Joachim Löw

Joachim Löw was born on February 3, 1960 in Schönau in the Black Forest. There he played for the two local clubs TuS 1896 and FC, then switched to local rivals SC via Sportfreunde Eintracht Freiburg, where his professional career began in 1978. To date, Löw is the second division record scorer of the SCF (81 goals), for which he is active in a total of three periods. In between he is in the Bundesliga at VfB Stuttgart (1980/81), Eintracht Frankfurt (1981/82) and Karlsruher SC (1984/85). His Bundesliga record: 52 games and 7 goals.

After the end of his career in 1995, he became assistant coach at VfB Stuttgart and took over responsibility after Rolf Fringer's resignation. He won the DFB Cup in 1997 and reached the European Cup final in 1998 as a farewell. Further stations: Fenerbahce Istanbul, Karlsruher SC, Adanaspor, Wacker Innsbruck (2002 champion), Austria Vienna. Since 2004 he has been in charge of the national team, initially as an assistant at Jürgen Klinsmann's side, and since August 1, 2006 as head coach.

At the EM 2008 Löw's team reached the final, at the World Cup 2010 the team took third place. After a flawless qualification with ten wins from ten games, the hoped-for title at the Euro 2012 in Poland and the Ukraine is missing. The DFB team fails in the semi-finals against Italy. Löw doesn't let himself be dissuaded from his path. And he's rewarded. At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, he leads the national team to their fourth title win. Three years later he competed as world champion at the Confederations Cup in Russia with a young perspective team - and won the title without defeat for the first time in the history of the DFB.