Mats Hummels

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Mats Hummels
Mats Hummels.jpg
Image from 2016
Personnel
Surname Mats Julian Hummels
birthday December 16, 1988
place of birth Bergisch Gladbach ,  Germany
size 191 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1995-2006 FC Bayern Munich
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005-2008 FC Bayern Munich II 42 0(5)
2007 FC Bayern Munich 1 0(0)
2008-2016 Borussia Dortmund 225 (19)
2016-2019 FC Bayern Munich 74 0(3)
2019– Borussia Dortmund 31 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007-2010 Germany U21 21 0(5)
2010-2018 Germany 70 0(5)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019/20

2 As of October 19, 2018

Mats Julian Hummels (born December 16, 1988 in Bergisch Gladbach ) is a German football player on the position of central defender . After playing through all youth teams at Bayern Munich , he played for Borussia Dortmund for more than eight years from 2008 before returning to Bayern for three seasons in 2016. In 2019 he moved back to Dortmund. With the German national team , he became world champion in 2014 .

Life

Mats Hummels was born in 1988 as the son of sports journalist Ulla Holthoff and soccer player Hermann Hummels in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia . He first grew up in the Rhine-Main area , where his brother Jonas , who was two years younger , was born and where his father was a coach at SV Wehen and at 1. FSV Mainz 05 . After his father went to Bayern Munich as a junior coach, the family moved. Hummels attended the Neubiberg high school in the district of Munich , which he left early with a secondary school leaving certificate in view of his career as a professional footballer after the twelfth grade .

On June 15, 2015, Mats Hummels married his long-time girlfriend Cathy Fischer . Their son was born on January 11, 2018.

Club career

FC Bayern Munich

Mats Hummels played for Bayern Munich from the age of seven .

During the 2005/06 season , coach Hermann Gerland called Hummels, who played in the A-youth, to the regional league team for the first time . The following year he became a regular there. Then Felix Magath , the former coach of the Bundesliga team, became aware of him. Hummels took part in the preparation of the professional team for the 2006/07 season and played against FC Schalke 04 in the League Cup semi-finals . As a result, Hummels was given a professional contract that ran from January 1, 2007. On May 19, 2007, the last day of the season, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 5-2 home win over 1. FSV Mainz 05 - on in the 52nd minute for Martín Demichelis .

Borussia Dortmund

Mats Hummels during the 2011 championship celebration with Kevin Großkreutz (right), Marco Stiepermann (left) and Marcel Schmelzer (2nd from left)

After Hummels was not used in the first half of the 2007/08 season and only played in the regional league, he was loaned to Borussia Dortmund until June 30, 2009 during the winter break . He played his first competitive game for Borussia on January 29, 2008 in the DFB Cup eighth final against Werder Bremen , when he was substituted on shortly before the end of the game. On February 16, 2008, he made his debut for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga in a 2-0 away win in Cottbus and was then used regularly. With BVB he was in the DFB Cup final in Berlin on April 19, 2008 , which Bayern Munich won 2-1 after extra time. He himself was part of the squad, but was not used.

Mats Hummels in the Borussia Dortmund jersey (2013)

The 2008/09 season began Hummels in the starting lineup, but could not play through the first half of the season due to injuries. In January 2009 he pulled a partial tear of the right inner and outer ligament in the ankle during an indoor tournament. A month later, when he got back into training, the same outer ligament tore completely, so that he was out for the rest of the Bundesliga season and was only back on the bench on the last day of the game. In February 2009, however, BVB and FC Bayern Munich agreed on a final change. Here, Hummels' loan contract, which was running until the end of the season, was terminated. He then got a new contract from Borussia. At the beginning of the 2009/10 season he was symptom-free again. In the first two games of the season he came as a substitute for the train, on the third match day he had to replace the injured Tinga in the fourth minute and was from then on to the team of the team. At the end of the season he qualified with BVB for participation in the Europa League.

In the 2010/11 season , Hummels secured the unofficial title of autumn champion with BVB with 43 points after 17 games on matchday 15 ; on the 32nd matchday the team was mathematically established as the German champions . With 22 goals conceded, BVB was by far the best defense in the league. Hummels received the best marks of all Bundesliga players of the season from the sports magazine Kicker . With five goals, Hummels was together with Georg Niedermeier from VfB Stuttgart the most dangerous defender of the season.

In the next season , BVB had already conceded six goals after six match days; In the Champions League , twelve goals conceded in the six games of the group stage meant early elimination. Nevertheless, they started again in the league and did not lose a game from the seventh game day (with five draws). The key game was the 1-0 win against FC Bayern Munich , which was still top of the table after the first half of the season. In addition, at the end of the day Borussia conceded 25 goals again, one of the three best defenses in the league. Hummels and BVB thus defended the German championship title from the previous year. In the DFB-Pokal they reached the final, which was won 5-2 against runner-up Bayern Munich and made the double perfect.

In the season 2012/13 , BVB was Hummels runner and reached the Champions League the final , the one against Bayern Munich with 1: lost second In the following season, Hummels was again runner-up with BVB and reached the final in the DFB Cup , which was lost 2-0 to Bayern Munich.

Hummels has been Borussia Dortmund 's team captain since the 2014/15 season .

Return to FC Bayern Munich

during training on the grounds of FC Bayern Munich (2018)

On April 28, 2016, the BVB said in a ad-hoc announcement with that Hummels had expressed the intention for the season 2016/17 for FC Bayern Munich , for which he had already been active from 1995 to 2008 change to want. On May 10th, FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund agreed to change the player to the German record champions. Hummels signed a five-year contract two days after he lost the cup final with Borussia Dortmund to his new club. He played his first competitive game on August 14, 2016 in a 2-0 victory in the DFL Supercup against his former club. He scored his first Bundesliga goal for Bayern Munich on November 26, 2016 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen with a 2-1 winner in the 56th minute with a header . At the end of the season he won the German championship with FC Bayern .

Return to Borussia Dortmund

On June 19, 2019, Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern agreed on a return from Hummels to the German runner-up. The mandatory medical check and the signature of the contract followed on June 28, 2019. Under head coach Favre , he was immediately placed in central defense and was appointed second representative of team captain Marco Reus . The Rhinelander only missed five competitive games due to illness and suspension, in the remaining 41 he was always in the starting eleven. As the "defense chief", Hummels filled the role that Marcel Schmelzer had played before him and which had fallen to Łukasz Piszczek after his retirement . He was also able to represent captain Marco Reus, who was again injured for a longer period, as a leader on the field. With 41 goals conceded, BVB, which also scored the second-most goals at the same time, was also able to place itself in the top 5 of the Bundesliga.

National team

Mats Hummels at the EM 2012 against Portugal
Mats Hummels during a duel with Sergio Agüero in the 2014 World Cup final (back: Jérôme Boateng )

Mats Hummels was discovered late for the DFB junior team and made his debut on March 27, 2007 under coach Dieter Eilts in the U21 national team , which won 1-0 against the Czech team in Düsseldorf . He took part in the U21 European Championship in Sweden under national coach Horst Hrubesch and, after a brief stint in the semifinals against Italy, also completed the final , in which the German selection defeated the English 4-0.

On May 6, 2010 he was nominated by national coach Joachim Loew for the game against the selection of Malta on May 13, 2010 for the first time for the senior national team ; when he came on for Serdar Tasci in the second half , he played his first international match . However, the World Cup came too early for him and he was not considered.

For the first international match after the World Cup on November 17, 2010, he and his team players Marcel Schmelzer , Mario Götze and Kevin Großkreutz were nominated for the squad against the Swedish team and played the entire 90 minutes. He played three more international test matches in the national jersey before playing in his first of four qualifying matches for the 2012 European Championship on June 3, 2011 . On May 26, 2012 he scored his first international goal with the goal to make it 1: 2 in the 3: 5 defeat against the selection of Switzerland in the immediate EM preparation. He was then taken into account for the EM squad .

Surprisingly, Hummels was in the starting line-up from the start of the tournament, as the favored Per Mertesacker was not fit enough after long injuries and showed a convincing performance. As a result, Hummels played in all five European Championship games of the German national team for the full 90 minutes. While he was often criticized before the European Championship for his fluctuating performance compared to the club, he was considered one of the best German players at the tournament. Because of his strong performance, he was the biggest positive surprise of the tournament for Zinédine Zidane . He had the second best duel rate of all EM players in the preliminary round and got by without a foul. He injured himself in the international test match against England on November 19, 2013 and was out until January 2014. Shortly afterwards, he suffered another injury and was forced to take a break until February.

Hummels took part in the 2014 World Cup with the DFB selection . He headed the 2-0 win in the 4-0 opener against Portugal . In the quarter-finals against France he also headed the winning goal to make it 1-0 and was named "Man of the Match". In the final against Argentina , won 1-0 afterwards , he played for 120 minutes and became world champion with the team.

At the European Championship in France, he was included in the German squad , although he had torn a muscle fiber in the DFB Cup final shortly before the nomination date. In the first European Championship game against Ukraine he was paused, from the second game he was part of the starting line-up. The quarter-final against Italy was his 50th international match. Germany advanced on penalties; Hummels converted his penalty. However, he also received his second yellow card in the tournament and was suspended in the semifinals. It was the first yellow card suspension in his career. Germany lost the game against hosts France and were eliminated.

At the 2018 World Cup , Hummels criticized the style of play of the German national team in an interview after the 0-1 opening defeat against Mexico . Among other things, he criticized the fact that the protection did not work and that he and his teammate Jérôme Boateng were often left alone in the back. He had already addressed this internally before, but it wasn't really fruitful. Hummels' violent criticism was then also criticized by the media, for example as a "public scolding of colleagues". Hummels rejected this accusation, however, that he had talked about matters of content, but that it was always pretended to insult someone. For the second game against Sweden , in which Germany scored the 2-1 winner at the last minute, Hummels was out due to problems with a cervical vertebra. For the third group game against South Korea , Hummels was ready to go again. After a poor performance and a 2-0 defeat in this game, Germany was eliminated from the tournament as bottom of the group F. After this game, a subsequent interview with Hummels again attracted a lot of attention, for example, Hummels said that the national team's last convincing game was in autumn 2017.

After an unfortunate 2-1 defeat against world champions France in the Nations League , which was preceded by a 3-0 defeat against the Netherlands and a 0-0 defeat against France, Hummels attracted attention in an interview in which he stated that the The national team "haven't played a bad game since the World Cup, but [they] haven't gotten any results," while other national players were more critical of the national team's performance. While Hummels was nicknamed "The Chief Critic" by the press during the World Cup, he has now been called "The Chief Debtor".

In March 2019, Löw announced a change in the national team and announced that Mats Hummels, Jérôme Boateng and Thomas Müller will no longer be part of the DFB squad. Löw was often criticized for the timing, the finality and the manner in which the decision was announced.

Style of play

Hummels is considered to be capable of jumping, strong headers and dangerous goals. Its calmness on the ball and the security that it also exudes in pressure situations are praised. His strengths include his positional play, through which he closes gaps on the defensive and intercepts balls, and a high level of combat strength. He is highly trained technically and tactically and is known for precise passes to teammates. This also includes his vertical play. Hummels is considered a very fair athlete.

Others

Hummels is UNICEF sponsor and is committed to the children's aid organization. He also supports the Common Goal initiative .

Hummels was featured on the German cover of the video game FIFA 12 together with Lukas Podolski .

In the comedy film Fack ju Göhte 3 , which appeared on October 26, 2017, Hummels was seen alongside his teammates from FC Bayern Munich, David Alaba and Joshua Kimmich as extras.

Hummels has been investing in the Cologne start-up Street Pro since 2019 , which enables football-savvy users to train individually with the help of an app.

Since 2019 he and his brother Jonas Hummels have had the podcast Alone is difficult and was a guest at the podcast Mixed Hack on April 26, 2020 .

successes

National team

societies

Borussia Dortmund

FC Bayern Munich

Awards

Web links

Commons : Mats Hummels  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://fcbayern.com/de/teams/profis/mats-hummels
  2. ↑ cf. Günter Klein: Hummels: I don't believe in the curse! . In: merkur-online.de . February 13, 2010, accessed February 20, 2010
  3. ↑ Hummels, Mats . In: Internationales Sportarchiv 25/2011 from June 21, 2011, supplemented by news from MA-Journal until week 23/2012 (accessed via Munzinger Online ).
  4. ↑ Interview with Mats Hummels ( Memento from February 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Kölner Stadtanzeiger , February 8, 2011, accessed on June 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ World champions in baby happiness: Mats and Cathy Hummels are parents of a son . In: Spiegel Online . January 11, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed May 1, 2018]).
  6. ↑ asa / dpa: World champions in baby happiness: Mats and Cathy Hummels are parents of a son . In: Spiegel Online . January 11, 2018.
  7. ↑ BVB borrows Mats Hummels from Bayern Munich , bvb.de
  8. ↑ End of the season for Hummels . In: kicker.de . February 13, 2009.
  9. ↑ Hummels stays with BVB . In: kicker.de . February 6, 2009.
  10. ↑ 34th matchday of the 2010/11 season with final table. In: Fußballdaten.de. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
  11. ↑ First Bundesliga top players 2010/11 (statistics). In: Kicker sports magazine . Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Mats Hummels is the new captain of Borussia Dortmund , BVB.de, accessed on August 14, 2014.
  13. Jump up rumors about BVB player Mats Julian Hummels , ad-hoc announcement from Borussia Dortmund, April 28, 2016
  14. ↑ Hummels signs with FC Bayern , FC Bayern Munich, May 23, 2016, accessed on May 23, 2016.
  15. ^ Announcement on the official website of Borussia Dortmund from June 19, 2019
  16. ^ Announcement on the official website of FC Bayern Munich from June 19, 2019
  17. ↑ See this tweet from Borussia Dortmund on June 28, 2019.
  18. ↑ Hummels fit against Bayern? BVB coach Favre gives hope , wa.de, accessed on June 27, 2020
  19. ↑ BVB professional Mats Hummels about his teammates: "Are suppressed by the gangsta rappers" , ruhrnachrichten.de, accessed on June 27, 2020
  20. ↑ Löw nominates BVB quartet , kicker.de
  21. ↑ Kai Schiller: Outstanding Hummels: And suddenly there is zero. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . June 11, 2012, Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
  22. ↑ Löw and Zidane ennobling Mats Hummels , Abendblatt.de, accessed on June 28, 2012
  23. ↑ bka: Top eleven of the preliminary round: The best of the group stage (3 of 12 Mats Hummels). In: Spiegel Online . June 21, 2012, accessed April 4, 2018 .
  24. ↑ a b 4: 0! Thanks to Müller's three-pack, DFB-Elf set off furiously kicker.de, accessed on June 18, 2014
  25. ↑ Hummels' header makes the semifinals clear , kicker.de, accessed on July 6, 2014
  26. ↑ Awards - Man of the Match , fifa.com, accessed July 6, 2014
  27. ^ The squad for the European Championship in France 2016 (June 10 to July 10) ( Memento from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), dfb.de, accessed on May 31, 2016
  28. ^ "Photo of Jerome Looks Funny," Spox, July 3, 2016
  29. ↑ a b Interview with Mats Hummels after the Mexico game
  30. ↑ a b c Hummels defends himself against criticism of his criticism - and still has hope for the Sweden game. stern.de, June 22, 2018, accessed June 30, 2018 .
  31. ↑ DFB star eaten mightily - Hummels criticism of teammates: Have let us down. Sportbild, June 17, 2018, accessed June 30, 2018 .
  32. ↑ Knockout game against Sweden - DFB-Elf probably without Hummels. zdf.de, June 22, 2018, accessed June 30, 2018 .
  33. ↑ Interview with Mats Hummels after the South Korea game
  34. ↑ a b Mats Hummels - The chief critic. Süddeutsche Zeitung.de, June 28, 2018, accessed June 30, 2018 .
  35. ↑ a b c “You know, deep down in your heart, that I'm right” - Hummels, the head talker. bild.de , October 17, 2018, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  36. ↑ Löw finally sorts out three stars from FC Bayern. In: Welt Online. March 5, 2019, accessed March 5, 2019 .
  37. ↑ Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , Hasan Salihamidzic : Statement on the decision of the national coach, Thomas Müller, Mats Hummels and Jérôme Boateng no longer to be considered. fcbayern.com, March 6, 2019, accessed April 28, 2019 .
  38. ↑ Even more criticism of Jogi Löw: "It's almost like prison". gq-magazin.de, March 11, 2019, accessed April 28, 2019 .
  39. ↑ After the Jogi quake - Kovac on possible DFB return of Müller and Hummels: "Will be ready when ..." tz.de , April 20, 2019, accessed on April 28, 2019 .
  40. ↑ Dortmund's Mats Hummels in portrait: Der Spätstarter , Spox.com , accessed on December 12, 2008.
  41. ↑ BVB.de : Mats Hummels ( Memento from October 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  42. ↑ Mats Hummels is the new Unicef ​​godfather , merkur.de , accessed on May 19, 2015.
  43. ↑ BVB star Kagawa is the first district professional to donate one percent of his salary. In: nrz.de. Funke Mediengruppe, October 27, 2017, accessed on October 27, 2017 .
  44. ^ First film role for David Alaba. May 19, 2017, accessed August 24, 2020 .
  45. ↑ Street Pro: Mats Hummels invests in a digital soccer academy . WiWo Gründer.de from May 27, 2019. Retrieved on March 24, 2020.
  46. ↑ Hold the ball flat . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of July 25, 2019.
  47. ↑ https://www.tz.de/sport/fussball/mats-hummels-podcast-lösungen-hack-borussia-dortmund-fc-bayern-muenchen-whatsapp-coronavirus-zr-13716783.html
  48. ↑ Aubameyang puts on the crown , ruhrnachrichten.de, June 3, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Hummels, Mats
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hummels, Mats Julian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergisch Gladbach , Germany