Football Leaks

In 2016, a whistle-blower known only as "John" started to leak top-secret files to German newspaper Der Spiegel that reveaedl the clandestine dealings of clubs, players. and agents at the highest echelons of international football. And the story they tell is astonishing.

Rafael Buschmann, born in Zabrze (Poland) in 1982, studied German, psychology, sport and education. He joined the sports desk of Spiegel Online as a reporter in 2010 and then moved to the Spiegel in 2013. For his report on the disclosure of the irregularities behind the 2006 World Cup he and his co-authors were awarded the 2016 Henri Nannen Prize. Michael Wulzinger, born in 1965, studied history, political science and German, joined the Spiegel sports desk in 1997 and was its head until September 2016.