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German footballer Juergen Klinsmann, wearing jersey number 18, prepares to kick the ball during a match, with the field and blurred spectators in the background.
Jürgen Klinsmann German footballer Jürgen Klinsmann kicking the ball toward the Croatian goal during the 1998 World Cup quarterfinals, Lyon, France, July 4, 1998.

Jürgen Klinsmann

German football (soccer) player and coach
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Jürgen Klinsmann (born July 30, 1964, Göppingen, West Germany) is a German football (soccer) player and coach who helped West Germany win the 1990 World Cup and was twice named his country’s Footballer of the Year. A prolific goal scorer as a young boy, Klinsmann joined the youth side of the lower-division Stuttgarter Kickers club at age 14 and made his debut on the club’s professional side at 17. He joined the Bundesliga (Germany’s top...

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