Jürgen Klinsmann is a former German footballer and now a coach. He was born in 1964. The German began his professional career in 1981. The last match one of the top scorers in the history of German football played in 2003.
Despite a German passport and adoration from the German population, Klinsi often claimed to consider himself Americans. Jurgen Klinsmann’s wife is Debbie Chin. She is a citizen of the United States of America. The family lives in the United States, and the specialist himself is reluctant to leave the state. In 2004, for this reason, he wanted to abandon the post of head coach of the German national team, and in the summer of 2007, his reluctance to part with his family made Klinsmann reject the London Chelsea offer.
Youth career
At the age of 8, Jürgen came into youth football. He played in all positions, including taking a place in the goal frame.
In 1972, the player signed a junior contract with the TB Gingen club, the colors of which Klinsmann defended for two seasons. Despite the fact that the guy could close any problem position on the field, the coach most often used it as a striker. It was the role of the striker that brought him world fame.
In 1974, Jürgen became a player in the Geislingen football club. He played in the new team until 1978, and then signed a contract with the Stuttgart Kickers team.
The beginning of a professional career
Kickers is the last club Jurgen has played for at the youth level. In 1981, the management of the team offered the striker a full-fledged professional contract for a period of three years, and Klinsmann without hesitation put his signature.
For three years in the main part of the Stuttgart Kickers, the striker played 61 fights. In the 1981/82 season, Jürgen spent only 6 matches in the first team and scored 1 goal. The player played all the meetings within the league. A year later, the number of matches played increased 3 times. In the 1982/83 season, the striker entered the field 20 times in the championship and twice appeared in the German Cup. In terms of performance, the forward cannot enter the season into an asset - 3 goals in 22 matches.
Klinsmann allowed himself to declare himself in German football in the 1983/84 season. Jurgen appeared on the field 35 times in the championship and became the author of 19 goals. Two more times he sent the ball into the net of the opponents' goal in two cup games. In total, for “Kickers” striker scored 25 goals.
Transition to Stuttgart
The excellent statistics of Jürgen Klinsmann in Stuttgart did not go unnoticed. In the summer of 1984, the player signed a contract with Stuttgart. It was in the swabs that he became the star of German football. The debut season in the new club was successful. The forward spent 32 matches in the Bundesliga and scored 15 goals. The German also has 2 goals scored in 4 cup matches.
In the next season, Klinsmann did not slow down. He scored 16 times in 33 games of the German championship, and also scored 4 goals in 6 matches in the German Cup. According to the results of the 1984/85 season, Stuttgart could not break into the European competition.
The third season in the Swabs “Klinsi” also spent at a high level. On average, he scored in every second match in the Bundesliga. Jürgen also spent 4 games in European competition and scored one successful shot.
In the 1987/88 season, the striker scored 19 goals in the championship. This figure was the best in his career at Stuttgart. However, he was no longer able to excel in any other tournament.
The next season was the last for Jürgen Klinsmann in Stuttgart. In the German Bundesliga championship, the forward played only 25 fights. In total for the season he spent 37 matches, in which he scored 19 times.
International
In 1989, Klinsmann left Stuttgart. He had a number of proposals from leading German clubs, but Jurgen decided to leave his homeland and try his hand at other championships.
The 1989/90 season was the first of three conducted by Klinsi as part of Milan's Inter. The German goalscorer continued to fulfill his main duties in a quality manner in Serie A. In 37 matches of the season, he managed to differ 15 times.
The next year in the club from Milan became very busy. Jürgen took part in 49 fights. At that time of his career, it was the longest season. In 33 matches held domestic championship Klinsmann scored 14 goals. In European competitions, he played in 12 matches and scored three times. In the Italian Cup, the leader of the attack of the Internationale failed to score at least 1 goal - all 4 times Klinsmann left the field with zero in the “Goals” column.
The 1991/92 season was the last for Clinsi as part of an Italian grand and one of the worst in a German career. 31 times appeared on the Klinsmann field in Serie A, but scored only 7 times. He recorded another goal in his asset in the cup game. In total, “Internazionale” Jurgen held 123 matches in three seasons and hit the rivals of the club from Milan 40 times.
"Monaco"
In the summer of 1992, Klinsmann again changed the team and the championship. The season 1992/93, the football player began as part of the French “Monaco”. In the first year, for Monegaski, the German scored 19 goals in League 1.
Then the performance of the striker in the French championship fell. 30 times, “Klinsi” took to the fields as part of the French championship and scored only 10 goals. Two more times the German scored in the French Cup. In total, for two years in “Monaco” Jurgen Klinsmann held 84 matches and scored 35 goals.
Tottenham Hotspur
The 1994/95 season was one of the best for the German in his career. In the summer of 1994, he decided to try his hand at the English Premier League, signing a contract with London Tottenham.
For “spurs” forward spent only one season. The period in London was the best for Jurgen in many respects. He took part in 50 matches and scored 29 goals.
"Bayern Munich"
A successful performance in England made the bosses of the Munich “Bavaria” pay attention to Klinsmann. They did everything possible to return the striker to their homeland. And they succeeded. In the summer of 1995, Jürgen signed a contract with a German football grand.
For two years, Munich striker played 84 matches and scored 48 goals. In the 1995/96 season, the striker scored 31 times, which was the best indicator in his professional career as a football player. Jürgen Klinsmann helped Bayern win the UEFA Cup by scoring 15 goals in the tournament.
Sampdoria and the end of a player’s career
1997 was the point when the career of a German football star began to decline. He started the 1997/98 season as part of the Italian Sampdoria, and continued in the English Tottenham on loan.
Jurgen spent 10 matches for the club from the Italian championship and scored twice in goals. German affairs were slightly better in the Premier League. In 18 fights for “spurs” in domestic tournaments, Klinsmann scored 9 goals.
At the end of the 1997/98 season, the striker decided to hang his boots on a nail. In 2003, Klinsmann briefly resumed his football career by signing an agreement with Orange County Blue Star. For the American club, the German played only 8 matches and scored 5 goals.
Career coach
Jürgen Klinsmann began writing his coaching biography in 2004, when he was appointed head coach of the German national team. The young specialist understood that the game of the twentieth century remained in the past and did not work, and all German football needed to be restarted.
Rudy Feller, who trained the national team until 2004, did not trust young football players and always relied on experienced fighters. At Euro 2004, the average age of the German national team was 27 years. Klinsmann immediately began to rejuvenate the composition of the team. For this, many experts strongly criticized the German.
Jürgen insisted on a new training system for football players. He developed a plan according to which all football schools of the country were to develop. The environment of Klinsmann noted that he was a great motivator and made athletes play with the soul. Joachim Lev was responsible for the tactics in the team .
After success at the 2006 World Cup home for Germany, photos of Jürgen Klinsmann and Joachim Leva could be seen on all sports tabloids in the country. In 2006, he left the national team, and in 2008 became the head coach of Bayern Munich. From 2011 to 2016 Jürgen was the head coach of the US team.
Achievements
As a football player Jürgen Klinsmann reached great heights. As part of the German national team in 1988, he became a bronze medalist at the Olympics and European Championships. In 1990, the Germans won the world championship. In 1992, Klinsman won the silver medal at the European Championships, and after 4 years he managed to win gold at the 1996 European Championships. In total, for the national team of Germany, Jürgen scored 47 goals in 108 matches.
In 1991 and 1996, Klinsmann won the UEFA Cup with Inter and Bayern, respectively. In 1994 and 1998 he was recognized as the best player in Germany, and in 1995 in England.
Jürgen Klinsmann’s career as a coach was not so bright. In 2006, at the head of the Bundesmanschaft, he won bronze at the Mundial, after which he was recognized as the football coach of the year in Germany.