Official: Stuttgart boss moves to Bayern

Bayern Munich have confirmed the arrival of Rouven Kasper from VfB Stuttgart.

Rouven Kasper has been named Bayern Munich’s new board member for marketing and sales.

The 43-year-old, who currently serves as Stuttgart’s chief marketing officer, will join the German champions on January 1.

Kasper is no stranger to Munich, having worked as Bayern’s global sports director from the summer of 2016 until January 2022.

“We are delighted to welcome such a strong addition with international experience in a strategically important area,” said Bayern president Herbert Hainer.

“The supervisory board believes that Rouven Kasper is the right choice, both professionally and personally, to help us achieve FC Bayern’s ambitious goals in the areas of marketing and sales, especially as he already knows our club very well. I would like to express my sincere thanks to my colleague Dietmar Allgaier, president and chairman of the supervisory board of VfB Stuttgart, for the constructive and trusting discussions we had.”

Rouven Kasper said:

“I would like to express my sincere thanks for the trust and productive dialogue with the supervisory board over the past few weeks. I am now very much looking forward to working with my colleagues on the executive board and the entire team. Our common goal is to work tirelessly on the further development of FC Bayern, and I want to contribute to this. 

“This great job is both an honour and an incentive for me. As a team, with reliability and ambition, we must continue to increase our appeal as a top global club with Bavarian roots and, at the same time, lay the foundations for a successful sporting future for FC Bayern through economic growth.”