Matthias Hamann (born 10 February 1968, in

Waldsassen Waldsassen ( Northern Bavarian: ''Woidsassen'') is a town in the district of Tirschenreuth in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria. Geography Waldsassen is the northernmost municipality of the Upper Palatinate region. In the northeast, it border ...

) is a German

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and former player. He is the brother of

Dietmar Hamann Dietmar Johann Wolfgang "Didi" Hamann (; born 27 August 1973) is a German professional football coach, former player and media personality. Throughout his career, he has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool and Manchester City ...

. Hamann made 59 appearances in the

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during his playing career. Hamann worked as a scout as part of the staff for head coach

Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann (, born 30 July 1964) is a German professional football manager and former player. Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe including VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur, and Bayern Munich. He ...

on the

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until Klinsmann was fired in November 2016. He now works as scout for Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt.

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* 1968 births Living people People from Tirschenreuth (district) Sportspeople from the Upper Palatinate German footballers Footballers from Bavaria Association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players SC Fortuna Köln players SpVgg Unterhaching players SV Eintracht Trier 05 players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players TSV 1860 Munich players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Tennis Borussia Berlin players Rot Weiss Ahlen players LASK players German football managers KSV Hessen Kassel managers LASK managers German expatriate footballers German expatriate football managers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Austria Expatriate football managers in Austria {{Germany-footy-defender-1960s-stub