Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick was born on 24 February 1965 and is a German professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of the Germany national team.
17 Facts About Hansi Flick
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Hansi Flick took charge of the Germany national team in 2021, replacing Low.
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Hansi Flick is regarded as one of the best managers in the world.
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Hansi Flick later played 44 matches for Koln before retiring from professional football in 1993 due to injuries.
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Hansi Flick's last spell as a footballer was with Victoria Bammental from 1994 until 2000.
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Hansi Flick then worked briefly as an assistant of Giovanni Trapattoni and Lothar Matthaus and sporting coordinator at Red Bull Salzburg.
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Hansi Flick stated that his work under Trapattoni, one of the world's most renowned managers, taught him many things, especially on tactics and in developing relations with players, but said that he disagreed with Trapattoni's defence-first approach.
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Hansi Flick was named the assistant coach for Germany on 23 August 2006.
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Hansi Flick became sporting director at the German Football Association after the 2014 World Cup until 16 January 2017.
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When Kovac left Bayern by mutual consent on 3 November 2019, Hansi Flick was promoted to the interim manager position.
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Hansi Flick was named German Football Manager of the Year by sports magazine kicker, and won the UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award.
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On 17 April 2021, Hansi Flick announced that he had told the club he wanted to leave at the end of the season.
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Hansi Flick voiced his desire to coach the Germany national team, given his previous job as an assistant to present German team manager, Joachim Low.
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Hansi Flick left Bayern with one of the greatest winning records in modern football history.
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Hansi Flick coached Bayern to a treble, the second treble in Bayern's history.
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In October 2020, Hansi Flick won Europe's Coach of the Year, an award for the best coach in football in the major football leagues of Europe.
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On 25 May 2021, the German Football Association announced that Hansi Flick signed a three-year contract from 1 August 2021 to serve as the manager of the Germany national team, and he replaced his former boss Joachim Low after UEFA Euro 2020.