Jürgen Klinsmann
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(June 2005)
Jürgen Klinsmann (born July 30 1964 in Goeppingen) is a German football player who started in VfB Stuttgart, a club in Germany, when he was seventeen. In 1990 he won the FIFA World Cup with the Germany national football team. Later, he also played for Inter Milan, AS Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich. In 2004 he became the coach of Germany's National Football Team, that was third in the World Cup of 2006. Now he lives in California and will perhaps be the coack of Mexico national football team soon. Taking his place in the German team is Joachim Loew.
[edit] Player career
Befor Juergen 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 SC Geislingen. The first station of his professional career was Stuttgarter Kickers.His career as player ended in 1998 after the Worldcup in France, as Germany was seperated versus Croatia from the tournament. He played for the U21 and the U16 team of Germany, after that he played ten years for the A-Team. 1988 by the Sommer Olympics in Seoul he had won the bronze medal. Jeurgen Klinsmann has played 221 Bundesligagames and shot 110 goals there. In the nationalteam of Germany he played 108 games and 47 goals. He shot by the Worldcups 1990, 1994 and 1998 altogether eleven goal and is after Gerd Müller the german player with the most Worldcup-goals.
[edit] His greatest Successes
- 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
