Journalist and TV presenter

My passion for football:

Dunja Hayali is totally at home in the world of sport. From the tender age of 13, her heart was set on becoming a sports journalist. In any case, sport has always been her guiding passion. From skiing and snowboarding in winter, to surfing and diving in the summer, through to a daily post-work jog, Dunja Hayali is a year-round sportswoman. Football is right at the top of her priority list. The passionate Borussia Monchengladbach fan is always bang up-to-date on the latest Bundesliga action.

I’m looking forward to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011™ because...

"Because I’m an unbelievably passionate football fan, because I’d love us to have another fairytale summer, and because football’s so much more than simply sport."

Career highlights:

After majoring in sports media and communication at the German Sport University Cologne, she worked as a sports journalist for Deutsche Welle radio. In 2006 she switched to Journal, the Deutsche Welle TV news programme in Berlin, before moving to ZDF in Mainz. In April 2007 she began presenting the Heute news show and co-presenting the Heute-journal news magazine. She has also presented the ZDF Morgenmagazin morning current affairs programme since October 2007.