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Thomas Müller isn’t just a footballer: He’s the good mood motor for his teammates and an idol for his fans. A true masterpiece!

FIRST NAME: Thomas
SURNAME: miller
BORN: September 13, 1989, Weilheim in Oberbayern, Bavaria / Germany
STAR SIGN: Virgo
AGE: 33
HEIGHT: 1.86 m
PARTNER: Lisa Müller (married since 2009)

Biography of Thomas Muller

One who set out to teach fear: Thomas Müller was born in Weilheim in Upper Bavaria and kicked a ball for the first time at the age of four at TSV Pähl. He is now one of the top stars in the football world. Top Brazilian talent Neymar said of him: “He’s a great player, I wish him all the success in the world.”

FC Bayern right from the start: from a youngster to a regular player

After his first attempts at dribbling at TSV Pähl, Thomas Müller switched to the FC Bayern youth team in 2000 at the age of just eleven . There he laid the foundation for his mega career: he went through all the youth teams, played in the club’s second team and finally celebrated his Bundesliga debut on August 15, 2008 against Hamburger SV.

Triple, WM, Raumdeuter: Thomas Müller dominates the place

Thomas Müller experienced golden times with his teammates in the truest sense of the word: In the 2012/2013 season he won the Bundesliga, the DFB Cup and the UEFA Champions League with Bastian Schweinsteiger, Manuel Neuer and the rest – that was the first time that a German football club got the big treble. It goes without saying that he was also called up to the national team: on March 3, 2010 he made his debut in a Germany jersey and was in the starting XI against Argentina. In 2014 he crowned his national team career with the World Cup victory in Brazil. The national coach at the time, Joachim Löw praised Thomas as a space interpreter, as a guy who recognizes gaps before they open up: “He is difficult for the opponent to grab and has a nose for where danger for the opponent could arise.” He was also the top scorer in qualifying for the 2016 European Championships, during which he was able to play his first game as team captain.

Health problems: Müller fights against the pain

Despite a few health-related absences, Müller continues to play hard for FC Bayern and leads the national team to success. Whether Corona or back problems, Müller always returns to the pitch. He extended his contract with FC Bayern until 2024 , but will still miss the top Bundesliga game against SC Freiburg in October 2022. The muscular problems can certainly not keep the professional away from the pitch for long.

Wedding at the age of 20: “Lisa is my dream woman”

Thomas Müller laughed off the marriage with in an interview with a local Germany media house in November 2009. His sweetheart is the same age as him, they have two Labradors – Mickey and Murmel – and horses. In public, the striker and the dressage rider and horse breeder seem one thing above all: totally in love. Lisa enthused that the two are happy with each other in an interview with in 2014. There is no need for children because their dogs are like their children. And they have enough of that at the riding stables near Munich that they live in together.

Some interesting facts about Thomas Müller

1. The phrase “It’s mullert again”, which Thomas also uses for his homepage, refers to Gerd Müller, who as the “bomber of the nation” scored masses of goals for FC Bayern in the 1960s and 1970s: 398 in 453 games. The same surname is a coincidence, but Thomas Müller is also considered the top scorer.
2. When he was at school, Thomas was an altar boy in his home town of Pähl in Pfaffenwinkel.
3. He has been committed to the “YoungWings” project since 2010. Children and young people who have lost important people are supported.
4. In the World Cup semi-final against Brazil, Thomas Müller scored the 2000th goal for the German national team.
5. After the 2014 World Cup, Müller was awarded the Silver Ball for the second-best player of the tournament and the Silver Boot for the second-best World Cup goalscorer for his achievements.
6. Hans-Dieter Hermann, the team psychologist of the German national team, emphasized to the ”Berliner Zeitung” that Thomas is not only good at kicking: “Thomas is open and has an integrating effect, even off the field. He puts many in the team with his relaxed , cheerful, positive manner. At the same time he is inquisitive but also sensitive.”
7. Müller about himself: “I like dry humor, situation comedy, I like to put a saying in it when the moment allows it. But I’m not too bad about kidding myself. You can only be really humorous, if you’re okay with yourself.”
8. His motto: The longest journey begins with one step.
9. The footballer’s home was broken into during a Champions League game. The burglars took advantage of the game time and broke into Müller’s house.

Striker Marco Reus wants to play, he wants to win. Sometimes he stumbles and loses traction. But his fans stand by him.

FIRST NAME: Marco
SURNAME: reuse
BORN: May 31, 1989, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany
STAR SIGN:
AGE: 33
HEIGHT: 1.8 m
PARTNER: Scarlett Gartmann (married) Carolin Böhs (2009-2013)
CHILDREN: Daughter (*2019)

Biography of Marco Reus

Marco Reus just doesn’t really want to work out with the big tournaments: First the 2014 World Cup, then the 2016 European Championships and now the 2022 World Cup in Qatar – they all took place without Dortmund. But he can’t be beaten!

A promising start

He and his family just worked too hard for his dream of becoming a football star. Marco’s father Thomas was a locksmith in Dortmund, but he quit his job to support his boy’s professional career wholeheartedly. He summed up his son’s childhood to “Welt”: “Always just football, if necessary also in the apartment.”

The effort has paid off: After his youth at Borussia Dortmund, Marco began his professional career at Rot Weiss Ahlen before moving to Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2009 and returning to his youth club Borussia Dortmund in 2012 . After this move, he developed his full potential and was voted Germany’s “Footballer of the Year 2012” in the same year.

The national team: A sensitive issue

Marco Reus was supposed to play for Germany for the first time against Malta in August 2010, but a hamstring prevented him from doing so and he had to cancel the following games as well. In September 2011, Reus also contracted a pubic arthritis and had to give up playing again – things just didn’t seem to be going well with him and the national team! Until October 7, 2011: That’s when he finally ran onto the pitch for the first time in the European Championship qualifier against Turkey. Then came the big disappointment in 2014: one day before leaving for Brazil, Reus injured his foot and had to miss the tournament – ​​and so unfortunately wasn’t part of the German team’s victory. Teammate Mario GoetzeAfter the award ceremony, he even held up Reus’ jersey to show his solidarity with his missing teammate.
Unfortunately, two years later, things didn’t look any better for Marco Reus at the 2016 European Championship: The footballer was injured again in one of the qualifying games, so he had to miss out on this big tournament as well. Particularly sad: Reus had even been nominated for the squad in advance, but then had to give up.

World Cup hope 2018

Marco Reus has missed the last two major tournaments, but in 2018 he will get a new chance in Russia to bring home the world title. On May 15, 2018, national coach Jogi Löw announced the provisional squad and of course Marco Reus could not be missing. In the end, Reus was there for the DFB disaster, but there was no sign of success here.

New challenges, new injuries

Although Reus is one of the most well-known soccer players in Germany, he is always plagued by new injuries . As the BVB captain, he puts in all his physical effort and injured his foot against Schalke – once again a forced break was required. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough for the World Cup in Qatar, but Borussia Dortmund is counting on the athlete for its “Asia Tour 2022″. So instead of a World Cup, a PR trip is on the agenda. After ten years at BVB, however, Reus’ contract expires at the end of the 2022 season, but how the top athlete will continue is still in the stars. Quitting is definitely not an option: ”I still have good years in my tank and I feel very good. I’m perfectly healthy,” he clarifies.

Girlfriend, driver’s license, Facebook: Marco’s world away from the lawn

But if something should go wrong again, Marco Reus is lucky to have his family who have his back and ground him. The offensive all-rounder grew up with two older sisters, Yvonne and Melanie. Did they make sure he didn’t become a macho? Because Marco Reus is a professional footballer, but he doesn’t surround himself with models and doesn’t boast about women’s stories. From 2009 to 2013, Carolin Böhs was the woman at his side, and the kicker even lived with his girlfriend. And the footballer prefers to keep his relationship with his new better half, Scarlett Gartmann, in the background.There are hardly any joint appearances between the two, instead the footballer and the model prefer to enjoy their togetherness. But every now and then the two lovebirds post photos together on Instagram – to the delight of the fans. In 2019 they announced the good news: the couple got married! Reus also shared the birth of his “little princess” , as he calls her, on Instagram. However, the couple did not reveal the name of their daughter.
Marco Reus is a lot faster and more conspicuous on the road. In December 2014, he made a name for himself with his driving skills: The Borusse was fined 540,000 euros for repeatedly driving without a license! For years he had zipped around without a rag – in the appropriate sports car, of course. Compared to ”Bild” he said about his crime: “It was stupid.” Luckily, his fans didn’t blame him at all – on the contrary: Marco Reus has over 20 million Facebook likes – more than his football colleagues Thomas Müller or Mario Götze.

Interesting facts about Marco Reus

1. The Reus driver’s license scandal (he was caught six times driving without it) was laughed at extensively on the Internet, and the hashtag #RollsReus prevailed on Twitter. In August 2016, the athlete finally succeeded: He passed the driver’s license test and was actually a news topic.
2. Marco Reus’ favorite food is mashed potatoes, red cabbage and goulash.
3. He used to dream of becoming a pilot.
4. He has “Two and a Half Men” on TV.
5. At many games he wears light blue lucky boxer shorts.
6. His sports idols are basketball player Dirk Nowitzki and Czech football player Tomáš Rosický.
7. His mother Manuela worked as an office clerk.
8. In 2012, Marco scored the goal of the month three times: in January, June and September.
9. Today Scarlett Gartmann is happy alongside Marco Reus, but her life wasn’t always so glamorous: the model’s father was at home in the Hagen red-light scene and tragically died of a cocaine overdose.
10. Reus has launched its own vitamin water. 

Joachim “Jogi” Löw has a permanent place in the hearts of all football fans. Not only because of his sporting successes.

FIRST NAME: Joachim
SURNAME: lion
BORN: February 3, 1960, Schönau in the Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg / Germany
STAR SIGN: Aquarius
AGE: 62 (as of 2022)
HEIGHT: 1.81 m
PARTNER: Daniela Löw (separated)

Biography of Joachim Löw

As coach of the German national team , Joachim “Jogi” Löw took the hearts of all football fans by storm. At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, after extra time in the final against Argentina, he led the national team to their fourth world championship title – a summer fairy tale for German football fans!

Soccer field instead of a boring office job

Joachim Löw started his football career as an active player. Even as a small boy, he spent all his free time on the field, but after completing his high school diploma he decided first to train as a wholesale and foreign trade merchant. But his talent was recognized at TuS Schönau and later at FC Schönau. The change to the sports friends Eintracht Freiburg should be the next step on the career ladder.

As a player, Jogi Löw got around a lot

Löw’s professional career began in 1978 in the second Bundesliga at SC Freiburg – a club to which he would always return. For the 1980/81 season, the striker moved to VfB Stuttgart in the first division, where he spent most of his time on the bench rather than on the pitch. His next stop was Eintracht Frankfurt before returning to SC Freiburg. A short trip to Karlsruher SC followed, before he was hired again at SC Freiburg. After four years in the second Bundesliga in Freiburg and a total of 83 goals – to this day he is Freiburg’s record goalscorer – Jogi Löw finally went to Switzerland and played for the clubs FC Schaffhausen and FC Winterthur.

The striker becomes a coach

In Switzerland, Joachim Löw finally switched sides. From now on he was no longer on the football field, but as a coach on the sidelines. After coaching a few small clubs, he went to VfB Stuttgart as the new coach and in the coming years gained further valuable experience as a coach both nationally and internationally at the clubs Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Karlsruher SC , Adanaspor, FC Tirol Innsbruck and Austria Vienna.

Jogi Löw becomes federal jogi

With all this experience under his belt, Joachim Löw took the next, very significant step in his career in 2004. As an assistant to Jürgen Klinsmann , he took over the support of the national team before becoming head coach in 2006. The balance of his successful career: a third place at the 2010 World Cup, a world title at the World Cup in Brazil 2014 and victory in the Confed Cup in Russia 2017.

Lucky in the game, unlucky in relationships

With all the successes that Joachim Löw can celebrate professionally, his marriage fell by the wayside. In 1986 he married his wife Daniela, with whom he had been in a relationship for nine years. Then, in August 2016, the surprising news: The federal lion and his wife have separated. But the two still seem to get along well, because an official divorce is not planned.

The end of an era

And not only privately, but also professionally, the former national coach has to reorient himself. A few months before the 2021 European Championship, Löw announced that he would resign after the tournament. His legendary tenure as coach of the German national team ended after a 15-year tenure with a total of 198 games after the unsuccessful round of 16 match against England on June 29, 2021. Jogi’s successor was former Bayern coach Hansi Flick.

Interesting facts about Joachim Löw

1. Joachim Löw is the first national coach who has never played in a national team.
2. His salary is estimated at 2.7 million to four million euros. In addition, there is income from lucrative advertising deals.
3. Joachim Löw’s brother Markus is also a former professional footballer.
4. Jogi Löw writes history! He won the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia without defeat for the first time in the history of the DFB.