Jürgen Klinsmann

"Klinsmann" redirects here. For Jürgen Klinsmann's son, see Jonathan Klinsmann.

Jürgen Klinsmann (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈkliːnsˌman];^[3] born 30 July 1964) is a German professional football manager and former player. Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe including VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur, and Bayern Munich. He was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the unified German team that won the UEFA Euro 1996. As a manager, he managed the German national team to a third-place finish at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and was subsequently coach of a number of other teams including, notably, Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, the United States national team, and the South Korea national football team.

Jürgen Klinsmann

Klinsmann managing South Korea in 2024
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)
International career
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)
Managerial career
2004–2006	Germany
2008–2009	Bayern Munich
2011–2016	United States
2019–2020	Hertha BSC
2023–2024	South Korea
Medal record Men's football Representing  Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 1990 Italy UEFA European Championship Winner 1996 England Runner-up 1992 Sweden Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team Representing  Germany (as manager) FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 Germany Representing  United States (as manager) CONCACAF Gold Cup Winner 2013 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Considered one of Germany's premier strikers during the 1990s, Klinsmann scored in all six major international tournaments he participated in for Germany, from the UEFA Euro 1988 to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In 1995, he came in third in the FIFA World Player of the Year award; in March 2004 he was named in the FIFA 100 list of the "125 Greatest Living Footballers".^[4] In 2016, he became the fifth player to be named as honorary captain of Germany.^[5][6]

Club career

1972–1981: Youth career

Klinsmann is one of four sons of master baker Siegfried Klinsmann (died 2005) and his wife Martha (died 2021). At age eight, he began playing for TB Gingen, an amateur soccer club in Gingen an der Fils. Six months later, he scored 16 goals in a single match for his new club.^[7] At age ten, he moved to SC Geislingen. When he was 14 years old, his father bought a bakery in Stuttgart, the state capital. After the family relocated there, Klinsmann continued to play for SC Geislingen, even after he was spotted in a Württemberg youth selection. In 1978, aged 14, he signed a contract with Stuttgarter Kickers, the club where he would turn professional two years later. His parents decided he should first finish his apprenticeship as a baker in their family business, which he completed in 1982.^[8]

1981–1989: Stuttgarter Kickers and VfB Stuttgart

 

Klinsmann (centre) playing for VfB Stuttgart against Dynamo Dresden in the semi-final of the 1988–89 UEFA Cup

Klinsmann began his professional career in 1982 at the then-second division side Stuttgarter Kickers.^[9] By 1982–83, he was already a regular starter and by the end of the 1983–84 season, he had scored 19 goals for the club. Horst Buhtz, a Stuttgarter Kickers former coach, recalls Klinsmann benefited from intensive training from Horst Allman, who was one of the best sprint coaches in Germany at that time. At the beginning of the new season, he managed to improve his 100 m dash from 11.7 to 11.0 seconds.^[10]

In 1984, Klinsmann moved to first division rivals VfB Stuttgart. In his first season at the club, he scored 15 goals and was the team's joint top scorer with Karl Allgöwer. Despite his goal scoring efforts, he could not prevent his new club from finishing tenth in the league. During each of the 1985–86 and 1986–87 seasons, he scored 16 goals and reached the 1986 final of the DFB-Pokal, losing against Bayern Munich 2–5, but scoring the last goal of the match. In the 1987–88 season, he scored 19 goals – including a legendary overhead kick against Bayern – and was the Bundesliga's top goalscorer.

In 1988, the 24-year-old Klinsmann was named German Footballer of the Year. After reaching the 1988–89 UEFA Cup final with Stuttgart (eventually losing to Diego Maradona's inspired Napoli 5–4 on aggregate), Klinsmann moved to Italian club Inter Milan on a three-year contract, joining two other German internationals, Lothar Matthäus and Andreas Brehme.

1989–1992: Inter Milan

In spite of the heavily defensive orientated tactics of head coach Giovanni Trapattoni, Klinsmann scored 13 goals as the Nerazzurri finished third in Serie A. He became one of the most popular foreign players in Italy, mostly because he had learnt Italian and earned himself the respect of the fans with his appearance and language skills.

During the next season, Klinsmann won the UEFA Cup with Inter (2–1 on aggregate against Roma) and repeated his previous performance in the league with 14 goals; his contract was extended until 1994. A disastrous 1991–92 season caused all plans to fall through. Inter never managed to gain any momentum under coach Corrado Orrico and finished eighth in the league, with Klinsmann only scoring seven goals and the team being divided and fragmented into groups. It was clear for Klinsmann this would be his last season at the San Siro.

1992–1994: AS Monaco

After UEFA Euro 1992, Klinsmann moved to Monaco and catapulted the club to a second-place finish in the league in his first season. After the bribery scandal by Marseille and their subsequent disqualification as league winners, Monaco replaced them in the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League, reaching the semi-final before finally losing to eventual winners Milan. The following season, Monaco only managed a ninth-place finish in the league. Klinsmann, who had missed two months due to a torn ligament, was mostly deployed as a lone-striker and started criticizing the attitude of his teammates. In 1994, he left the club early, with one more year remaining on his contract.^[11]

1994–1995: Tottenham Hotspur

Klinsmann moved to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League for the 1994–95 season, where the fans and media were very critical of the German because of his reputation as a diver.^[8] He was signed by Spurs in July 1994 from Monaco for £2 million.^[12] On his debut against Sheffield Wednesday, he scored the winning header and immediately won over fans with his goal celebration by self-deprecatingly diving to the ground.^[8][13] A Guardian journalist who had written an article called "Why I Hate Jürgen Klinsmann", wrote another two months later called "Why I Love Jürgen Klinsmann".^[14] Klinsmann went on to win the 1995 Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year.^[15]

Because of his humour, but also because of his athletic achievements and his combative playing style, Klinsmann quickly became extremely popular in England; over 150,000 of his shirts were sold.^[16] He now holds legendary status at Spurs and was inducted into Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.^[17]

Klinsmann scored 21 goals in the 1994–95 season for Spurs and a total of 30 in all competitions, including a late winner against Liverpool in the quarter-final of the FA Cup. He also found the net in the semi-final, but Spurs missed out on a place in the final by losing 4–1 to Everton.^[18]

1995–2003: Final years

Klinsmann then had a successful spell at Bayern Munich during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 season. He was the club's top goalscorer during both seasons, and won the 1995–96 UEFA Cup, setting a new goalscoring record of 15 goals in 12 matches during the competition (a record that stood until 2011).^[19] A year later, he also became German champion as he won the Bundesliga.

He then briefly moved to Italy for Sampdoria, but left the team in the winter and returned to Tottenham Hotspur. During his second stint at Tottenham in the 1997–98 season, his goals saved the club from relegation, particularly the four goals he scored in a 6–2 win at Wimbledon.^[20] He played the last match of his high-level club career in 1998 on the final day of the Premier League against Southampton.^[21]

After retiring and moving to the United States, in 2003 Klinsmann played for Orange County Blue Star, an amateur team in the fourth-tier Premier Development League.^[8]

International career

Klinsmann made his first international appearance for West Germany in 1987 and ultimately collected 108 caps, making him the country's fourth-most capped player behind Lothar Matthäus, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski. Klinsmann scored 47 goals for West Germany in top-level international matches, sharing the all-time fourth place with Rudi Völler, and only surpassed by Klose's record of 71 goals for the national team, Gerd Müller's 68 goals and Podolski's 49. Klinsmann scored 11 goals in the FIFA World Cup, ranking sixth all-time.

In 1987, Klinsmann made his debut for Germany against Brazil in a 1–1 draw. He participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal; the 1988, 1992 and 1996 UEFA European Championships, reaching the final in 1992 and becoming champion in 1996. Klinsmann was the first player to score in three different European Championships. Five other players – Vladimír Šmicer, Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Nuno Gomes and Cristiano Ronaldo – have since equalled this record.

Klinsmann was an important part of the West German team during the 1990 FIFA World Cup. After qualifying for the round of 16, Germany was to play the Netherlands, against whom they had lost two years earlier in Euro 88. After Rudi Völler was sent off in the 22nd minute, Klinsmann was forced to play as a lone striker. He scored the 1–0 opener and his performance received considerable praise. German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote that "In the last decade, not a single forward of a DFB team has offered such a brilliant, almost perfect performance."^{[citation needed]} After further victories over Czechoslovakia (1–0) and England (1–1 after extra time, 4–3 on penalties), he became a world champion after beating Argentina 1–0 in the final. Klinsmann is remembered for being fouled by the Argentinian Pedro Monzón, who was subsequently sent off, reducing Argentina to ten men. Many critics called the incident a prime example of Klinsmann's diving, a claim he contradicted. In an interview in 2004, he noted that the foul left a 15 cm gash on his shin.^[22]

Klinsmann also competed for the unified Germany team at the 1994 (five goals), and 1998 (three goals), World Cups. He became the first player to score at least three goals in three consecutive World Cups, later joined by Ronaldo of Brazil and compatriot Miroslav Klose. Klinsmann is currently the sixth-highest goalscorer at World Cups overall and the third-highest goalscorer for Germany in this competition, behind Klose (16 goals) and Gerd Müller (14).

Coaching career

Germany

On 26 July 2004, Klinsmann returned to Germany as the new head coach of the national team,^[23] succeeding former teammate and strike partner Rudi Völler. Klinsmann subsequently embarked on an aggressive program to revamp the management of the team. Bringing fellow German striker Oliver Bierhoff on board helped diffuse public relations duties of the previous combined post away from the actual coaching aspect of the position. Furthermore, he created a youth movement to breathe life into an aging squad on the heels of a disastrous showing at Euro 2004. In the run-up to the 2006 World Cup, Klinsmann attracted criticism from German fans and the media following poor results, such as the 4–1 loss to Italy. A particular subject of criticism was that Klinsmann commuted to Germany from the U.S., which was the target of a campaign by the tabloid Bild. Klinsmann previously eliminated some privileges Bild traditionally had with the national team, such as receiving the team lineup the day before a match and 24/7 exclusive access to the team. His largely offensive tactics have irritated some, who complained he ignored defensive football. He announced a squad of young players for the 2006 World Cup, basing his selection policy on performance, not reputation.

 

Klinsmann as manager of Germany in 2005

During the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, he regularly rotated his goalkeepers regardless of their performances, which drew the ire of Bayern Munich's Oliver Kahn. On 7 April 2006, Klinsmann finally decided to relegate Kahn to the bench and designated Arsenal's Jens Lehmann as his first choice goalkeeper. This choice followed Lehmann's performances in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League in which his Arsenal team bowed out in the final against Barcelona.

In the 2006 World Cup, Germany's performances silenced Klinsmann's critics, which included the form of an English song: "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann?" The team recorded three-straight wins against Costa Rica, Poland and Ecuador in the group stage, earning Germany first place in Group A. The first match of the knockout stage was a 2–0 victory over Sweden, and in the quarter-finals, Klinsmann's team defeated Argentina, winning 4–2 on penalties. The teams drew 1–1 after 120 minutes after an equalising goal from Miroslav Klose in the 80th minute.^[24]

In the semi-final on 4 July, Germany lost a close match with Italy 2–0 after goals in the final minutes of extra time from Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero.^[25] After the match, Klinsmann praised the performance of his young team. They beat Portugal 3–1 in the third place play-off, where he played Kahn instead of Jens Lehmann.^[26] The victory triggered a massive parade in Berlin the following day where Klinsmann and the team were honoured by the public.

Afterward, Franz Beckenbauer, previously a strident critic of Klinsmann's, declared his desire to see Klinsmann continue as coach. There was also widespread public support for Klinsmann due to his team's spirit and attacking style of play. The team's strong performance is thought by some to have renewed national pride and restored Germany's reputation as a top soccer nation. Due to his success coaching the national team, Klinsmann was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz.

Despite the highly acclaimed performance at the World Cup and the praise earned, Klinsmann declined to renew his contract, informing the German Football Association (DFB) of his decision on 11 July 2006. The decision was officially announced by the DFB on 12 July 2006. Klinsmann's assistant, Joachim Löw, was appointed as the new head coach at the same press conference.^[27][28] Klinsmann said, "My big wish is to go back to my family, to go back to leading a normal life with them... After two years of putting in a lot of energy, I feel I lack the power and the strength to continue in the same way."^[29]

Bayern Munich

 

Klinsmann as manager of Bayern Munich in 2009

In July 2008, Klinsmann took over as coach of Bayern Munich, succeeding Ottmar Hitzfeld.^[30] Klinsmann helped design a new player development and performance center for Bayern and then launched into molding the team for the Bundesliga and 2008–09 Champions League campaigns. Under his guidance, Bayern reached the quarter-final of the Champions League, losing to eventual champion Barcelona. Klinsmann was sacked on 27 April 2009^[31] with five matches remaining.^[32] His final match was a 1–0 loss to Schalke 04.^[33] Bayern were in third-place at the time of the sacking.^[34] Klinsmann finished with a record of 25 wins, nine draws, and 10 losses in all competitions.^[35]

Following Klinsmann's time with Bayern, Bayern team captain Phillip Lahm wrote in his autobiography that Klinsmann's tenure with the club was a "failure" and that Klinsmann's lack of tactical instruction required the players to meet before kickoff to discuss strategy.^[36]

Toronto FC

In November 2010, Klinsmann was hired as a technical consultant for Major League Soccer (MLS) club Toronto FC to advise on an overhaul of the club's coaching and playing personnel, leading the club to hire Aron Winter as head coach and Paul Mariner as technical director the following year.^[37] Both Winter and Mariner would later be fired by the club during a last place finish in the 2012 season.

United States

 

Klinsmann as manager of the United States

On 29 July 2011, Klinsmann was named the 35th head coach of the United States national team,^[38][39] replacing previous manager Bob Bradley, who had been fired following a 4–2 loss to Mexico in the final of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The U.S. struggled in friendly games early in Klinsmann's tenure, losing four matches and drawing one before ending the 2011 season with a victory over Slovenia. On 29 February 2012, the U.S. national team recorded a historic 1–0 victory in a friendly match away against Italy, its first win against the four-time World Cup champions.^[40] On 15 August 2012, Klinsmann coached the U.S. to a historic 1–0 win against long time rivals Mexico in a friendly held at the Estadio Azteca, giving the U.S. its first victory in the stadium.

In 2013, Klinsmann led the U.S. team into the final round of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, beginning with a 2–1 loss at Honduras before earning a point with a scoreless draw against Mexico in the Azteca. On 2 June 2013, the United States played their centennial celebratory game against Germany, where Klinsmann coached them to a 4–3 win over his native country. On 28 July, Klinsmann coached the U.S. team to their fifth CONCACAF Gold Cup title, defeating Panama 1–0 in the final.^[41] On 10 September 2013, following a 2–0 win over Mexico, the United States secured qualification for the World Cup. On 12 December 2013, Klinsmann signed a new contract extension with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), lasting until 2018.^[42]

2014 World Cup

 

Klinsmann in 2014

Klinsmann surprised the U.S. football world in May 2014 by selecting five so-called "Jurgen Americans", players with American serviceman fathers and German mothers who had all been born and professionally trained in Germany, to the 23-men squad in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[43][44][45] His selection particularly received criticism when he cut all-time leading U.S. scorer Landon Donovan from the final roster for the 2014 World Cup following the team's preliminary training camp.^[46] Klinsmann described it as "the most difficult decision of [his] coaching career" but that he sees other players "slightly ahead of [Donovan]".^[47] Klinsmann faced further controversy after his son Jonathan posted a comment on Twitter ridiculing Donovan,^[48] causing some to speculate that the decision was influenced by personal animosity between Klinsmann and Donovan.^[49]

On 16 June, Klinsmann guided the United States to a 2–1 win over Ghana in their first match of the 2014 World Cup, behind an early strike from captain Clint Dempsey and a dramatic 86th-minute header from substitute John Brooks. On 22 June, his side drew 2–2 against Portugal in the second group match. A defensive miscue early in the game led to an easy Portugal goal, but Jermaine Jones equalized with a strike from 30 yards out in the second half. Then, in the 81st minute, Dempsey scored to give the U.S. a 2–1 lead. The score remained 2–1 until the final seconds of stoppage time where Cristiano Ronaldo sent a cross that was headed past U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard by Silvestre Varela.^[50] On 26 June, the U.S. faced Germany. With possible elimination looming again as their round of 16 spot hung in the balance, the U.S. fell to the Germans, 1–0, but the hope of surviving the "group of death" remained alive in the Portugal–Ghana game in which Portugal defeated Ghana, 2–1, sending the U.S. to the round of 16.^[51]

The U.S. drew Belgium in the round of 16. After spending much of the match defending against Belgium's potent attack, with goalkeeper Tim Howard setting a World Cup finals record for saves in a match, the U.S. survived with a 0–0 score after 90 minutes, sending the match to extra time. After quickly falling behind 2–0 to Belgium in extra time, the U.S. cut the deficit in half in the 107th minute when substitute Julian Green volleyed in a lobbed through ball from Michael Bradley, but were unable to score a second and were eliminated.^[52]

2018 World Cup cycle

Klinsmann led the U.S. to a 1–0 win over Czech Republic to open the new 2018 World Cup cycle on 3 September, its first win over the Czechs.^[53] On 5 June 2015, Klinsmann guided the U.S. to a dramatic 4–3 win over the Netherlands in a friendly in Amsterdam and another friendly victory over Germany five days later.^[54]

The U.S. under Klinsmann finished fourth in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup following losses to Jamaica in the semi-finals and Panama in the third place match, the team's worst performance in the tournament since 2000. In 2016, Klinsmann successfully advanced the U.S. through its first round of World Cup qualification out of a group containing Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The U.S. opened the final World Cup qualification round in November 2016 with a 2–1 home defeat to Mexico and a 4–0 away defeat to Costa Rica. Following the losses, which left the U.S. at the bottom of the qualification table, Klinsmann was fired by the USSF on 21 November 2016, being replaced by LA Galaxy manager Bruce Arena, who had previously coached the team from 1998 to 2006. Ultimately, the U.S. failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Hertha BSC

On 27 November 2019, Klinsmann became the new manager of Hertha BSC, replacing Ante Čović.^[55] On 11 February 2020 he announced via Facebook that he would step down as coach after having been in this position for just ten weeks.^[56] Despite stating his intention of remaining part of the club's supervisory board, he was ultimately barred from doing so as Hertha's investor Lars Windhorst publicly criticized his behavior, calling the manner of his departure "unacceptable".^[57]

South Korea

On 27 February 2023, Klinsmann was announced as the head coach of South Korea, replacing Paulo Bento^[58] on a contract until the conclusion of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.^[59] Klinsmann has been described as highly unpopular to South Korean fans, due to his unusual practice of working while away from South Korea, his alleged lack of interests in players in the K League 1, and his questionable squad selections. Following poor performance in South Korea's friendly matches, he received heavy criticism.^[60] This became increasingly problematic during the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, when South Korea had only a win and two draws at the group stages, leaving them to face a challenging knockout stage draw against Saudi Arabia. During this match, Klinsmann's tactics and player selections were highly criticised.^[61][62] In the end, South Korea lost to Jordan 2–0 in the semifinals of AFC Asian Cup in Qatar on 7 February 2024. Afterwards, Klinsmann's tactics and work ethic became the focus of scrunity from both the South Korean public and the team.^[63][64][65] He was criticized by Koreans for smiling even when his team lost.^[66] On 16 February, the Korea Football Association announced the immediate termination of Klinsmann's contract, citing "failure to demonstrate leadership" as one of the reasons.^[67]

Charity work and social engagements

 

Klinsmann and Sir Bobby Charlton in Los Angeles in 1999

In 1995, Klinsmann and some of his close friends founded the children charity foundation Agapedia, which stems from the Greek language and translates to "Love for Children". In 1997, Klinsmann, acting as the captain of the Germany national team, visited the Holocaust memorial place Yad Vashem in Israel alongside his coach Berti Vogts. This visit was televised around the globe and drew worldwide attention.^[68] Klinsmann is also a board member of the German Initiative Für die Zukunft lernen, which means "Learning for the future", and supports the education of young people about the Holocaust.^[69] In May 1999, Klinsmann donated all the proceeds from his farewell match (more than US$1 million) to different children's charity organizations. The match was a sell-out with 54,000 fans in Stuttgart's Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion. Famous personalities such as Bryan Adams, Boris Becker and many others contributed to this event.^[70]

Personal life

 

Klinsmann Bakery in Botnang, Stuttgart

Klinsmann was born in Göppingen.^[71][72] His family moved to Stuttgart when he was a teenager.^[72] Klinsmann's family operates a bakery in Stuttgart's Botnang district and consequently he is sometimes affectionately referred to as the "baker's son from Botnang". Klinsmann is, in fact, a journeyman baker, having served an apprenticeship.^[8]

He is married to Debbie Chin (Chinese: 德碧; pinyin: Dé Bì),^[73] an American former model of Chinese descent, having proposed to her back in 1995; they wed later that year in Milan.^{[citation needed]}

Klinsmann lives in Huntington Beach, California. He and his wife have two children.^[74][75] Son Jonathan, a goalkeeper, has been capped at age group level for the United States U-20 team.^[76] Aside from German, Klinsmann is fluent in English, Italian and French,^[77] and is a certified commercial helicopter pilot.^[78] He is a naturalized U.S. citizen.^[79] Klinsmann has also worked as a pundit, working with ESPN for the 2010 World Cup, and with BBC Sport at the 2018 World Cup and 2020 European Championship. He works on ESPN FC as of 2021. He wrote the daily email newsletter from Qatar for BBC Sport during the World Cup 2022.^[80]

On 25 November 2022, following Iran's 2–0 victory over Wales in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Klinsmann received backlash after his controversial comments made on BBC. Klinsmann claimed that the reason Iran won was because they used dirty tactics to manipulate Guatemalan referee Mario Escobar and that it was a part of Iranian football culture to play dirty. He then went on to claim that head coach Carlos Queiroz was a failure during his stint at Colombia and Egypt, stating "This is not by coincidence, this is all [done] purposely ... This is just part of their culture."^[81] Carlos Queiroz responded inviting Klinsmann to the Iran camp to show him what Iranian football culture truly is, and petitioned FIFA to remove him as a member of the Qatar 2022 Technical Study Group.^[82]

In April 2023, Klinsmann was one of the 22 personal guests at the ceremony in which former Chancellor Angela Merkel was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for special achievement by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin.^[83]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[84]

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

1. Includes DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, Coupe de France, FA Cup
2. Includes Football League Cup
3. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup
5. Appearances in European Cup
6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[92][93]

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

As of match played on 6 February 2024

Team	From	To	Record
			M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref.
Germany	26 July 2004^[23]	11 July 2006^[29]	34	20	8	6	81	41	+40	058.82	^[94]^[95]^[96]
Bayern Munich	1 July 2008^[35]	27 April 2009^[35]	44	25	9	10	96	50	+46	056.82	^[33]^[35]
United States	29 July 2011^[39]	21 November 2016	98	55	16	27	178	109	+69	056.12	^[97]^[98]^[99]^[100]^[101]^[102]
Hertha BSC	27 November 2019	11 February 2020	10	3	3	4	10	15	−5	030.00
South Korea	27 February 2023	16 February 2024	18	8	7	3	38	19	+19	044.44
Total			204	111	43	50	403	234	+169	054.41	—

Honours

Player

Inter Milan^[103]

• UEFA Cup: 1990–91

Bayern Munich^[103]

• Bundesliga: 1996–97
• UEFA Cup: 1995–96

West Germany and Germany^[104]

• 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^[105]
• Bundesliga top scorer: 1987–88^[106]
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1987–88^[107]
• Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1988,^[108] 1994^[108]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990
• Premier League Player of the Month: August 1994^[109]
• 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^[110]
• Ballon d'Or runner-up: 1995
• FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze award: 1995^[111]
• UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1995–96^[112]
• FIFA XI: 1996, 1999^[113]
• FIFA 100
• UEFA Jubilee Poll (2004): #64^[114]

Manager

Germany^[103]

• FIFA World Cup third place: 2006
• FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2005

United States

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2013
• CONCACAF Cup runner-up: 2015

Individual

• German Football Manager of the Year: 2006^[115]
• CONCACAF Coach of the Year: 2013^[116]

Literature

• 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.

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

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