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Jürgen Klinsmann

German footballer and manager

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. 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.

Jürgen Klinsmann
Klinsmann in 2019
Personal information
Full name Jürgen Klinsmann[1]
Date of birth (1964-07-30) 30 July 1964 (age 59)[1]
Place of birth Göppingen, West Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) 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 (20)
1995–1997 Bayern Munich 65 (31)
1997–1998 Sampdoria 8 (2)
1997–1998 → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 15 (9)
2003–2004 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
2023–2024 South Korea
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1990 Italy
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1996 England
Runner-up 1992 Sweden
Olympic Games
Third place 1988 Seoul Team
Representing  Germany (as manager)
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2006 Germany
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place 2005 Germany
Representing  United States (as manager)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Winner 2013 United States
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Player career change

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 change

Club change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stuttgarter Kickers 2. Bundesliga 1981–82 6 1 0 0 – – 6 1
1982–83 20 2 2 1 – – 22 3
1983–84 35 19 2 2 – – 37 21
Total 61 22 4 3 – – 65 25
VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 1984–85[4] 32 15 4 2 – 2 0 38 17
1985–86[5] 33 16 6 4 – – 39 20
1986–87[6] 32 16 1 2 – 4 1 37 19
1987–88[7] 34 19 1 0 – – 35 19
1988–89[8] 25 13 4 2 – 8 4 37 19
Total 156 79 16 10 – 14 5 186 94
Inter Milan Serie A 1989–90 31 13 4 2 – 2 0 37 15
1990–91 33 14 4 0 – 12 3 49 17
1991–92 31 7 5 1 – 1 0 37 8
Total 95 34 13 3 – 15 3 123 40
Monaco Division 1 1992–93 35 20 2 0 – 4 0 41 20
1993–94 30 10 3 2 – 10 4 43 16
Total 65 30 5 2 – 14 4 84 36
Tottenham Hotspur Premier League 1994–95 41 20 6 5 3 4 – 50 29
Bayern Munich Bundesliga 1995–96[9] 32 16 1 0 – 12 15 45 31
1996–97[10] 33 15 4 2 – 2 0 39 17
Total 65 31 5 2 – 14 15 84 48
Sampdoria Serie A 1997–98 8 2 1 0 – 1 0 10 2
Tottenham Hotspur (loan) Premier League 1997–98 15 9 3 0 – 18 9
Career total 506 227 53 25 3 4 58 27 620 284

International change

Appearances and goals by national team and year[11][12]
National team Year Apps Goals
West Germany 1987 2 0
1988 8 2
1989 4 1
1990 12 4
Total 26 7
Germany 1990 3 2
1991 4 0
1992 13 2
1993 10 6
1994 14 11
1995 9 6
1996 14 7
1997 7 2
1998 8 4
Total 82 40
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 Klinsmann
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
Goals scored for West Germany
1 27 April 1988 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, West Germany   Switzerland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2 14 June 1988 Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, West Germany   Denmark 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 1988
3 4 October 1989 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, West Germany   Finland 3–0 6–1 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying
4 25 April 1990 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany   Uruguay 3–2 3–3 Friendly
5 10 June 1990 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy   Yugoslavia 2–0 4–1 1990 FIFA World Cup
6 15 June 1990 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy   United Arab Emirates 2–0 5–1 1990 FIFA World Cup
7 24 June 1990 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy   Netherlands 1–0 2–1 1990 FIFA World Cup
Goals scored for Germany
8 10 October 1990 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden   Sweden 1–0 3–1 Friendly
9 31 October 1990 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg   Luxembourg 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
10 18 June 1992 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden   Netherlands 1–2 1–3 UEFA Euro 1992
11 20 December 1992 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay   Uruguay 4–0 4–1 Friendly
12 14 April 1993 Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany   Ghana 3–1 6–1 Friendly
13 5–1
14 10 June 1993 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., U.S.   Brazil 1–3 3–3 U.S. Cup
15 3–3
16 13 June 1993 Soldier Field, Chicago, U.S.   United States 1–0 4–3 U.S. Cup
17 19 June 1993 Silverdome, Pontiac, U.S.   England 2–1 2–1 U.S. Cup
18 23 March 1994 Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany   Italy 1–1 2–1 Friendly
19 2–1
20 2 June 1994 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria   Austria 3–0 5–1 Friendly
21 17 June 1994 Soldier Field, Chicago, U.S.   Bolivia 1–0 1–0 1994 FIFA World Cup
22 21 June 1994 Soldier Field, Chicago, U.S.   Spain 1–1 1–1 1994 FIFA World Cup
23 27 June 1994 Cotton Bowl, Dallas, U.S.   South Korea 1–0 3–2 1994 FIFA World Cup
24 3–0
25 2 July 1994 Soldier Field, Chicago, U.S.   Belgium 2–1 3–2 1994 FIFA World Cup
26 16 November 1994 Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania   Albania 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
27 14 December 1994 Stadionul Republican, Chişinău, Moldova   Moldova 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
28 18 December 1994 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany   Albania 2–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
29 29 March 1995 Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia   Georgia 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
30 2–0
31 7 June 1995 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria   Bulgaria 1–0 2–3 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
32 11 October 1995 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales   Wales 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
33 15 November 1995 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany   Bulgaria 1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
34 3–1
35 24 April 1996 Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands   Netherlands 1–0 1–0 Friendly
36 4 June 1996 Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany   Liechtenstein 8–1 9–1 Friendly
37 16 June 1996 Old Trafford, Manchester, England   Russia 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 1996
38 3–0
39 23 June 1996 Old Trafford, Manchester, England   Croatia 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 1996
40 4 September 1996 Ernest Pohl Stadium, Zabrze, Poland   Poland 2–0 2–0 Friendly
41 9 October 1996 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia   Armenia 2–0 5–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying
42 10 September 1997 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany   Armenia 1–0 4–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying
43 2–0
44 5 June 1998 Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany   Luxembourg 2–0 7–0 Friendly
45 15 June 1998 Parc des Princes, Paris, France   United States 2–0 2–0 1998 FIFA World Cup
46 25 June 1998 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France   Iran 2–0 2–0 1998 FIFA World Cup
47 29 June 1998 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France   Mexico 1–1 2–1 1998 FIFA World Cup

Managerial change

As of match played on 17 October 2023
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 +40 058.82 [13][14][15]
Bayern Munich 1 July 2008[16] 27 April 2009[16] 44 25 9 10 96 50 +46 056.82 [17][16]
United States 29 July 2011[18] 21 November 2016 98 55 16 27 178 109 +69 056.12 [19][20][21][22][23][24]
Hertha BSC 27 November 2019 11 February 2020 10 3 3 4 10 15 −5 030.00
South Korea 27 February 2023 Present 8 3 3 2 15 6 +9 037.50
Total 195 107 39 49 388 221 +167 054.87 —

Honours change

Player change

Club change

Inter Milan[25]

Bayern Munich[25]

International change

West Germany/Germany[26]

Individual change

Manager change

International change

Germany[25]

United States

Individual change

Literature change

  • 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.

References change

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jürgen Klinsmann". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ "Jürgen Klinsmann". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Jürgen Klinsmann " Club matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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  11. ↑ "Jürgen Klinsmann – Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  12. ↑ "Jürgen Klinsmann – All internationals". eu-football.info. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
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  14. ↑ "Germany " Fixtures & Results 2005". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Bayern München" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  17. ↑ "Bayern München". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "Klinsmann trainiert das US-Team". kicker (in German). 29 July 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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  20. ↑ "USA " Fixtures & Results 2012". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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  23. ↑ "USA " Fixtures & Results 2015". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  24. ↑ "USA " Fixtures & Results 2016". World Football. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Fußballer des Jahres seit 1960: Die Siegerliste" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  31. ↑ "Jürgen Klinsmann: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  32. ↑ "FORMER RESULTS". IFFHS.de. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  33. ↑ "Weah crowned in Milan". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  34. ↑ "Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  35. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (20 October 2015). "FIFA XI´s Matches – Full Info". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  36. ↑ "'Trainer des Jahres' 2006: Jürgen Klinsmann" (in German). dfb.de. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  37. ↑ "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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