Hans-Dieter Flick

Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick (born 24 February 1965) is a German professional football coach and former player who is the current coach of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. From August 2006 to July 2014, he was the assistant coach of the Germany national team under manager Joachim Löw. In August 2020, Flick won the UEFA Champions League as the manager of Bayern, completing the club's second continental treble.

Hans-Dieter Flick
Flick in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-02-24) 24 February 1965
Place of birth Heidelberg, West Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bayern Munich (manager)
Youth career
1971–1976 BSC Mückenloch
1976–1981 SpVgg Neckargemünd
1981–1983 SV Sandhausen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 SV Sandhausen
1985–1990 Bayern Munich 104 (5)
1990–1993 1. FC Köln 44 (1)
1994–2000 Victoria Bammental
National team
1983 Germany U18 2 (0)
Teams managed
1996–2000 Victoria Bammental
2000–2005 1899 Hoffenheim
2006 Red Bull Salzburg (assistant)
2006–2014 Germany (assistant)
2019 Bayern Munich (assistant)
2019– Bayern Munich
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

As a player, he was a midfielder who played 104 matches for Bayern Munich and scored five goals between 1985 and 1990.[1] 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 Germany national football team, 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 Bulgaria, respectively.

Managerial career
Flick at a press conference in 2006

Flick's managerial career began in 1996 as a player-manager of Viktoria Bammental, which was playing in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg at that time. At the end of the 1998/99 season, the club was relegated to the Verbandsliga Baden, but Flick remained their coach for one more season. In July 2000, he became a manager of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg side 1899 Hoffenheim, winning the league and gaining promotion to the Regionalliga Süd in his first season at the club. After four unsuccessful attempts to reach the 2. Bundesliga, he was released from duties on 19 November 2005.[2][3]

Flick then worked briefly as an assistant of Giovanni Trapattoni and Lothar Matthäus and sporting coordinator at Red Bull Salzburg.[2] 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.[4]

He was named the assistant coach for Germany on 23 August 2006. Although not listed as an officially recognized manager by the DFB, due to the sending off of Joachim Löw in the previous game, Flick was technically the German manager for the UEFA Euro 2008 quarter final against Portugal 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 2010 FIFA World Cup, he reached the semi-finals at the UEFA Euro 2012 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.[5][6]

On 1 July 2019, he joined Bayern Munich as an assistant coach, under the management of Niko Kovač.[7] When Kovač left Bayern by mutual consent on 3 November 2019, Flick was promoted to the interim manager position.[8][9] In his first match in charge, Bayern defeated Olympiacos 2–0 in the UEFA Champions League group stage on 6 November 2019.[10] After a satisfying spell as interim coach, Bayern announced on 22 December 2019 that Flick will remain manager until the end of season.[11]

In April 2020, Bayern Munich gave Flick a new contract lasting until 2023.[12]

Flick successfully guided Bayern to win the 2019–20 Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League, thus completing the continental treble for the second time in the club's history.[13] He was subsequently named German Football Manager of the Year by sports magazine kicker,[14] and also won the UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award.[15] The following season, he led Bayern to win the 2020 UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla.[16]

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.[17][18]

Managerial statistics
As of match updated 30 January 2021
TeamFromToRecord
MWDLGFGAGDWin %Ref.
Victoria Bammental[lower-alpha 1]1 July 199630 June 2000 122 44 33 45 205 218 −13 036.07 [19][20][21][22]
1899 Hoffenheim[lower-alpha 1]1 July 200019 November 2005 196 88 46 62 345 263 +82 044.90 [23][24][25][26][27][28]
Bayern Munich3 November 2019Present 65 55 6 4 201 62 +139 084.62 [29][30]
Total 383 187 85 111 751 543 +208 048.83 —
  1. Statistics do not include regional cup competitions.

Honours
Flick (far left) celebrates the 2014 FIFA World Cup win

Player

Bayern Munich

1. FC Köln

Managerial

Germany (as assistant manager)

Bayern Munich

Individual

References
  1. "Flick, Hans-Dieter". kicker.de (in German). Nuremberg: kicker. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  2. "Flick als Co-Trainer der DFB-Auswahl vorgestellt – Köpke verlängert bis 2008" [Flick introduced as assistant coach of the DFB national team – Köpke extends until 2008]. dfb.de (in German). Frankfurt: DFB. 24 August 2006. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. "Retortenclub: DFB genehmigt Hoffenheimer Fußballfusion" [Retort Club: DFB approved Hoffenheim football fusion]. Spiegel Online (in German). Hamburg. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  4. "Interview Hansi Flick". Rund-Magazin.de (in German). January 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  5. "DFB stimmt Wunsch von Flick nach Vertragsauflösung zu" [DFB agrees to Flick's request for contract termination]. dfb.de (in German). Frankfurt: DFB. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  6. "Hans-Dieter Flick steps down as German Football Association sporting director". football.co.uk. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  7. "Hansi Flick interviewed: 'A top job and a club that's very close to my heart'". fcbayern.com. Bayern Munich. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  8. "FC Bayern and head coach Niko Kovac part company". fcbayern.com. Bayern Munich. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  9. "Bayern München trennt sich von Trainer Kovac" [Bayern Munich separates from coach Kovac]. kicker.de (in German). Nuremberg: kicker. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  10. "Robert Lewandowski on target again as Bayern Munich down Olympiacos to reach UEFA Champions League last 16". bundesliga.com. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  11. "Flick to remain FC Bayern head coach until end of season". fcbayern.com. Bayern Munich. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  12. "Bayern gives coach Hansi Flick permanent deal through 2023". usatoday.com. 3 April 2020.
  13. "Bayern beat PSG to win Champions League". BBC Sport. 23 August 2020.
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