Fritz Keller (football administrator)

Friedrich Walter Keller (born 2 April 1957) is a German football administrator and former president SC Freiburg. In 2019, he was elected president German Football Association.[1][2] He resigned from office in May 2021.[3]

Fritz Keller
Born (1957-04-02) 2 April 1957
Freiburg, Germany
TitlePresident of the German Football Association
Term2019–2021
PredecessorReinhard Grindel

Background

Born in Freiburg, Germany. He has worked is whole life in his restaurant and winery and was elected ″Winemaker of the Year 2019″ by Gault & Millau Wine Guide[4] Together with his family and later joined the German football association where he became chairman in Freiburg SC role known as president from 2010 till 2019.[5]

He was the only candidate for presidential post in August proposed, later poll a vote of 257 out 500 and replaces Reinhard Grindel as the 13th president of the German football body, a seven million members association.[6][7] Keller was criticised strongly after comparing his vice-president Rainer Koch to the Nazi judge Roland Freisler in April 2021. On May 11, 2021, he announced that he would be stepping down from office.[8]

References
  1. "Fritz Keller - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  2. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Fritz Keller: Who is the man set to become DFB president? | DW | 15.08.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  3. "FRITZ KELLER TRITT ALS DFB-PRÄSIDENT ZURÜCK" (in German). dfb.de. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. Fritz Keller
  5. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Fritz Keller elected new DFB president - but who is he? | DW | 27.09.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  6. "Freiburg boss appointed new president of the German Football Association". Bulinews. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  7. "OFFICIAL: Freiburg boss Fritz Keller has been voted new DFB president| All Football". AllfootballOfficial. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  8. DFB-Präsident Keller stellt Amt zur Verfügung DFB President Keller makes office available
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