Jürgen Klinsmann

Jürgen Klinsmann (born 30 July 1964 in Göppingen) 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.

Jürgen Klinsmann

Personal information
Full name	Jürgen Klinsmann
Date of birth	(1964-07-30) 30 July 1964
Place of birth	Göppingen, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker (retired)
Youth career
1978-1981	Stuttgarter Kickers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981-1984 1984-1989 1989-1992 1992-1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997-1998 1998	Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgart Internazionale Milano Monaco Tottenham Hotspur Bayern Munich Sampdoria →Tottenham Hotspur (loan)
National team
1987-1998	Germany
Teams managed
2004-2006 2008-2009 2011-	Germany Bayern Munich United States
* 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.

Club career statistics

Club statistics			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Germany			League
1981/82	Stuttgarter Kickers	2. Bundesliga	6	1
1982/83			20	2
1983/84			35	19
1984/85	Stuttgart	Bundesliga	32	15
1985/86			33	16
1986/87			32	16
1987/88			34	19
1988/89			25	13
Italy			League
1989/90	Internazionale Milano	Serie A	31	13
1990/91			33	14
1991/92			31	7
France			League
1992/93	Monaco	Division 1	35	19
1993/94			30	10
England			League
1994/95	Tottenham Hotspur	Premier League	41	20
Germany			League
1995/96	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	32	16
1996/97			33	15
Italy			League
1997/98	Sampdoria	Serie A	8	2
England			League
1997/98	Tottenham Hotspur	Premier League	15	9
Country	Germany		282	132
	Italy		103	36
	France		65	29
	England		56	29
Total			506	226

International career statistics

Germany national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1987	2	0
1988	8	2
1989	4	1
1990	15	6
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	108	47

His greatest achievements

• Worldcup winner in 1990
• Europachampionship winner in 1996 (captain)
• UEFA-Cup winner in 1991 and 1996
• Bundesliga Chamionship 1997
• Italian Soccer-Supercupwinner 1989
• "Torjägerkanone" as the best goal scorer in the Bundesliga 1988
• Olympic Bronze Medal 1988 in Seoul
• The best goal scorer with 16 goals in the UEFA-Cup 1996
• Player of the year 1988 and 1994 in Germany
• Player of the year 1995 in England