Jonathan Klinsmann

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Jonathan Klinsmann
Jonathan Klinsmann football, men, Thuringian Media Cup 2017, Rot-Weiß Erfurt - Hertha BSC IMG 4521 LR7,5 by Stepro.jpg
in the shirt of Hertha BSC (2017)
Personnel
birthday April 8, 1997
place of birth Munich ,  Germany
size 192 cm
position goal
Juniors
Years station
2005-2007 FC Blades 96
2008 Irvine Lasers
2008-2009 FC Bayern Munich
2010-2011 Pateadores FC Irvine
2012-2014 Strikers FC
2015-2017 California Golden Bears
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2017-2019 Hertha BSC 0 (0)
2017-2019 Hertha BSC II 24 (0)
2019-2020 FC St. Gallen 0 (0)
2020– LA Galaxy 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2014-2015 USA U18 9 (0)
2015-2017 USA U20 21 (0)
2017– USA U23 2 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 20, 2020

2 As of July 14, 2017

Jonathan Klinsmann [ ˈd͡ʒɔˑnə̆θn ], [ ˈjonatʰaːn ] (born April 8, 1997 in Munich ) is a German-American soccer goalkeeper who is under contract with LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer .

Private life

Jonathan Klinsmann is the son of former top German soccer player Jürgen Klinsmann and former US model Debbie Chin, who has Chinese ancestors on her father's side and German and Swiss ancestors on her mother's side . After his birth in Munich on April 8, 1997, while his father was playing for FC Bayern Munich , he lived in Italy for a year from the summer of 1997 , where his father was under contract with Sampdoria Genoa , and grew up with his sister after his career ended Father's home in Newport Beach , California, from 1998 . From 2008 he lived in Munich again for a year when his father was head coach at FC Bayern Munich, where he first pioneered a professional football career. Klinsmann attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana until 2015 and was then enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley , where he studied art. He has both US and German citizenship and grew up bilingually , although English was the dominant language and, according to his own statement from 2017, he spoke very little German .

In addition to soccer, Klinsmann also played basketball and was accepted during his time at FC Bayern Munich after a trial session with the German Bundesliga basketball team Tigers Tübingen , but ultimately decided to play soccer.

Career

societies

Beginnings in California and Munich

Jonathan Klinsmann spent most of his youth career as a striker at FC Blades 96 and the Irving Lasers . He was only retrained as a goalkeeper when he switched to FC Bayern Munich . On his return to California he became part of the US Soccer Development Academy and played for Strikers FC (formerly Irving Strikers). In parallel, he played for his high school team MDHS Varsity Soccer from 2011 to 2014 . In the 2014 season he completed 33 games for the Strikers in the Development Academy and reached the final four round with the team . For the University of California, Berkeley's university team , the California Golden Bears , he played 22 season games from 2015 to 2017.

First professional contract in Berlin

After completing a ten-day trial training session with the U17 and U19 teams of VfB Stuttgart in 2014 , Klinsmann trained with VfB Stuttgart II for a while in preparation for the 2017 U20 World Cup . He also played for West Ham United and Everton FC after the World Cup . After Eintracht Braunschweig, among others , had shown interest in a commitment, the goalkeeper completed a ten-day trial training at Hertha BSC on July 3, 2017 .

On July 11, 2017, before the ten trial days at Hertha BSC were over, Klinsmann signed a professional contract running until June 30, 2019. Among other things, the fact that his father Jürgen has been a member of Hertha since 2004 triggered the training and the subsequent commitment to a large national media coverage. At the beginning of his engagement in Berlin, he suffered injuries to the patellar tendon and ankle , which meant that he was absent for several weeks. As the third goalkeeper behind Rune Jarstein and Thomas Kraft , Klinsmann made his competitive debut with the second team of Hertha in the Regionalliga Nordost . The goalkeeper played his first and only game for the first team in the last group game of the UEFA Europa League against Östersunds FK (1-1) on December 7, 2017, where he was able to save a penalty .

After the end of the 2018/19 season, the club did not extend the expiring contract.

Change to Switzerland

For the 2019/20 season , the Swiss super league club FC St. Gallen signed Klinsmann for an initial two-year contract. He acts as the second goalkeeper behind Dejan Stojanović , who stands in the league's number one between the posts, however, came in the Swiss Cup used where it on August 17, 2019 at 4: 1 victory in the first round match against FC Monthey be Compulsory game debut for the FCSG. In the second round against FC Winterthur Klinsmann was again on the starting line-up and received the red card in the 31st minute after a foul on Roman Buess ; the game was lost 0-2 and St. Gallen was eliminated. After the season, a clause in the contract came into play, according to which he had played too few minutes. As a result, the separation from FC St. Gallen took place.

Return to California

Klinsmann returned to California in late August 2020 and joined the LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer .

National team

Klinsmann has been active for the junior teams in the United States since 2014. From 2014 to 2015 he was part of the U18 team . In 2017 he took part in the North American Championship with the U20 team . He was used in all games except for the unimportant last group game against St. Kitts and Nevis and was U20 North American champion after the 5-3 final win on penalties against Honduras . He was awarded the Golden Glove as the best goalkeeper of the tournament and was accepted into the team of the tournament. They also qualified for the U-20 World Cup in South Korea . Klinsmann was used in all five games; the team retired after the 1: 2 defeat aet. in the quarter-finals to eventual finalists Venezuela out of the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

National team

Awards

  • 2017 North American U20 Championship gold glove
  • Member of the Best XI of the 2017 North American U20 Championship

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Klinsmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview on YouTube
  2. ^ Statement by Jürgen Klinsmann from June 2, 2013 on YouTube
  3. ↑ a b See this Facebook post by Jürgen Klinsmann from July 11, 2017, accessed on December 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ JB: The secret is out: Jürgen Klinsmann flees over the Alps towards Genu . In: Berliner Kurier . Berliner Verlag GmbH, May 17, 1997, accessed on July 22, 2017 .
  5. ↑ See his profile on ussoccer.com under the heading "hometown" (not to be confused with "birthplace"), accessed on December 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Jürgen Klinsmann and family move to Munich . (No longer available online.) In: fussball-berichte.de. January 11, 2008, archived from the original on July 28, 2017 ; Retrieved July 22, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fussball-berichte.de
  7. ↑ a b c 2015 M Soccer Roster, 24 Jonathan Klinsmann , calbears.com, accessed on July 22, 2017 (English)
  8. ↑ a b Stuttgarter Nachrichten Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (ed.): Jonathan Klinsmann like his father: Goalkeeper scores dream goal at Hertha trial training . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten . July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Klinsmann junior acts "too American" . In: n-tv . March 7, 2018, accessed September 25, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Marcel Braune: Jonathan Klinsmann in conversation: "Should I sign with Hertha, it would be a very emotional moment" . In: BZ Axel Springer SE, July 10, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017 .
  11. ^ Cross-examination with Jon and Maxi , web video on the official Hertha BSC YouTube channel
  12. ↑ a b Klinsmann's son becomes Hertha keeper - a dream comes true . In: rbb-online.de . July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017 .
  13. ↑ FC Baldes 96 Team Details , nilnil.io, accessed on July 22, 2017 (English)
  14. ↑ a b Five Things to Know About U-20 'Keeper Jonathan Klinsmann , ussoccer.com, May 19, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017 (English)
  15. ↑ Jonathan Klinsmann , hudl.com, accessed on July 22, 2017 (English)
  16. ↑ Jonathan Klinsmann , maxpreps.com, accessed on July 22, 2017 (English)
  17. ↑ Pictures from training with VfB: Jonathan Klinsmann is long on Stuttgarter Nachrichten , August 15, 2014, accessed on July 22, 2017.
  18. ↑ Klinsmann-Sohn trains at VfB Stuttgart , goal.com , March 20, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017.
  19. ↑ Why Klinsmann junior trains at VfB , kicker.de , March 22, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017.
  20. ↑ US young goalkeeper: Jonathan Klinsmann “wants to go to the Bundesliga , Sport Bild , June 3, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017.
  21. ↑ Braunschweig and Hertha interested in Klinsman-Sohn , welt.de, June 21, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017.
  22. ↑ Trial training: Klinsmann son comes to Hertha , Berliner Kurier , June 21, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017.
  23. ↑ Internal: Klinsmann wir Herthaner , herthabsc.de , July 11, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017
  24. ↑ Decision made: perfect! Klinsmann-Sohn signs with Hertha until 2019 , BZ , July 11, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017.
  25. ↑ Bundesliga: Klinsmann is now at Hertha im Tor , faz.net , July 11, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017
  26. ↑ Herta Berlino: in prova Jonathan Klinsmann, il figlio di Jurgen , calciomercato.com, June 21, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017 (Italian)
  27. ↑ US U20 keeper Jonathan Klinsmann signs contract at Hertha Berlin , espnfc.com, July 11, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017 (English)
  28. ↑ Fútbol Internacional: El hijo de Jürgen Klinsmann es el nuevo fichaje del Hertha de Berlín , prensalibre.com, July 11, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017 (Spanish)
  29. ↑ 世界 级 射手 的 门将 儿子 ， 小 克林斯曼 签约 德甲 劲旅 , ttplus.cn, July 11, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017 (Chinese)
  30. ↑ Kade and Klismann are leaving Hertha BSC , herthabsc.de, accessed on May 19, 2019
  31. ↑ Jonathan Klinsmann on the FCSG , fcsg.ch, accessed on June 18, 2019
  32. ↑ History repeats itself: Winterthur is the end of the cup for FC St.Gallen , tagblatt.ch , September 13, 2019, accessed on December 3, 2019
  33. ↑ Tim Naef: Cedric Itten will be leaving the FCSG, Captain Silvan Hefti is keeping a low profile on change rumors. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
  34. ↑ LA Galaxy sign goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann , lagalaxy.com, August 20, 2020, accessed August 20, 2020.
  35. ↑ Cal's Klinsmann Named to US Men's National Team for U-20 World Cup , calbears.com, May 12, 2017, accessed on July 22, 2017


personal data
SURNAME Klinsmann, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Germany