Franz Beckenbauer receives Honorary Award 2022
The presentation of the 2022 Honorary Award will take place on 19 May at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin German Football Ambassador celebrates 10th anniversary On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the German Football Ambassador e.V. will present Franz Beckenbauer with the 2022 Award of Honour. The award honours the lifetime achievements of […]
Start of the online voting for the Public Award 2022
– Fans can now vote online for their 2022 favourite – Who will follow last year’s winner Kai Havertz? – Trailer for the 2022 Public Award published Berlin, 05 April 2022 In its anniversary year, the Deutscher Fußball Botschafter e.V. (German Football Ambassador) has once again nominated eleven players active abroad through its top-class jury. […]
Dr. Carolin Braun, Jochen Figge and Franco Foda nominated for the Main Award 2022
Award ceremony at anniversary event at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin Berlin, 18.03.2022 The German Football Ambassador Association (Deutscher Fußball Botschafter e.V.) celebrates its anniversary this year. The celebrations will take place at the Federal Foreign Office as part of the annual award ceremony on 19 May. This is the tenth time that the […]
German Football Ambassador Expands Advisory Board
Monika Staab and Sylvia Walker will join the advisory board just in time for the association’s tenth anniversary and support it with their expertise. President Roland Bischof thanks both protagonists, stating, “I am very happy about the reinforcement. Both are real power women whom I have known and appreciated personally for many years”. Monika Staab, […]
First German Football Ambassador, Holger Obermann, has passed away unexpectedly
Our first German Football Ambassador, Holger Obermann, passed away unexpectedly on 30.10.2021. He was one of the pioneers of German coaches abroad and contributed his soccer knowledge in many countries during the last decades. Cameroon, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, East Timor, Gambia, Malaysia or Australia were just a few of his stops. It was him who, […]
Vice President and Jury Chairman Rainer Holzschuh has passed away
Last night we lost our loyal friend Rainer Holzschuh. He was the first and closest companion as well as our jury chairman who was 100% behind our idea. He passed away now in the night of our award event. We mourn the loss of a great and amazing person and our thoughts are with his […]
Uli Stielike, Kai Havertz And Fc Bayern Munich Are The German Football Ambassadors 2021
The award ceremony was held for the first time in Berlin at Deutsche Telekom’s representative office in the German capital Karl-Heinz Rummenigge gave the laudation for Uli Stielike, with whom he played together for eight years in the German national team At this year’s German Football Ambassador Award ceremony, which was opened by Deutsche Telekom […]
Joe Zinnbauer, 2021 – German Sports Club Johannesburg, South Africa
Integration through sport: Joe Zinnbauer supports the German Sports Club Johannesburg (Deutscher Sportclub Johannesburg – DSCJ) Founded on the own initiative of parents of pupils at the German School Johannesburg (DSJ), the club supports and promotes the integration of children from different backgrounds – specifically children from Soweto. The club was founded in 2018 and […]
Michael Feichtenbeiner, 2021 – ‘a Chance To Play’, Thailand
In collaboration with the Selangor FC club, Michael Feichtenbeiner supports a project that introduces disadvantaged children to sport through football. In addition to sport, the children and young people are introduced to important life skills. The project also gives the children the chance to make many social contacts. Michael Feichtenbeiner is a trained sports and […]