Jürgen Klinsmann

Jürgen Klinsmann (, 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. Klinsmann coached the United States men's national team from 2011 to 2016 and then Hertha BSC from 2019 to 2020. Since 2020, he has been manager for the South Korea national team.

 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. When he was young he played for Geislingen. The first team of his professional career was Stuttgarter Kickers. His career as a player ended in 1998 after the World Cup in France, as Germany was eliminated from the tournament by Croatia. He played for the under-21 and under-16 teams, as well as for ten years for the A team. In the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul he won the bronze medal. Jürgen Klinsmann played 221 Bundesliga games and scored 110 goals. In the national team of Germany he played 108 games and scored 47 goals. He played in the World Cup tournaments in 1990, 1994, and 1998. He scored 11 goals in the World Cup - second only to Gerd Müller as the German player with the most World Cup goals. In August 2004 he became the national coach of Germany. At the 2006 World Cup 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
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsStuttgarter Kickers2. Bundesliga1981–826100––611982–8320221––2231983–84351922––3721Total612243––6525VfB StuttgartBundesliga1984–85321542–2038171985–86331664––39201986–87321612–4137191987–88341910––35191988–89251342–843719Total156791610–14518694Inter MilanSerie A1989–90311342–2037151990–91331440–12349171991–9231751–10378Total9534133–15312340MonacoDivision 11992–93352020–4041201993–94301032–1044316Total653052–1448436Tottenham HotspurPremier League1994–9541206534–5029Bayern MunichBundesliga1995–96321610–121545311996–97331542–203917Total653152–14158448SampdoriaSerie A1997–988210–10102Tottenham Hotspur (loan)Premier League1997–9815930–189Career total5062275325345827620284

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsWest Germany1987201988821989411990124Total267Germany19903219914019921321993106199414111995961996147199772199884Total8240

Scores and results list West Germany's and Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Klinsmann goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Jürgen KlinsmannNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionGoals scored for West Germany1  27 April 1988  Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, West Germany   1–0 1–0  Friendly2  14 June 1988  Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, West Germany   1–0 2–0  UEFA Euro 19883  4 October 1989  Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, West Germany   3–0 6–1  1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying4  25 April 1990  Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany   3–2 3–3  Friendly5  10 June 1990  Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy   2–0 4–1  1990 FIFA World Cup6  15 June 1990  Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy   2–0 5–1  1990 FIFA World Cup7  24 June 1990  Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy   1–0 2–1  1990 FIFA World CupGoals scored for Germany8  10 October 1990  Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden   1–0 3–1  Friendly9  31 October 1990  Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg   1–0 3–2  UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying10  18 June 1992  Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden   1–2 1–3  UEFA Euro 199211  20 December 1992  Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay   4–0 4–1  Friendly12 14 April 1993 Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany  3–1 6–1 Friendly13 5–114 10 June 1993 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., U.S.  1–3 3–3 U.S. Cup15 3–316  13 June 1993  Soldier Field, Chicago, U.S.   1–0 4–3  U.S. Cup17  19 June 1993  Silverdome, Pontiac, U.S.   2–1 2–1  U.S. Cup18 23 March 1994 Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany  1–1 2–1 Friendly19 2–120  2 June 1994  Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria   3–0 5–1  Friendly21  17 June 1994  Soldier Field, Chicago, U.S.   1–0 1–0  1994 FIFA World Cup22  21 June 1994  Soldier Field, Chicago, U.S.   1–1 1–1  1994 FIFA World Cup23 27 June 1994 Cotton Bowl, Dallas, U.S.  1–0 3–2 1994 FIFA World Cup24 3–025  2 July 1994  Soldier Field, Chicago, U.S.   2–1 3–2  1994 FIFA World Cup26  16 November 1994  Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania   1–0 2–1  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying27  14 December 1994  Stadionul Republican, Chişinău, Moldova   2–0 3–0  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying28  18 December 1994  Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany   2–0 2–1  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying29 29 March 1995 Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia  1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying30 2–031  7 June 1995  Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   1–0 2–3  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying32  11 October 1995  Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales   2–1 2–1  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying33 15 November 1995 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany  1–1 3–1  UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying34 3–135  24 April 1996  Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands   1–0 1–0  Friendly36  4 June 1996  Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany   8–1 9–1  Friendly37 16 June 1996 Old Trafford, Manchester, England  2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 199638 3–039  23 June 1996  Old Trafford, Manchester, England   1–0 2–1  UEFA Euro 199640  4 September 1996  Ernest Pohl Stadium, Zabrze, Poland   2–0 2–0  Friendly41  9 October 1996  Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia   2–0 5–1  1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying42 10 September 1997 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany  1–0 4–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying43 2–044  5 June 1998  Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany   2–0 7–0  Friendly45  15 June 1998  Parc des Princes, Paris, France   2–0 2–0  1998 FIFA World Cup46  25 June 1998  Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France   2–0 2–0  1998 FIFA World Cup47  29 June 1998  Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France   1–1 2–1  1998 FIFA World Cup

Managerial

TeamFromToRecordGermany26 July 200411 July 2006Bayern Munich1 July 200827 April 2009United States29 July 201121 November 2016Hertha BSC27 November 201911 February 2020South Korea27 February 2023Present Total—

Honours
Player
Club
Inter Milan
Supercoppa Italiana: 1989
UEFA Cup: 1990–91

Bayern Munich
Bundesliga: 1996–97
UEFA Cup: 1995–96

International
West Germany/Germany
FIFA World Cup: 1990
UEFA European Championship: 1996; runner-up: 1992
Summer Olympic Games: 1988 Bronze medal
U.S. Cup: 1993

Individual
Goal of the Year (Germany): 1987
Bundesliga top scorer: 1987–88
kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1987–88
Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1988, 1994
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990
Premier League Player of the Month: August 1994
Tottenham Hotspur Club Player of the Year: 1994
FWA Footballer of the Year: 1994–95 (Tottenham Hotspur)
Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 1994–95
ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95
IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer: 1995
Ballon d'Or runner-up: 1995
FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze award: 1995
UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1995–96
FIFA XI: 1996, 1999
FIFA 100

Manager
International
Germany
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

Individual
German Football Manager of the Year: 2006
CONCACAF Coach of the Year: 2013

Literature
 Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Strategen des Spiels – Die legendären Fußballtrainer, Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2005, , S. 332ff.
 Jens Mende: Jürgen Klinsmann – Wie wir Weltmeister werden, Südwest-Verlag, München 2006, .
 Michael Horeni: Klinsmann. Stürmer Trainer Weltmeister. Scherz, Frankfurt/Main 2005, .

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