Joachim Löw
- Actor
Löw attended school up to secondary school and then completed training as a wholesale merchant. As a child, he played football in his hometown club "TuS Schönau 1896", later at "FC Schönau", where his talent was recognized and promoted. Joachim Löw entered the Bundesliga as a professional player in the 1980/1981 season as a midfielder for "VfB Stuttgart". In the following season he moved to the Bundesliga club "Eintracht Frankfurt", also in the position of midfielder. In the 1982/83 and 1983/84 seasons, Löw played in the 2nd Bundesliga for "SC Freiburg". After moving to the first division club "Karlsruher SC" in 1984/85, Joachim Löw remained with "SC Freiburg" as a professional player until the end of his career.
His last Bundesliga game was in 1989. As a club player, he played a total of 233 games in which he scored 70 goals. Löw first took on the role of coach in 1992 with the A-youth team of the Swiss club "FC Winterthur". Following an offer from Rolf Fringer, then coach of "VfB Stuttgart", Löw accepted the offered position as assistant coach of "VfB Stuttgart" - a position he held from 1995 to 1996. He was then briefly promoted to interim coach before becoming head coach of "VfB Stuttgart" from September 1996. With VfB, Löw was able to celebrate his greatest sporting successes to date when he won the DFB Cup in 1997 and reached the final round of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1998.
He then went to Turkey for a year and coached the Fenerbahce Istanbul club there. He achieved another triumph in his coaching career with "FC Tirol Innsbruck", with whom he won the Austrian championship in 2002. From August 2004, Joachim Löw served as assistant coach of the German national team. Together with Jürgen Klinsmann and Oliver Bierhoff, he prepared the national team for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. After the German national team won the World Cup on June 30, 2006 with a 5-3 victory. After reaching the semi-finals against Argentina, the team under captain Michael Ballack lost 0-2 goals in extra time against Italy on July 4, 2006.
In the game for third place on July 8th in Stuttgart, the German team won 3-1 against Portugal. The triumph of the 2006 World Cup title went to Italy in the final on July 9th, to which France lost on penalties. After the end of the 2006 World Cup, Jürgen Klinsmann announced that he did not want to extend his contract as national coach. Joachim Löw was then given responsibility as DFB national coach. In the semi-final game of the 2008 European Championship against Turkey, the national team scored 3-2 to advance to the final against Spain. This game ended 0-1 for Spain, who became European champions in 2008.
In the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the team lost 1-0 to Spain. The game for third place against Uruguay ended 3-2 for the DFB team. Federal President Christian Wulff announced that Löw would be awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his achievements. In 2014, Löw led the team to win the FIFA World Cup and received the FIFA Coach of the Year award.
Joachim Löw is married to his wife Daniela.
His last Bundesliga game was in 1989. As a club player, he played a total of 233 games in which he scored 70 goals. Löw first took on the role of coach in 1992 with the A-youth team of the Swiss club "FC Winterthur". Following an offer from Rolf Fringer, then coach of "VfB Stuttgart", Löw accepted the offered position as assistant coach of "VfB Stuttgart" - a position he held from 1995 to 1996. He was then briefly promoted to interim coach before becoming head coach of "VfB Stuttgart" from September 1996. With VfB, Löw was able to celebrate his greatest sporting successes to date when he won the DFB Cup in 1997 and reached the final round of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1998.
He then went to Turkey for a year and coached the Fenerbahce Istanbul club there. He achieved another triumph in his coaching career with "FC Tirol Innsbruck", with whom he won the Austrian championship in 2002. From August 2004, Joachim Löw served as assistant coach of the German national team. Together with Jürgen Klinsmann and Oliver Bierhoff, he prepared the national team for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. After the German national team won the World Cup on June 30, 2006 with a 5-3 victory. After reaching the semi-finals against Argentina, the team under captain Michael Ballack lost 0-2 goals in extra time against Italy on July 4, 2006.
In the game for third place on July 8th in Stuttgart, the German team won 3-1 against Portugal. The triumph of the 2006 World Cup title went to Italy in the final on July 9th, to which France lost on penalties. After the end of the 2006 World Cup, Jürgen Klinsmann announced that he did not want to extend his contract as national coach. Joachim Löw was then given responsibility as DFB national coach. In the semi-final game of the 2008 European Championship against Turkey, the national team scored 3-2 to advance to the final against Spain. This game ended 0-1 for Spain, who became European champions in 2008.
In the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the team lost 1-0 to Spain. The game for third place against Uruguay ended 3-2 for the DFB team. Federal President Christian Wulff announced that Löw would be awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his achievements. In 2014, Löw led the team to win the FIFA World Cup and received the FIFA Coach of the Year award.
Joachim Löw is married to his wife Daniela.
