Jurgen Klinsmann
Jurgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmannis a German football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of the United States men's national soccer team. As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the unified German team that won the 1996 UEFA European Championship. One of Germany's premier strikers during the 1990s, he scored in all six major international tournaments he participated in,...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth30 July 1964
CityGoppingen, Germany
CountryGermany
The order is Kahn, Lehmann, Hildebrand at the moment but it can all change,
In 16, 17 years as a pro I was used to the head coach doing it alone. He might have asked his people for advice, but he made the decisions on his own. In order to learn quickly I couldn't do that.
I train for one-and-a-half hours every day in order to keep my energy level high.
Personally, I need a high level of physical fitness in order to feel at ease.
This was the most difficult decision of my time as coach. Of course Oliver is disappointed, but he took it as a real sportsman.
We firmly believe that we will be in the tournament until the end. This team is strong enough to overcome such setbacks. It's stable enough to put this behind us. With positive thinking, there will be no problems. We have to look ahead.
We have done a lot of publicity for our sponsors, but from now on, we want to focus completely on the sporting aspect.
The race for the number one jersey is open and the decision will be made in May 2006, just before the World Cup,
We have been following Manuel closely for a while. He has been constantly improving and is a very interesting player.
Luxembourg are a good opponent for our World Cup preparation. We will train hard in Geneva before the game.
Lehmann, Kahn and Hildebrand have all improved this season,
Physically he is not fully fit at the moment and he urgently needs to win match practice.
Sure I should have been at the Fifa workshop for example, but I had personal reasons for not being there and looking back saying that it was a mistake for me not being there I would take the same decision because the personal situation has higher priority than a workshop.
Some of the younger players do need protecting as they are new at this level. That is why I do not play them all the time as they need to be bedded in slowly.