Mats Hummels

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Mats Hummels
Personal information
Full name:	Mats Julian Hummels
Date of birth:	16 December 1988 (1988-12-16)
Place of birth:	Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position:	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Roma
Number:	15
Youth clubs
1995–2006	Bayern Munich
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2006–2007 2007–2009 2008–2009 2009–2016 2016–2019 2019–2024 2024–	Bayern Munich II Bayern Munich → Borussia Dortmund (loan) Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Roma	042 00(5) 001 00(0) 025 00(1) 200 0(18) 074 00(3) 142 0(11) 001 00(0)
National team
2007 2007–2010 2010–	Germany U20 Germany U21 Germany	001 00(0) 021 00(5) 078 00(5)

Mats Julian Hummels (born 16 December 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Serie A club Roma and the German national team.

Hummels was born in the city of Bergisch Gladbach, about 15 km from Cologne. With his family, he moved to Munich at the age of 6, after his father, Hermann took up the position of youth coordinator at Bayern Munich. There, he joined his dad's team, began playing at Bayern youth team. Hummels was granted no favouritism, despite his dad working with him. On 19 December 2006, he signed his first professional contract with Bayern. He made his professional debut with the first team on 19 May 2007 in Bayern's last league season match against Mainz 05.

On January 2008, Hummels was loaned out to Borussia Dortmund for 18 months. Later, he signed a permanent deal for a fee of €4 million. His debut for the team came on 16 February in a league match against Energie Cottbus, where Borussia Dortmund won 2–0. During his first full season, he quickly established himself as first-choice, as he often partnered newly signed Neven Subotić. With Die Borussen, he won two consecutive league titles in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 season, as well as reaching the final of Champions League, finishing as runners-up after defeat against rivals and Hummels's former team, Bayern Munich.

Hummels returned to Bayern in 2016, signing a five-year contract. He spent three seasons in Munich, making 118 appearances in all competitions and winning Bundesliga titles in all three seasons, a DFB-Pokal title and three DFL-Supercup titles. On 19 June 2019, he rejoined for his former club, Borussia Dortmund, signing a three-year deal for a fee of €37 million.

Hummels was a youth international for Germany. In 2009, Hummels was selected for the under-21 team to play in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and was pivotal in his team’s victory in the final against England with a score of 4–0. Hummels's senior team debut came in a friendly against Malta on 13 May 2010 in Aachen. Since then, he represented Germany at UEFA Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016 and 2018 FIFA World Cup. With Germany, he won the FIFA World Cup in 2014, in which he scored two goals for the team.

Honours

Clubs

Borussia Dortmund

• Bundesliga: 2010–11, 2011–12
• DFB-Pokal: 2011–12
• DFL-Supercup: 2013, 2014, 2019
• UEFA Champions League: Runners-up 2012–13, 2023–24

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• DFB-Pokal: 2018–19
• DFL-Supercup: 2016, 2017, 2018

International

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: 2018
• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 2009

Individual

• ESM Team of the Year: 2010–11, 2011–12
• FIFA FIFPro World XI 2nd team: 2014
• FIFA FIFPro World XI 3rd team: 2013, 2017
• FIFA FIFPro World XI 4th team: 2015, 2016
• FIFA FIFPro World XI 5th team: 2018
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2014
• FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2014
• Castrol Performance Index: 2014 FIFA World Cup (Top 11)
• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2015–16
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
• Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
• UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2023–24

External links

• Mats Hummels profile at Soccerbase

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 – 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

Germany – UEFA Euro 2020 – Round of 16

1. Neuer (c) 2. Rüdiger 3. Halstenberg 4. Ginter 5. Hummels 6. Kimmich 7. Havertz 8. Kroos 9. Volland 10. Gnabry 11. Werner 12. Leno 13. Hofmann 14. Musiala 15. Süle 16. Klostermann 17. Neuhaus 18. Goretzka 19. Sané 20. Gosens 21. Gündoğan 22. Trapp 23. Can 24. Koch 25. Müller 26. Günter Manager:   Joachim Löw