Jürgen Klinsmann

German footballer and manager who won the 1990 World Cup and 1996 European Championship as a player, later managed Germany to third place at 2006 World Cup

Jürgen Klinsmann was born in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany in 1964. He won the World Cup with West Germany in 1990. He became one of the Premier League's first foreign stars at Tottenham in 1994 — mocking his reputation for diving by performing an exaggerated dive celebration after his first goal. He returned for a second Spurs spell and was adored. He won the European Championship with Germany in 1996. He became Germany's national team manager in 2004 and transformed the team's style — reaching the World Cup semi-finals in 2006 on home soil, generating Sommermärchen (the summer fairy tale). He later managed the United States national team.

Clinical finisher with excellent movement in the box and strong aerial ability

One of Germany's greatest strikers who became a successful international manager

• FIFA World Cup 1990 (Germany)
• UEFA European Championship 1996 (Germany)
• UEFA Cup 1996 (Bayern Munich)
• Bundesliga (VfB Stuttgart)
• Ligue 1 (Monaco)
• Managed Germany to 3rd place World Cup 2006
• FIFA World Cup 1990
• UEFA European Championship 1996
• UEFA Cup 1996

Club Career

Club	Period	Apps	Goals
Stuttgart	1981–1984	78	19
Monaco	1992–1994	56	29
Tottenham	1994–1995	56	29
Inter Milan	1989–1992	123	40
Bayern Munich	1995–1997	69	29
Sampdoria	1997–2004	85	25
Stuttgarter Kickers	1984–1987	76	46
VfB Stuttgart	1987–1989	58	19
Germany	—	108	47