New Sport Director at BVB

Borussia Dortmund gets a new Sport Director. His name is Nils-Ole Book. He is 40 years old. Before this, he worked for the club SV Elversberg. He was very successful there. He led the club from the 4th league to the 2nd league.

Nils-Ole Book follows Sebastian Kehl. The BVB let Kehl go only on Sunday. Now everything went very fast. Book signs a contract until Summer 2029. He starts his work this Wednesday. The BVB pays a sum of money to Elversberg.

Lars Ricken is the Sport Boss at the BVB. He is happy about the new colleague. Book is known as an expert for young talents. He finds players who are not famous yet. He should help the BVB become successful again. Book has been a fan of the BVB since his childhood.

Definitions

Sport Director

A Sport Director plans the team of a club. He buys new players and sells other players. He works closely with the coach.

Talent

A talent is a young person with a special gift. In soccer, these are young players who can play very well. They want to get even better.

People

Nils-Ole Book

Nils-Ole Book is a German soccer manager. He was born in 1986. He used to be a professional soccer player himself. He made the small club SV Elversberg very successful.

Sebastian Kehl

Sebastian Kehl was a player and captain at Borussia Dortmund for a long time. After that, he worked there as head of the professional player department. Most recently, he was the Sport Director.

Lars Ricken

Lars Ricken is a former soccer player. He is a legend at Borussia Dortmund. Today, he is the boss for the whole sport area at the BVB.

Locations

Dortmund

Dortmund is a large city in the West of Germany. It is in the state North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is world famous for its soccer club BVB.

Elversberg

Elversberg is a place in the state Saarland. The soccer club SV Elversberg there plays in the 2nd Bundesliga.

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