Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick (born 24 February 1965) is a German professional football coach and former player who is the manager of the Germany national team. From August 2006 to July 2014, he was the assistant coach of Germany under manager

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. In August 2020, Flick won the

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as the manager of Bayern Munich, completing the club's second

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. In 2021, he also led the side to a FIFA Club World Cup and another

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title. Alongside Pep Guardiola, he is one of the only two managers to achieve a

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with their team.

Playing career

As a player, he was a midfielder who played 104 matches for Bayern Munich and scored five goals between 1985 and 1990, where he won four

titles as well as one

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title, and played in the 1987 European Cup Final. He later played 44 matches for Köln before retiring from professional football in 1993 due to injuries. His last spell as a footballer was with Victoria Bammental from 1994 until 2000. He never played for the

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, but he made two appearances for the Germany under-18 team, in the group stage of the 1983 UEFA European Under-18 Championship on 15 and 17 May 1983, in a 1–0 win over Sweden and in a 3–1 win over

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, respectively.

Managerial career

Flick's managerial career began in 1996 as a

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of Viktoria Bammental, which was playing in the

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at that time. At the end of the 1998–99 season, the club was relegated to the

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, but Flick remained their coach for one more season.

1899 Hoffenheim

In July 2000, he became a manager of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg side

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, winning the league and gaining promotion to the Regionalliga Süd in his first season at the club. After four unsuccessful attempts to reach the

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, he was released from duties on 19 November 2005.

Red Bull Salzburg (assistant)

Flick then worked briefly as an assistant of

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and

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and sporting coordinator at Red Bull Salzburg. 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 also said that he disagreed with Trapattoni's defence-first approach.

Germany (assistant)

He was named the assistant coach for Germany on 23 August 2006. Although not listed as an officially recognized manager by the

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, due to the sending off of

in the previous game, Flick was technically the German manager for the

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quarter final against

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on 19 June 2008, which ended in a 3–2 win for Germany. After finishing second at the UEFA Euro 2008 and third at the

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, he reached the semi-finals at the

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and won the 2014 FIFA World Cup as assistant coach of Germany. He became sporting director at the German Football Association after the 2014 World Cup until 16 January 2017.

Bayern Munich

On 1 July 2019, he joined Bayern Munich as an assistant coach, under the management of

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. When Kovač left Bayern by mutual consent on 3 November 2019, Flick was promoted to the interim manager position. In his first match in charge, Bayern defeated

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2–0 in the UEFA Champions League group stage on 6 November 2019. After a satisfying spell as interim coach, Bayern announced on 22 December 2019 that Flick would remain manager until the end of season. In April 2020, Bayern Munich gave Flick a new contract lasting until 2023. During the 2019–20 season, Flick successfully guided Bayern to win the

and

, thus completing the continental treble for the second time in the club's history. He was subsequently named

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by sports magazine ''

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'', and also won the

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. The following season, he led Bayern to win the

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against

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. He also led Bayern to win its first ever sextuple after winning

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in February 2021 by defeating Mexican team Tigres. On 17 April 2021, Flick announced that he had told the club he wanted to leave at the end of the season. He voiced his desire to coach the

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, given his previous job as an assistant to present German team manager,

. Flick left Bayern with one of the greatest winning records in modern football history. During his tenure, Bayern lost just seven games and won seven trophies (

twice,

, Champions League, DFL-Supercup,

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). Bayern went undefeated in the 2019–20 Champions League, the first team in European/Champions League history to lift the trophy with a 100 percent win record, and won 23 matches in a row across all competitions between 16 February 2020 and 18 September 2020, a record in German professional football. Flick also coached Bayern to a treble, the second treble in Bayern's history. Flick held one of the highest win rates in football history, winning 83% of his games and helped Bayern average 3.0 goals per game across all competitions. In October 2020, Flick won Europe's Coach of the Year, an award for the best coach in football in the major football leagues of Europe.

Germany

On 25 May 2021, the German Football Association announced that 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

after

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. On 2 September 2021, Flick won his first match 2–0 against

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in a

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match. On 4 June 2022, Germany drew 1–1 with

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in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A; hence, he became the third coach to stay undefeated in his first ten matches, after

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and Josef Derwall. This run would end on 23 September, as Germany lost 1–0 to Hungary in the same competition. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Germany was eliminated in the group stage, as they finished third in their group.

Personal life

Flick is married to Silke Flick. As of 2020, they have been married for over 30 years. They have two children and two grandchildren.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Philipp Lahm lifts the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Player

Bayern Munich *

: 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90 *

: 1985–86 * DFB-Supercup: 1987 * European Cup runner-up: 1986–87 1. FC Köln *DFB-Pokal runner-up:

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Managerial

Germany (as assistant manager) *

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; third place: 2010 *

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runner-up:

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; third place:

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TSG 1899 Hoffenheim *

: 2000–01 Bayern Munich *Bundesliga: 2019–20,

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*DFB-Pokal: 2019–20 *DFL-Supercup:

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: 2019–20 *

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* FIFA Club World Cup:

Individual * UEFA Men's Coach of the Year: 2019–20 * IFFHS World's Best Club Coach: 2020; third place 2021 * World Soccer Men's Manager of the Year 2020 * Globe Soccer Best Coach of the Year: 2020 *

: 2020 * VDV Bundesliga Coach of the Season: 2019–20

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Flick, Hansi 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Heidelberg Footballers from Baden-Württemberg Association football midfielders German footballers West German footballers Germany youth international footballers SV Sandhausen players FC Bayern Munich footballers 1. FC Köln players Bundesliga players Oberliga (football) players German football managers Association football coaches Association football player-managers TSG 1899 Hoffenheim managers FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff FC Bayern Munich managers Germany national football team managers Bundesliga managers UEFA Champions League winning managers German expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 2022 FIFA World Cup managers