Martin Bader (soccer official)

After graduating from high school, Bader was drafted for two years in the armed forces (Bundeswehr), where he trained as a reserve officer.

[4] Thereby he indirectly became the successor of sports director Dirk Dufner, with Christian Möckel also succeeding him as the new Directeur sportif.

Liga, the licensed players department was spun off from the registered club into a GmbH & Co. KGaA, in which Bader took over the position of sports director.

FC Kaiserslautern, which expired on 31 December 2019 was not extended,[7] which is why he left the club at the end of the year.

On 3 December, he and commercial director Michael Klatt, were replaced by Soeren Oliver Voigt.

[8] On 1 March 2021, Martin Bader took over the management and sporting direction at Alemannia Aachen, where he was dismissed on 15 December after just nine and a half months.