Jürgen Klinsmann

Jürgen Klinsmann is one of those rare guys who actually pulled off the player-to-coach transition at the highest level, and I find that endlessly impressive. As a striker in the late '80s and '90s he was electrifying — all that blond hair, those acrobatic diving headers, the nose for goal that took him through VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Monaco, Spurs, and Bayern Munich. He lifted the World Cup with West Germany in 1990 and Euro 96 with the unified side, which alone earns him legendary status. But then he came back as Germany's manager for the 2006 home World Cup and turned the whole national team culture around — more attacking, more joyful, more modern. The Cross of the Order of Merit says it all: Germany considers him a genuine national treasure, and honestly, so do I.

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Name (English)

Jürgen Klinsmann

Name (Japanese)

ユルゲン・クリンスマン

Reading

ゆるげん・くりんすまん

Born

July 30, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Göppingen, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany

Height

181 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dragon

Awards & achievements

• 1988 German Footballer of the Year
• 2006 Football Manager of the Year
• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
• 2006 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1999 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
• 1994 German Footballer of the Year

• Official sitehttp://www.klinsmann.com
• Xhttps://x.com/J_Klinsmann
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen%20Klinsmann
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57079

Tags

• Stuttgart Government Region
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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