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Liverpool FC can confirm Jorg Schmadtke has been appointed as the club’s new sporting director. Schmadtke joins the Reds following a spell of more than four years in the same role with Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, which he left at the beginning of 2023. The former professional goalkeeper had previously enjoyed successful stints in similar positions at Cologne, Hannover and Alemannia Aachen. Schmadtke represented Fortuna Dusseldorf, Freiburg, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach in his home country during his playing career, before retiring in 1998 having played almost 300 Bundesliga games. The 59-year-old German will begin his new role on June 1, subject to the successful completion of work permit formalities, and will take over as Liverpool’s sporting director from Julian Ward, who will bid farewell this summer after more than a decade at the club.

He subsequently became assistant sporting director and then stepped up to the senior role of sporting director following the end of the 2021-22 campaign.



“At the same time as we welcome Jorg, we must also bid a fond farewell to Julian Ward, who has served us with unstinting diligence, fortitude and energy in a number of roles, the most recent one being sporting director.