 Nagelsmann in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julian Nagelsmann[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Landsberg am Lech, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Germany (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1999 | FC Issing | ||
| 1999–2002 | FC Augsburg | ||
| 2002–2006 | 1860 Munich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | 1860 Munich II | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | FC Augsburg | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 0 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2019 | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| 2019–2021 | RB Leipzig | ||
| 2021–2023 | Bayern Munich | ||
| 2023– | Germany | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Julian Nagelsmann (born 23 July 1987) is a German professionalfootball coach who is currently the manager of theGermany national team. He has previously managedTSG Hoffenheim,RB Leipzig andBayern Munich in theBundesliga.
Born inBavaria, Nagelsmann retired as a footballer at age 20 after a succession of injuries. In 2010, he began his coaching career as a youth coach at TSG Hoffenheim, eventually coaching their first team in 2015, where he led them to a third-place finish in theBundesliga andChampions League qualification. He departed Hoffenheim in 2019 and was appointed at fellow Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League in 2020.
Nagelsmann was appointed by Bayern Munich in 2021 for a world record managerial transfer worth €25 million (£21.7 million), making him themost expensive manager ever. He won theBundesliga title in his debut season, but was dismissed as manager from the club in March 2023.
In September 2023, he was appointed as the coach of the Germany national team.
Nagelsmann was born on 23 July 1987 inLandsberg am Lech,Bavaria. He played forFC Augsburg and1860 Munich at youth level,[3][4] and was thecaptain of Munich's U19 team.[5] In the 2006–07 season, he was part of the second team but made no appearances due to injuries. Nagelsmann returned to Augsburg for the 2007–08 season coached byThomas Tuchel, but injured his knee and meniscus for the second time, damaging the cartilage.[6] As a result, he decided to end his footballing career at the age of 20.[3][4] He had already assisted his head coach Thomas Tuchel as a scout in the first half of 2008. He studied business administration in university for four semesters until he transferred to sports science.[4] He then concentrated on coaching, returning to his former club 1860 Munich as an assistant toAlexander Schmidt for Munich's U17 team from 2008 to 2010.[3]
Nagelsmann joinedTSG Hoffenheim's youth academy in 2010 and coached different youth teams in the following years.[4] He was an assistant coach during Hoffenheim's2012–13 season, and up until 11 February 2016, was coaching the club's U19 team.[3] He coached Hoffenheim's U19 "junior team" to win the2013–14 Under 19 Bundesliga title.[3] During his time as assistant coach, goalkeeperTim Wiese nicknamed Nagelsmann "Mini-Mourinho".[7]
Nagelsmann was appointed head coach of TSG Hoffenheim on 27 October 2015. He was due to begin his tenure at the beginning of the2016–17 season.[3][8] He was given a three-year contract.[3] At the time of his appointment, Nagelsmann was 28, and the youngest coach in Bundesliga history.[4][8] He was to be the successor forHuub Stevens, who had replacedMarkus Gisdol the previous year.[3] On 10 February 2016, Stevens resigned as head coach due to health problems, and Nagelsmann's tenure as head coach was brought forward by the Hoffenheim board a day later.[9]
When Nagelsmann took over the club in February 2016, Hoffenheim were 17th in the table, 7 points from the safety of 15th spot and facing relegation.[6] Under Nagelsmann they avoided relegation by winning 7 of their remaining 14 matches and finished a point above the relegation playoff spot.[6]
Hoffenheim's good run of play continued in the2016–17 Bundesliga season, where they finished 4th in the table and qualified for theUEFA Champions League qualifying phase for the first time in their history.[10]
On 9 June 2017, Hoffenheim extended the contract of Nagelsmann until 2021.[11] In the Champions League play-off round, Hoffenheim lost toLiverpool 6–3 on aggregate, then finished last in theirEuropa League group with only one win againstİstanbul Başakşehir. After finishing third inBundesliga, the club which had their best place in the league in their history managed to secure a direct qualification for the next Champions League season.
In theChampions League, Nagelsmann became the youngest coach, aged 31 years and 58 days, to feature in the competition, doing so in the first group stage match againstShakhtar Donetsk.[12] However, Hoffenheim finished last in their group with three draws and three defeats.
On 21 June 2018, Hoffenheim announced that Nagelsmann would be leaving the club at the end of the2018–19 season.[13][14] He oversaw his 100th league game as Hoffenheim coach on 19 January 2019, in a 3–1 defeat toBayern Munich. In doing so, he became the youngest Bundesliga coach to reach the 100 match milestone.[15]
On 21 June 2018,RB Leipzig announced that Nagelsmann would be their coach from the2019–20 season and he signed a four-year contract which would expire in 2023.[13][14]
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Nagelsmann won his first Bundesliga match as RB Leipzig coach againstUnion Berlin 4–0,[16] he also led Leipzig to a 1–1 draw against Bayern Munich.[17]
On 17 September 2019, Nagelsmann became the youngest coach, aged 32 years and 56 days, to win a Champions League match, doing so in a 2–1 away win againstBenfica in the first group stage match. On match-day 10, Leipzig won againstMainz 8–0. Nagelsmann faced his former club Hoffenheim on match-day 14 and won 3–1 against them.[18]
After finishing top of their group, RB Leipzig reached theChampions League knockout phase for the first time in their history. On 10 March 2020, following Leipzig's 4–0 win againstJosé Mourinho'sTottenham Hotspur, Nagelsmann became the youngest coach ever to win a UEFA Champions League knockout tie.[19] On 13 August, RB Leipzig defeated Spanish sideAtlético Madrid 2–1 in the quarter-finals, making Nagelsmann the youngest coach to ever progress to the Champions League semi-finals.[20][21]
On 18 August, RB Leipzig played againstParis Saint-Germain in the Champions League semi-finals, where Nagelsmann faced his former boss during his time at Augsburg, Thomas Tuchel. However, RB Leipzig lost 3–0 to Paris Saint-Germain.[22]
In the 2020–21 season, RB Leipzig reached the round of 16 in theChampions League to be eliminated by Liverpool, finished second in the Bundesliga and lost theDFB-Pokal Final 4–1 againstBorussia Dortmund.[23]
On 27 April 2021, Bayern Munich appointed Nagelsmann as head coach on a five-year deal, effective from 1 July 2021, replacingHansi Flick for aworld record managerial transfer fee of €25 million.[24][25][26]
Nagelsmann's first competitive match was a 1–1 draw againstBorussia Mönchengladbach in theBundesliga.[27] In Nagelsmann's first win with Bayern, he won his first title as a coach in Bayern's 3–1 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the2021 DFL-Supercup.[28][29]
On 24 August 2021, Nagelsmann led Bayern to a 12–0 victory againstBremer SV during the first round of the2021–22 DFB-Pokal.[30] The scoreline was their biggest win in 24 years, since their 16–1 victory againstDJK Waldberg in the DFB Cup in August 1997.[30][31]
On 12 April 2022, Nagelsmann and his team were knocked out of theUEFA Champions League quarter-finals, 2–1 on aggregate byVillarreal,[32] and on 23 April, he won his second title, his first Bundesliga title, with three matches to spare.[33]
On 30 July 2022, Nagelsmann won his secondDFL-Supercup title after a 5–3 win over his former club RB Leipzig.[34] Later on, he managed to win all group stage matches in theChampions League for the second consecutive season, beating top clubs such asBarcelona andInter Milan, to reach 14 consecutive victories in that round, 12 wins with Bayern and 2 with RB Leipzig; hence, equalling a record previously held byLouis van Gaal.[35] In the Champions League round of 16, Nagelsmann led Bayern to defeat Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 on aggregate.[36]
On 24 March 2023, during the international break after a 2–1 defeat againstBayer Leverkusen, Nagelsmann, who was on a skiing holiday in Austria,[37] was sacked by Bayern, with the club one point behind Dortmund in theleague, and was replaced by his former Augsburg coach Thomas Tuchel.[38] The decision was taken by Bayern CEOOliver Kahn and sporting directorHasan Salihamidžić in consultation with club presidentHerbert Hainer.[39] Kahn mentioned that fluctuations in performance following theWorld Cup prompted the decision, taking into consideration the objectives set for the current season and beyond.[39] The sack came ahead ofDer Klassiker encounter against Dortmund in Bundesliga,DFB-Pokal quarter-final match againstFreiburg, and Champions League quarter-final fixtures againstManchester City.[40]
Nagelsmann ended his tenure at Bayern with a 71.4% win rate, with onlyPep Guardiola, Hansi Flick andCarlo Ancelotti averaging more Bundesliga points than him.[41]
On 22 September 2023, Nagelsmann was appointed as the new head coach of theGermany national team ahead ofEuro 2024, which Germany was set to host, replacingHansi Flick and signing a contract until 31 July 2024. He became Germany's second-youngest coach at 36 years old, only behindOtto Nerz, who was 34 when hired in 1926.[42] In April 2024, Nagelsmann extended his contract until the2026 FIFA World Cup.[43] In their European Championship group, Germany were paired withHungary,Scotland, andSwitzerland.[44] In the opening match of the Euro 2024, on 14 June, he became theyoungest to ever coach in the UEFA European Championship final tournament, aged just 36 years and 327 days.[45] With 5–1 and 2–0 wins over Scotland and Hungary respectively,[46] Germany progressed to the Round of 16, where they facedDenmark. Germany won 2–0,[47] facing eventual championsSpain in the quarter finals. Germany lost 1–2 inextra time to a 119th minute goal.[48]
Subsequently, he guided his team to secure a spot in the2025 UEFA Nations League Finals, finishing first in their group.[49] In January 2025, Nagelsmann extended his contract untilUEFA Euro 2028.[50]
Nagelsmann is known for his versatility with formations, maintaining possession, and implementinggegenpressing, whereby the team, after losing possession, immediately attempts to win back possession, rather than falling back to regroup. He was considered to be one of the best young managers in world football in 2021.[21][51][52]
When he was just 20, Nagelsmann lost his father tosuicide. Nagelsmann's father worked for theForeign Intelligence Service of Germany in a position unknown to his family.[53]
Nagelsmann married his childhood sweetheart Verena,[54] with whom he has two children, in 2018.[5] The couple split in 2023, when it was revealed he was in a relationship with Lena Wurzenberger, a 30-year-old sports reporter for Germany's biggest newspaper,Bild.[55] In March 2023, Wurzenberger resigned from her work atBild, following Nagelsmann's dismissal from his job at Bayern.[56]
Nagelsmann played ice hockey forEV Landsberg for three years, and SV Apfeldorf during his time at Augsburg.[57] He enjoys mountain biking, skiing,[5] and skateboarding.[58] He is avegetarian.[59]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| TSG Hoffenheim | 11 February 2016[3][9] | 30 June 2019[14] | 136 | 55 | 43 | 38 | 040.44 | [60] |
| RB Leipzig | 1 July 2019[14] | 30 June 2021[25][24] | 95 | 54 | 22 | 19 | 056.84 | |
| Bayern Munich | 1 July 2021 | 24 March 2023[39] | 84 | 60 | 14 | 10 | 071.43 | [27] |
| Germany | 22 September 2023 | present | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 058.62 | |
| Total | 344 | 186 | 85 | 73 | 054.07 | |||
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