1. Mats Hummels rejoined Bayern in 2016 for an undisclosed fee and was sold back to Dortmund three years later, having won the Bundesliga in all his seasons in Munich.
32 Facts About Mats Hummels
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Mats Hummels has made over 500 total appearances for Dortmund, winning the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal twice as well as finishing runner-up in the UEFA Champions League in 2013 and 2024.
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Mats Hummels is a product of Bayern Munich's youth academy, first entering the club as a six-year-old.
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Mats Hummels signed his first professional contract on 19 December 2006, until 2010.
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In January 2008, Mats Hummels joined Borussia Dortmund, initially on loan.
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Mats Hummels was the regular first-choice centre-back, again paired with Subotic.
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On 3 June 2012, Mats Hummels signed a new contract that will keep him at Dortmund until the summer of 2017.
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Mats Hummels played for Dortmund in the 2016 DFB-Pokal final against Bayern Munich shortly after having confirmed that he would join Bayern for the following season.
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Mats Hummels had asked to be substituted during the game, due to a torn calf muscle.
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On 10 May 2016, it was confirmed that Mats Hummels would re-join Bayern Munich from 1 July, signing a five-year contract.
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On 9 April 2017, Mats Hummels missed the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid after sustaining an ankle injury in training.
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Mats Hummels did not fully recover from the injury and had to play the second leg against Real Madrid as defender.
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Mats Hummels sustained an adductor injury at Bayern's training camp in Doha during the winter break which forced him to miss the league match against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
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Mats Hummels had a difficult spell midway through the season as he lost his starting place for several matches to Niklas Sule.
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Mats Hummels said he had blurred vision before the match but he still decided to play the match.
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Mats Hummels had to be substituted in the second half because of his poor performance.
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On 18 May 2019, Mats Hummels won his fifth Bundesliga title as Bayern finished two points above Dortmund with 78 points.
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On 19 June 2019, Bayern Munich came to an agreement with Borussia Dortmund that would see the 30-year-old Mats Hummels rejoin his former club.
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On 10 April 2024, Mats Hummels played his 500th match for Borussia Dortmund in all competitions against Atletico Madrid during the Champions League quarter-finals.
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Mats Hummels was given the man of the match award in both games against PSG.
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Mats Hummels was eventually named in the Team of the Season in that competition often playing alongside fellow centre-backs Nico Schlotterbeck and former Bayern-teammate Niklas Sule throughout the campaign.
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On 4 September 2024, Mats Hummels left Germany for the first time in his career and signed for Italian club Roma as a free agent on a one-year deal.
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Mats Hummels made his senior team debut in a friendly against Malta on 13 May 2010 in Aachen.
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Mats Hummels went on to play all 450 minutes in Germany's Euro campaign, along with teammates Philipp Lahm, Sami Khedira, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Holger Badstuber, and Manuel Neuer.
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Mats Hummels was named on the 10-man shortlist for FIFA's Golden Ball award for the tournament's best player.
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Mats Hummels was named in Germany's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Mats Hummels was not named in Hansi Flick's 26-man Germany squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
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Beyond his qualities as a defender, Mats Hummels has stood for his leadership, having captained Borussia Dortmund.
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Mats Hummels's father, Hermann Hummels, was a professional footballer and manager.
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Mats Hummels's mother, Ulla Holthoff, was a professional water polo player.
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Mats Hummels's father worked as youth coordinator at Bayern Munich until he was replaced by Stephan Beckenbauer, the son of Franz Beckenbauer, on 30 March 2012.
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Since the end of 2023, Mats Hummels has been in a relationship with German model Nicola Cavanis.