31 Facts About Joachim Low

1.

Joachim Low was born on 3 February 1960 and is a German football coach and former player.

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Joachim Low was the manager of the Germany national team from 2006 until 2021.

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In March 2021, Low announced that he would resign from his position after Euro 2020.

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4.

Joachim Low returned to the club twice and held the club's overall goal scoring record until 2020, when Nils Petersen surpassed him.

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In 1980, Joachim Low joined VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, but he had difficulties establishing himself in the starting lineup and played only four matches.

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6.

Joachim Low concluded his career in Switzerland, where he played for FC Schaffhausen and FC Winterthur.

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7.

Joachim Low played four times for the West Germany national under-21 team.

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8.

Joachim Low started his coaching career as a youth coach for FC Winterthur while he was still active as a player.

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Joachim Low eventually became the permanent manager and was at the club until 21 May 1998.

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10.

Joachim Low finished with a record of 46 wins, 20 draws and 23 losses.

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11.

Joachim Low became manager of Karlsruher SC on 25 October 1999.

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12.

Joachim Low was manager until 19 April 2000, finishing with a record of one win, seven draws and ten losses.

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13.

Joachim Low returned to Turkey as manager of Adanaspor from 20 December 2000 to 2 March 2001.

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14.

Joachim Low finished with a record of 11 wins, five draws and nine losses.

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15.

Joachim Low was with Austria Wien from 1 July 2003 to 24 March 2004.

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16.

Joachim Low left the club on 24 March 2004; Austria Wien were in first place at the time of his departure.

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17.

Klinsmann and Joachim Low had met years earlier at a coaching school and both shared a philosophy focused on attacking football.

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18.

Klinsmann and Joachim Low's new attacking philosophy saw Germany score the most goals of any team in the tournament.

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19.

Joachim Low obtained a contract for two years and announced that he wanted to continue in the philosophy developed with Klinsmann to play with an offensive style.

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20.

Joachim Low was particularly concerned with the amount of time his players hold on to the ball before passing.

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21.

Joachim Low had a successful start in qualifying for Euro 2008 with wins over the Republic of Ireland and San Marino.

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22.

Joachim Low had given Robert Enke and Patrick Helmes their debuts.

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23.

When qualification for Euro 2008 was ensured, Joachim Low's record stood at 11 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw from 13 matches and a 41:6 goal difference.

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24.

Later Joachim Low declared that he had put seven different scenarios with his assistant Hansi Flick in order to contain Portugal.

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25.

Joachim Low led Germany to their fourth World Cup title win with a Mario Gotze goal in the 112th minute to get Die Mannschaft the victory in extra time against Argentina in the final.

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26.

Joachim Low decided to stay on as national team coach despite the group stage exit from the World Cup.

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27.

On 9 March 2021, Joachim Low announced that he would step down from his role as Germany manager following Euro 2020.

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28.

Joachim Low was replaced by his former assistant manager, Hansi Flick.

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29.

Joachim Low is Roman Catholic and was an altar boy in his early life.

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30.

Joachim Low has been married to Daniela since 1986; they have no children.

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31.

Joachim Low has lost his driver's licence twice, once in 2006 and once in 2014 because of excessive speed and using a mobile phone while driving.

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