Matthias Sammer: the career of a German football player and coach

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Matthias Sammer is a German professional ex-football player and coach. Between 2000 and 2005 engaged in coaching. The last time he worked as a sports director of the Bayern Munich club. During his career as a player, he played as a defender and midfielder. He played for such clubs as Dynamo Dresden, Stuttgart, Internazionale and Borussia Dortmund. Also from 1990 to 1997. played in the German national team.

Sammer is the last scorer for the GDR national team (September 12, 1990, friendly match against Belgium (0-2), Sammer scored in the 74th and 89th minutes).

Matthias Sammer: Achievements

Won many titles with various teams during his career. Playing for Dynamo Dresden, he became a two-time winner of the GDR championship (in 1989 and 1990) and the winner of the GDR Cup (1990).

Years spent at Stuttgartwere marked by the first place in the German championship in the 1991/92 season.

Playing for Borussia Dortmund, he became a two-time champion of the German Bundesliga (1995 and 1996), the winner of the Champion League UEFA (season 1996/97) and the owner of the Intercontinental Cup in 1997.

As part of his German national team, he became the European champion in 1996 and vice-champion in 1992. As part of the youth team under 18, he also won the European Championship Cup (1986).

Matthias Sammer: personal achievements as a football player and coach

In the period from 1993 to 1998 he played for Borussia Dortmund. During this time, the footballer played in 115 matches and scored 21 goals against the opponent. A career for the “bumblebees” is significant with several personal awards: two-time holder of the title “Football Player of the Year in Germany” (in 1995 and 1996) and “Football Player of the Year in Europe” (1996). In addition to the above, Matthias Sammer is included in the list of the best football players of the 20th century according to the glossy edition of World Football.

Achievements as a coach are also significant with the "black and yellow". Together with Borussia Dortmund, he became the German champion and UEFA Cup finalist in 2002 and the German League Cup finalist in 2003.

Biography

Matthias Sammer (see photo below) was born on September 5, 1967 in Dresden, East Germany (now Germany). He began his football career at the age of nine with Dynamo Dresden in 1976. He made his debut in the first and main team in the 1985/86 season, when he was the head coach of the club.his father is Klaus Sammer. In his first season, he played as a striker and scored eight goals. In general, he played in the Dynamo Dresden from 1985 to 1990. – Played 102 matches and scored 39 goals.

Playing for Stuttgart

In the summer of 1990, Matthias Sammer joined Stuttgart from the Bundesliga. In his debut season, he managed to score 11 goals at his own expense. In the second season, he scored 9 goals, thereby helping the team take first place in the German national championship. In total, he played 60 matches and scored 20 goals in two seasons with Avtozavodtsy.

Bad period at Internationale (Milan)

Season 1992/93 spent in the Italian Serie A as part of Internazionale. Here he entered the field only eleven times and managed to score four goals. In general, the German midfielder tried out at the club for several months, after which he left, due to the fact that he could not adapt to Italian football.

Career for Borussia Dortmund

In the winter transfer season of the 1992/93 season, Matthias Sammer signed a contract with Borussia Dortmund. In the second part of the season, he played in 17 matches and scored ten goals.

The following season, Sammer was moved from midfield to defense by Bumblebee head coach Ottmar Hitzfeld. This decision turned out to be quite successful, as the Black-and-Yellows' defense began to play better. Thanks to the same reform, Borussia became the German champion in the 1994/95 and 1995/96 seasons and the owner of the UEFA Champions League in 1996/1997 (defeating Juventus in the final with a score of 3-1).

Retirement

After winning the Champions League, Matthias Sammer's career was interrupted by a severe knee injury, which was the reason for the imminent end of his career. The German defender made three more official appearances for the Bumblebees before he retired in 1998.

Coaching

In 2000, he began working as an assistant coach at Borussia Dortmund. In July of the same year, he was accepted as the head coach of the "bumblebees". From 2000 to 2004, he managed to bring the club to the first line of the standings and secure the championship in the German Bundesliga in the 2001/2002 season. Here Sammer brought his team to the 2002 UEFA Cup final, in which Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund lost to Feyenoord 3:2. Between 2004 and 2005 worked as head coach at Stuttgart.