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Manni Breuckmann, who allowed nobody but his mother to call him Manfred, was born in 1951 in the town of Datteln in Germany's Ruhr region. He began studying law in Bochum and Marbug and worked as a public servant at the Federal Press Office before being hired by broadcaster WDR as a football reporter. Thanks to his unmistakable voice and his ironic view of the world of football, he quickly made a name for himself. He believes reporters should make a mark. He describes himself as a Schalke sympathizer, but without the fanaticism that many fans display. He has a grown-up daughter and lives with his journalist wife in Düsseldorf.