Dennis Lachter

Dennis Lachter
Dennis Lachter
Born	Football agent

Dennis Lachter (

football agent.^[1]^[2] The first FIFA football agent from Russia.^[3] He is known as an agent representing the interests of such football players as: Andrey Arshavin, Daniel Carvalho, Peter Crouch and others.^[4]

Early life

Dennis Lachter was born on June 20, 1971, in

Transbaikalia, in the village of Kurumkan

. Dynasties of the military, athletes and doctors can be traced in the Dennis family.

Childhood was spent in

GDR) and Kanazawa (Japan

).

From 14 to 16 years old, Dennis played in the “Trud” youth sports school, got into the Second League team “Zvezda Irkutsk” (coach - Sergey Muratov), from there he moved to the

Soviet army

(he served from the beginning of 1990 to November 1991 in a sports company).

After serving, Dennis left to play for the Austin (football club "Austin-Alamo").

In 1992, there was a serious car accident. After 3 months of treatment, Dennis was able to return to training. In the first game after recovery, he was injured, after which he could not continue his football career.

Education

From September 1988 to December 1989 and from November 1991 to June 1992 he studied at the Medical College of Irkutsk with a degree in Dental Technician.

In 1995–1999, he attended the United States Athletic Academy (Daphne, Alabama).

In 1999–2000, he studied at the

University of Texas (Austin, Texas

).

In 2004–2006 he studied at Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv, Israel).

From January to March 2009, he studied at the SDA Bocconi School of Management (Milan, Italy), from March to September – at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland).

From September to December 2009, he studied at De Montfort University (Leicester, England) at the Faculty of Sports Humanities.

Football agent

On December 17, 1992, he was licensed n.007 as a

football agent in Zürich, Switzerland.^[3]

In 1994, Dennis was invited to supervise the national football teams of

Krassimir Balakov, Emil Kostadinov, Yordan Letchkov, Hristo Stoichkov and other footballers. After the World Cup in 1994, MLS (Major League Soccer) was formed, in which Ivan Gazidis became one of the founders of the management company, who later became MLS deputy commissioner. Later, this acquaintance played a decisive role in the transfer of Andrey Arshavin from FC Zenit Saint Petersburg to Arsenal F.C.^[5]

As a football agent, Dennis Lachter worked with