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