Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann[1] (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈkliːnsˌman], born 30 July 1964) is a German football player who started in Stuttgart, a club in Germany, when he was seventeen. In 1990 he won the FIFA World Cup with the Germany national team. Later, he also played for Internazionale Milano, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich. In 2004 he became the coach of Germany national team, that was third in the World Cup of 2006.Taking his place in the German team is Joachim Löw. Since August 2011 Klinsmann is coaching the American soccer national team.
 Klinsmann in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 July 1964[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Göppingen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1974 | TB Gingen | ||
| 1974–1978 | SC Geislingen | ||
| 1978–1981 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1984 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 61 | (22) |
| 1984–1989 | VfB Stuttgart | 156 | (79) |
| 1989–1992 | Inter Milan | 95 | (34) |
| 1992–1994 | Monaco | 65 | (29) |
| 1994–1995 | Tottenham Hotspur | 41 | (21) |
| 1995–1997 | Bayern Munich | 65 | (31) |
| 1997–1998 | Sampdoria | 8 | (2) |
| 1997–1998 | → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 15 | (9) |
| 2003 | Orange County Blue Star | 8 | (5) |
| Total | 514 | (232) | |
| National team | |||
| 1980–1981 | West Germany U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | West Germany U21 | 8 | (3) |
| 1987–1988 | West Germany Olympic | 14 | (8) |
| 1987–1998 | West Germany / Germany | 108 | (47) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2006 | Germany | ||
| 2008–2009 | Bayern Munich | ||
| 2011–2016 | United States | ||
| 2019–2020 | Hertha BSC | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Player career
Before Jürgen Klinsmann became a professional soccer player, he worked as a baker-associated in the baker's shop of his father in Stuttgart-Botnang. In the youth he played by Geislingen. The first station of his professional career was Stuttgarter Kickers. His career as player ended in 1998 after the World cup in France, as Germany was separated versus Croatia from the tournament. He played for the U-21 and the U-16 team of Germany, after that he played ten years for the A-Team. 1988 by the Summer Olympics in Seoul he had won the bronze medal. Jürgen Klinsmann has played 221 Bundesliga games and shot 110 goals there. In the national team of Germany he played 108 games and 47 goals. He shot by the World cups 1990, 1994 and 1998 altogether eleven goal and is after Gerd Müller the German player with the most Worldcup-goals.In August 2004 he became the national coach of Germany.At the World Cup 2006 in Germany he won the bronze medal.After that he resigned.From the 1st June 2008 he coached Bayern Munich until he was dismissed on the 27th April 2009.
Career statistics
Club
Inter Milan[3]
Bayern Munich[3]
- Bundesliga: 1996–97
- UEFA Cup: 1995–96
International
Germany[3]
- FIFA World Cup third place: 2006
- FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005
United States
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2013, runner-up: 2011
- CONCACAF Cup runner-up: 2015
Managerial
- As of match played on 11 February 2020
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Germany | 26 July 2004 | 11 July 2006 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 81 | 41 | +40 | 58.82 | [4][5][6] |
| Bayern Munich | 1 July 2008 | 27 April 2009 | 44 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 96 | 50 | +46 | 56.82 | |
| United States | 29 July 2011 | 21 November 2016 | 98 | 55 | 16 | 27 | 178 | 109 | +69 | 56.12 | [7][8][9][10][11][12] |
| Hertha BSC | 27 November 2019 | 11 February 2020 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 30.00 | |
| Total | 186 | 103 | 36 | 47 | 365 | 215 | +150 | 55.38 | — | ||
Honours
Player
Individual
Manager
Literature
- Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Strategen des Spiels – Die legendären Fußballtrainer, Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-89533-475-8, S. 332ff.
- Jens Mende: Jürgen Klinsmann – Wie wir Weltmeister werden, Südwest-Verlag, München 2006, ISBN 3-517-08208-2.
- Michael Horeni: Klinsmann. Stürmer Trainer Weltmeister. Scherz, Frankfurt/Main 2005, ISBN 3-502-15045-1.
Jürgen Klinsmann Media
Klinsmann (centre) playing for VfB Stuttgart against Dynamo Dresden in the semi-final of the 1988–89 UEFA Cup
Klinsmann as manager of Germany in 2005
Klinsmann as manager of Bayern Munich in 2009
Klinsmann as manager of the United States
© Carl Fonticella 2014
Klinsmann and Sir Bobby Charlton in Los Angeles in 1999
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jürgen Klinsmann". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ↑ "Jürgen Klinsmann". kicker.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Jürgen Klinsmann" (in Deutsch). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "Germany " Fixtures & Results 2004". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ "Germany " Fixtures & Results 2005". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ "Germany " Fixtures & Results 2006". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ "USA " Fixtures & Results 2011". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ "USA " Fixtures & Results 2012". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ "USA " Fixtures & Results 2013". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ "USA " Fixtures & Results 2014". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ "USA " Fixtures & Results 2015". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "USA " Fixtures & Results 2016". World Football. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "'Trainer des Jahres' 2006: Jürgen Klinsmann" (in Deutsch). dfb.de. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "The CONCACAF Awards 2013". concacaf.com. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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