Christoph Biermann , born in Krefeld in 1960, lives in Berlin and has worked for taz , Stern , and Die Zeit , and served as an editor at Süddeutsche Zeitung and SPIEGEL . Since 2010, he has been working for the soccer magazine 11Freunde , currently as a reporter. Three of his many books have been named “Football Book of the Year”: Die Fußball-Matrix (2010), Wenn wir vom Fußball träumen (2015), and Um jeden Preis (2023). His books have been published in several languages.