Julian Nagelsmann, new coach of Germany. RONALD WITTEK (EFE)
Former Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann is the new German soccer coach, the German FA confirmed on Friday, after local media announced the name of outgoing coach Hansi Flick’s successor this week. Nagelsmann, 36, signed the contract this Friday at the German Federal Campus (DFB) in Frankfurt and committed to holding the position until July 31, 2024.
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The former Bayern coach will be the twelfth coach in the history of the German national team. Nagelsmann will take over the leadership of the German team after Flick resigns from his position on September 10th. Two days later, Rudi Völler and the two DFB coaches Hannes Wolf and Sandro Wagner led the national team to a 2-1 home win against runner-up France in Dortmund.
The DFB announced that Wagner “will continue to support Nagelsmann as an assistant in the future and Benjamin Glück will be the national team’s other assistant coach.” The 37-year-old has already worked at TSG Hoffenheim, RB Leipzig and most recently at FC Bayern Munich as an assistant coach in Julian Nagelsmann’s team. They led Hoffenheim and Leipzig into the Champions League and won the German championship with FC Bayern in 2022.
Nagelsmann himself recalled in statements published on the DFB website that the team had a European Championship in their own country and “that is something special, something that happens every few decades.” “I subordinate everything to the fact, a great one “To host a tournament in a great country,” he said. DFB President Bernd Neuendorf, for his part, said when announcing Nagelsmann’s appointment that “next year’s European Championship is of enormous importance for all of German football.” “We are convinced that Julian Nagelsmann as national coach will ensure that the national team inspires its fans and that the European Championship will also be a sporting success.”
“Julian Nagelsmann is an excellent trainer who approaches his new task with the greatest motivation. Now we will all concentrate on the tournament next summer and support Julian Nagelsmann as best we can,” added Neuendorf. In October, Nagelsmann is scheduled to travel with the national team to the USA, where they will play against the hosts of the next World Cup. After the opener against the USA on October 14th, Germany will face Gold Cup winners Mexico on October 17th in Philadelphia. On November 21st, the German team will face Austria in Vienna in the last international match before the start of the European Championship year.
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