Joachim Löw

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Joachim Löw
Personal information
Full name:	Joachim Löw
Date of birth:	3 February 1960 (1960-02-03)
Place of birth:	Schönau, West Germany
Height:	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position:	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Germany (manager)
Youth clubs
	TuS Schönau 1896 FC Schönau Eintracht Freiburg
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1978–1980 1980–1981 1981–1982 1982–1984 1984-1985 1985-1989 1989–1992 1992-1994 1994-1995	SC Freiburg VfB Stuttgart Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Karlsruher SC SC Freiburg FC Schaffhausen FC Winterthur FC Frauenfeld	071 0(18) 004 00(0) 024 00(5) 065 0(25) 024 00(2) 116 0(38)
National team
1979–1980	West Germany U21	004 00(0)
Teams managed
1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2001 2001-2002 2003-2004 2004–2006 2006-	FC Winterthur (youth) FC Frauenfeld VfB Stuttgart (assistant) VfB Stuttgart Fenerbahçe Karlsruher SC Adanaspor FC Tirol Innsbruck FK Austria Wien Germany (assistant) Germany

Joachim Löw (born 3 February 1960) is a German football coach, and former player. He is currently the head coach of the German national team, which he led to victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

Playing career

In 1978, Löw started his playing career with 2. Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. He returned to the club twice (1982, 1985) and holds the club's overall goal scoring record. In 1980, Löw joined VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, but he had difficulties establishing himself in the starting lineup and played only four matches.

In the 1981–82 season, Löw played for Eintracht Frankfurt (24 matches, five goals), but he returned to Freiburg the following year. In 1982–83, he scored eight goals in 34 matches, 1983–84 he scored 17 goals in 31 matches in the 2. Bundesliga. Afterwards, he returned to the Bundesliga with Karlsruher SC, but he only scored two goals in 24 matches. Later, he joined Freiburg again for four years, played 116 matches and scored 38 goals. Löw concluded his career in Switzerland, where he played for FC Schaffhausen (1989–1992) and FC Winterthur (1992–1994).

Löw played four times for the Germany national under-21 team.

Personal life

Löw has been married to Daniela since 1986; they have no children. The couple met in 1978 and dated for eight years before they got married.

Löw lost his driver's licence twice, once in 2006 (for one month) and once in 2014 (for six months) because of his reckless behaviour behind the wheel (excessive speed and phoning).

Coaching honours

VfB Stuttgart

• DFB-Pokal: 1996–97
• DFB-Ligapokal Runner-up: 1997
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Runner-up: 1997–98

FC Tirol Innsbruck

• Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2001–02

FK Austria Wien

• Austrian Supercup: 2003

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: Champions in 2014, 3rd place in 2006 (as assistant to Jürgen Klinsmann) and in 2010
• FIFA Confederations Cup: Champions in 2017, 3rd place in 2005 (as assistant to Jürgen Klinsmann)
• UEFA European Championship: Runner-up in 2008, semi-finalist in 2012 and 2016

External links

• Joachim Löw at the German Football Association

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Germany – UEFA Euro 2008 – Runners-up

1. Lehmann 2. Jansen 3. Friedrich 4. Fritz 5. Westermann 6. Rolfes 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Frings 9. Gómez 10. Neuville 11. Klose 12. Enke 13. Ballack (c) 14. Trochowski 15. Hitzlsperger 16. Lahm 17. Mertesacker 18. Borowski 19. Odonkor 20. Podolski 21. Metzelder 22. Kurányi 23. Adler Manager:   Löw

Germany – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Third place

1. Neuer 2. Jansen 3. Friedrich 4. Aogo 5. Tasci 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Kießling 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Wiese 13. Müller 14. Badstuber 15. Trochowski 16. Lahm 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Cacau 20. Boateng 21. Marin 22. Butt 23. Gómez Manager:   Joachim Löw

Germany – UEFA Euro 2012 – Semi-Finals

1. Neuer 2. Gündoğan 3. Schmelzer 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Wiese 13. Müller 14. Badstuber 15. L. Bender 16. Lahm 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Boateng 21. Reus 22. Zieler 23. Gómez Manager:   Joachim Löw

Germany – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Winner

1. Neuer 2. Großkreutz 3. Ginter 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Zieler 13. Müller 14. Draxler 15. Durm 16. Lahm (c) 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Boateng 21. Mustafi 22. Weidenfeller 23. Kramer Manager:   Joachim Löw

Germany – UEFA Euro 2016 – Semi-Final

1. Neuer 2. Mustafi 3. Hector 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Draxler 12. Leno 13. Müller 14. Can 15. Weigl 16. Rüdiger 17. Boateng 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Sané 21. Kimmich 22. Ter Stegen 23. Gómez Manager:   Joachim Löw

Germany – 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

1. Trapp 2. Mustafi 3. Hector 4. Ginter 5. Plattenhardt 6. Henrichs 7. Draxler (c) 8. Goretzka 9. Wagner 10. Demirbay 11. Werner 12. Leno 13. Stindl 14. Can 15. Younes 16. Rüdiger 17. Süle 18. Kimmich 20. Brandt 21. Rudy 22. Ter Stegen Manager:   Joachim Löw

Germany – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Neuer (c) 2. Plattenhardt 3. Hector 4. Ginter 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Draxler 8. Kroos 9. Werner 10. Özil 11. Reus 12. Trapp 13. Müller 14. Goretzka 15. Süle 16. Rüdiger 17. Boateng 18. Kimmich 19. Rudy 20. Brandt 21. Gündoğan 22. Ter Stegen 23. Gómez Manager:   Joachim Löw