![]() ![]() I think Kimmich needs to be dropped for Pavard to stabilize that defense. IMO Tuchel is the best manager Flick will be up against so far (Jose is past it and JN is yet to win a trophy) I think he has his work cut out against Tuchel. We cannot give Neymar, DiMaria, Mbappe and Icardi so much space, we just can’t! That forward line has too much individual quality to not punish us. Bayern won’t get away with it every game and PSG have the quality to exploit this weakness. IMO Flick has to do something about that high defensive line. Coincidentally, Löw's brother Markus had been the player signed to replace Flick at Sandhausen in 1985.He’s done a very good job so far but it all depends on this ONE match against PSG now. ![]() On 23 August 2006, only a month after Joachim Löw had been installed as Germany head coach, Flick was appointed as Löw's assistant. Flick then had a short spell on the coaching staff at Salzburg under Giovanni Trapattoni. He helped lead the club's development over the next five years, earning promotion from the fourth to the third division and laying the groundwork for Ralf Rangnick to take the side up to Bundesliga 2 in 2007. He received his professional license in 2003 after finishing joint-top of his class, alongside former Hamburg, Borussia Dortmund and Hannover boss Thomas Doll.Īfter several years on the touchline at his local amateur side in Bammental, Flick was appointed as Hoffenheim head coach in 2000. Thinking ahead is a trait that always stuck with Flick, and he started his coaching badges in plenty of time. Sadly, he was forced to call time on his playing career in 1992 after continuously struggling with serious injuries, at the age of 28. Moving on from Bayern he joined FC Köln, where he won another DFB-Pokal. In that period, he won four Bundesliga titles as well as the 1986 DFB-Pokal. He caught the eye of Bayern Munich and at age 20, he was snapped up by the German giants where he went on to make 137 appearances in five years. His football breakthrough came at Sandhausen where he played as a midfielder in the German lower leagues from 1982 to 1985. At the same time, he received an offer to join VFB Stuttgart, which he declined – and they subsequently went on to win the 1983/84 title. He wanted to ensure that he had alternative career options if football did not work out. When he was 18, he was part-way through an apprenticeship to become a bank clerk. He enjoyed football, playing as a midfielder. ![]() Many people will be familiar with his record-breaking time with Bayern but some may still be unfamiliar with his story and pathway into football, leading him to his new appointment as manager of the German national team.įlick was born in the picturesque German town of Heidelberg in 1965. On top of that, Flick ensured they were the first team in Champions League history to win all their matches as they lifted the trophy in 2019/20 as well as winning 23 domestic matches in a row, breaking a record in German football. He left Bayern having won another Bundesliga, taking his trophy tally to seven - the same amount of games Bayern had lost during his tenure. In April, Flick expressed his desire to leave at the end of the season as he wanted to coach the German national team. Flick also led Bayern to the DFL-Supercup, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup in the following season, becoming the first ever Bayern manager to win the sextuple. He finished the season with 32 wins in 35 games in all competitions – boasting the best ratio of any coach in Bayern’s history. This success earned him the prestigious UEFA Men’s Coach of the Year Award. That decision paid dividends as the 56-year-old guided them to the Bundesliga title, the DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League, completing the continental treble for the second time in the club’s history. He had impressed enough to be awarded the role until the end of the season. After an up and down start, including a 4-0 victory over Der Klassiker rivals Borussia Dortmund, as well as defeats to Bayern Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach, Flick and Bayern did not look back. His first game saw Bayern defeat Olympiakos 2-0 in the UEFA Champions League group stage. In his time at Bayern, Flick originally joined the club as assistant to Niko Kovač in July 2019.Īfter an underwhelming start to the 2019/20 campaign, Kovač and Bayern parted ways in November and Flick took over on an interim basis. The German Football Association yesterday confirmed that Hans-Dieter Flick (or Hansi Flick for short) would be taking over the reins from Joachim Löw once Euro 2020 has concluded, with the former Bayern Munich boss signing a deal that runs to 2024.Īfter a recent period of highs and lows with the Bavarian giants, Flick has decided to take on a new challenge with the German national side – a role that Löw has held for 15 years. ![]()
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