Sky Sports Germany reported that Bayer Leverkusen's Head of Player Recruitment Kim Falkenberg has been promoted to the role of the club's Deputy Sporting Director..
2025-03-05 16:03
Sky Sports Germany exclusively reported on Tuesday that Bayer Leverkusen's German Head of Player Recruitment Kim Falkenberg has been promoted to the role of the club's new Deputy Sporting Director.
According to the report, Leverkusen decided to promote Falkenberg from within to reward his outstanding contributions to the club in the transfer market.
In order not to affect the operation of the club's management structure, Leverkusen will not announce Falkenberg's promotion to the public.
Falkenberg's promotion will not affect their German sporting director Simon Rolfes in the slightest.
Although there are rumours claiming that Rolfes will move to Arsenal or Red Bull Saarburg, the report denied these rumours.
On the contrary, everyone in Leverkusen's management feel that with Falkenberg's help, Rolfes will have a powerful effect in the club's transfer market in terms of decision-making power.
About Kim Falkenberg
Falkenberg, 36, was born on April 10, 1988 in Engelskirchen, Germany. He is 1.79 meters tall and primarily plays as a right back. He can also play as a left back, right midfielder or left midfielder.
Falkenberg joined the youth academy of the non-league club Bergneustadt since he was a child. In 2000, he moved to the Bayer Leverkusen youth academy. In 2007, he began to play for the Bayer Leverkusen reserve team. During this spell, he was selected for the Germany U21s national team with his outstanding performances.
The following summer, Falkenberg was loaned-out to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
In the summer of 2009, Falkenberg moved to Greuther Fürth, and later played for Achen, Sandhausen, Saarbrücken and Osnabrück successively.
After retiring in the summer of 2018, Falkenberg returned to Bayer Leverkusen as a scout.
As a scout, Falkenberg is praised as one of the best scouts in European football today for discovering the potential of players such as Victor Boniface, Piero Hincapie, Nathan Tella, Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz, Roberto Andrich and Edmond Tapsoba for the defending Bundesliga champions.
