coaching and managing career

Eberl was appointed as the head of Borussia Mönchengladbach's youth and amateur football programs shortly after his retirement in 2005. In 2008, he took up the job as Borussia's director of sport until January 2022. He then became director of sport at RB Leipzig in December of the same year.[3] On September 29, 2023, RB Leipzig announced Eberl's immediate termination due to a perceived lack of commitment to the club.[4]

References
  1. "Max Eberl". Fussballdaten (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  2. "Max Eberl". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  3. "Max Eberl startet als Geschäftsführer Sport bei RB Leipzig" (in German). RB Leipzig. 1 December 2022.
  4. "RB Leipzig relieve Max Eberl of his duties". rbleipzig.com. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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