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{{Short description|German football executive (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jörg Schmadtke
| image = Erste FC Köln, Geschäftsführer Sport, Schmadtke, Jörg 001 (cropped).JPG
| caption = Schmadtke in 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|3|16}}
| birth_place = [[Düsseldorf]], [[West Germany]]
| height = 1.82 m
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub =
| years1 = 1985–1993
| clubs1 = [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
| caps1 = 244
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1993–1997
| clubs2 = [[SC Freiburg]]
| caps2 = 131
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1997–1998
| clubs3 = [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1998
| clubs4 = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| totalcaps = 375
| totalgoals = 0
| manageryears1 = 1994–1995
| managerclubs1 = SC Freiburg U19 (manager)
| manageryears2 = 1998–1999
| managerclubs2 = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] (assistant manager)
| manageryears3 = 2001
| managerclubs3 = [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] (goalkeeping coach)
| manageryears4 = 2001–2008
| managerclubs4 = [[Alemannia Aachen]] (sporting director)
| manageryears5 = 2009–2011
| managerclubs5 = [[Hannover 96]] (sporting director)
| manageryears6 = 2011–2013
| managerclubs6 = [[Hannover 96]] (managing director sport)
| manageryears7 = 2013–2017
| managerclubs7 = [[1.FC Köln]] (sporting director)
| manageryears8 = 2018–2023
| managerclubs8 = [[VfL Wolfsburg]] (sporting director)
| manageryears9 = 2023–2024
| managerclubs9 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] (sporting director)
}}
'''Jörg Schmadtke''' (born 16 March 1964) is a German [[Association football|football]] executive and former player. He previously held [[Vorstand|managing director]] roles at [[1. FC Köln]] and [[VfL Wolfsburg]] and was a former [[sporting director]] of [[Premier League]] club [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] during the 2023–2024 season.<ref name="liverpool">{{cite web |title=Jorg Schmadtke appointed new Liverpool FC sporting director |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/jorg-schmadtke-appointed-new-liverpool-fc-sporting-director |website=Liverpool FC |date=May 2023 |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="kicker_profile">{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1995-96/162/vereinsspieler_joerg-schmadtke.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141118090540/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1995-96/162/vereinsspieler_joerg-schmadtke.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 November 2014 | title = Jörg Schmadtke | language = de | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 20 June 2016}}</ref> Schmadtke was involved three times in improving the financial and sports situation of a club considerably.

Schmadtke played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] (until 1993), [[SC Freiburg]] (1993–1997) and [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen]] (1997–98), all together 266 games in the [[German Bundesliga]].<ref name="kicker_profile" />

==Playing career==
After A-levels Schmadtke started to study [[mechanical engineering]], later he switched to [[business administration]], but did not complete both. From 1985 to 1993 he played for [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]], from 1993 until 1997 for [[SC Freiburg]], and in the 1997–98 season for [[Bayer Leverkusen]]. He played 266 games in the Bundesliga and received nine yellow and one red card. Schmadtke played 106 games in the 2. Bundesliga, with two yellow cards. In September 1998, he helped out a couple of weeks at [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] but did not play.<ref name=rp2004/>

==Executive career==
In December 2001, Schmadtke started working as a sporting director at Aachen which had four million Euro debt and were in danger of losing the license. He was able to build up the team and scouting. In the 2004–05 season, Alemannia Aachen reached the German Cup final. The following season, the team earned promotion into the first league. The club prospered financially. In October 2008 he announced to not renew his contract which ran until 2009, and was released from work the next day. Coach [[Dieter Hecking]] said that Schmadtke knew every player from the first down to the fourth tier. Transfers included [[Erik Meijer (footballer)|Erik Meijer]], [[Simon Rolfes]], [[Jan Schlaudraff]], [[Vedad Ibisevic]].<ref name=rp2004>{{cite web | url = http://www.rp-online.de/sport/fussball/zweiteliga/alemannias-erfolgsgarant-joerg-schmadtke-aid-1.1558960 | title = Alemannias Erfolgsgarant: Jörg Schmadtke | language = de | website = Rheinische Post | date = 15 December 2004 | access-date = 28 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/zweiteliga/1404/Artikel/joerg-schmadtke-interview-1-fc-koeln-sportdirektor-manager-hannover-96-mirko-slomka-alemannia-aachen-jakobs.html | title = "Ich bin nicht auf Bestellung fröhlich" | language = de | website = spox.com | date = 3 April 2014 | access-date = 28 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.11freunde.de/artikel/alemannia-aachen-vs-joerg-schmadtke | title = Nach dem Goldrausch | language = de | website = 11 FREUNDE | date = 14 January 2009 | access-date = 28 May 2017 | first = Tim | last = Jürgens}}</ref>

From summer 2009 up to June 2013, Schmadtke worked as sporting director of [[Hannover 96]]. In 2011, his contract was changed to an indefinite contract, and he joined the executive board as "Geschäftsführer Sport". Hannover had a few very successful seasons, both from a sports perspective (they reached the fourth position in the league and played in the UEFA Cup), as well as financially. For private reasons, Schmadtke reduced his workload and also took a couple of weeks timeout in 2012. In April 2013, he asked to terminate his contract. Transfers included [[Didier Ya Konan]], [[Mohammed Abdellaoue]], [[Lars Stindl]], [[Emanuel Pogatetz]], [[Ron-Robert Zieler]], [[Mame Diouf]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Sport/Fussball/Hannover-96/Die-besten-Transfers-von-Joerg-Schmadtke | title = Die besten Transfers von Jörg Schmadtke | language = de | website = Hannoversche Allgemeine | date = 14 May 2012 | access-date = 28 May 2017 | first = Christian | last = Purbs}}</ref>

After being in short talks with [[Hamburger SV]], he started to work as a sporting director for [[1.FC Köln]] in June 2013. Köln managed to be promoted to the Bundesliga and to improve its sports and financial status since then every year. In April 2017, Schmadtke and Wehrle signed a contract extension until 2023. Transfers included [[Dominique Heintz]], [[Anthony Modeste (footballer, born 1988)|Anthony Modeste]], [[Leonardo Bittencourt]], [[Marco Höger]], [[Jorge Meré]].

In 2011 and 2017, Schmadtke received the "manager of the year" award.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ligainsider.de/hannover-96/8/schmadtke-manager-des-jahres-20662/ | title = Schmadtke Manager des Jahres | website = ligainsider | date = 21 June 2011 | access-date = 2 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.11freunde.de/galerie/die-gewinner-der-11-und-ihre-vorgaenger | title = Das sind die Besten der Saison | website =11 FREUNDE | date = 23 June 2017 | access-date = 2 July 2017 | first = Ron | last = Ulrich}}</ref>

Schmadtke resigned on 23 October 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fc.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/fc-und-schmadtke-loesen-vertrag-auf/|title=FC und Schmadtke lösen Vertrag auf|date=23 October 2017|work=fc.de}}</ref>

On 22 May 2018, VfL Wolfsburg announced through Twitter the hiring of Schmadtke as the club's new sportvorstand. He was slated to start on 1 July,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/bestaetigt_schmadtke-steigt-in-wolfsburg-ein-723850/artikel | title = Bestätigt: Schmadtke steigt in Wolfsburg ein | language = de | website = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | date = 22 May 2018 | access-date = 22 May 2018}}</ref> however on 1 June, VfL Wolfsburg announced on its web page that he was able to start immediately, thanks to a negotiation between 1. FC Köln and VfL Wolfsburg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/info/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/frueherer-amtsantritt-50367.html|title=Früherer Amtsantritt|website=vfl-wolfsburg.de|language=de| date=1 June 2018 |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> It was reported in papers that Wolfsburg paid a half-million Euro to Köln to lift the occupational ban that was set on Schmadtke,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://regionalsport.de/freitag-gehts-los-vfl-loest-joerg-schmadtke-aus/|title=Freitag geht's los: VfL löst Jörg Schmadtke aus | date = 31 May 2018 | access-date=1 June 2018|language=de}}</ref> thus allowing him to work one month earlier than originally planned.

Schmadtke left Wolfsburg in January 2023, and in May of the same year, he joined [[Liverpool F.C.]] as sporting director before leaving in early 2024.<ref name="liverpool" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gorst |first1=Paul |title=Jorg Schmadtke and Pep Lijnders both leaving Liverpool as backroom staff exit after Jurgen Klopp |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jorg-schmadtke-pep-lijnders-both-28517068 |access-date=26 January 2024 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Schmadtke is married to Andrea and the couple have a son, Nils, who currently works as a sporting director for [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.express.de/sport/fussball/1--fc-koeln/santana-nach-der-traumhochzeit-fc-boss-joerg-schmadtke---erst-feiern--dann-verpflichten-1302022 | title = Santana nach der Traumhochzeit FC-Boss Jörg Schmadtke - erst feiern, dann verpflichten | language = de | website = Express | date = 28 June 2015 | access-date = 27 July 2017 | first = Alexander | last = Haubrichs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-06 |title=Borussia Mönchengladbach appoint Nils Schmadtke as sporting director - Get German Football News |url=https://www.getfootballnewsgermany.com/2023/borussia-monchengladbach-appoint-nils-schmadtke-as-sporting-director/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=www.getfootballnewsgermany.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
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