Mats Julian Hummels ( have a bun in the oven 16 December 1988 ) is a german professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga baseball club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team. He came through the Bayern Munich youth academy before joining Borussia Dortmund on lend in January 2008 and formally signing for Dortmund in February 2009 for €4 million. His honor at the clubhouse include two league titles and finishing as runner up in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. In May 2016, Hummels signed a contract with early side Bayern, which took effect on 1 July 2016. [ 4 ]
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Hummels has been a full international since 2010, earning over 70 caps to date and representing Germany at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups, and at UEFA Euro 2012, 2016 and 2020 .
Club career [edit ]
Bayern Munich : young person, and 2006–2008 [edit ]
Hummels is a product of Bayern Munich ‘s youth academy, first entering the clubhouse as a six-year-old. He signed his first professional abridge on 19 December 2006, until 2010. On 19 May 2007, in the season ‘s final match, he played his first Bundesliga match with the first team in a 5–2 home route of 1. FSV Mainz 05. He besides played for the reserve team. [ 5 ] He played in one peer during the 2005–06 season, [ 6 ] 31 matches during the 2006–07 season, [ 5 ] and 10 matches during the 2007–08 season. [ 5 ]
Borussia Dortmund : 2008–2016 [edit ]
In January 2008, Hummels joined Borussia Dortmund, initially on loan. He finished the 2007–08 season with 16 matches played. [ 5 ] During his first full season, he promptly established himself as first-choice, as he frequently partnered newly signed Neven Subotić, but besides missed a bang-up partially of its final examination months due to injury. In February 2009, he was in full signed to the baseball club [ 7 ] for a fee of €4 million. [ 8 ] He finished the 2008–09 temper with a goal in 14 matches played. [ 9 ] During the follow season, Hummels scored five goals in 33 matches played. [ 10 ]
The 2010–11 season brought increase achiever for Hummels. He was the regular first-choice centre-back, again paired with Subotić. The duet helped Dortmund to the best defensive criminal record in the Bundesliga, as the team won the league title. Hummels ‘ performances that season displayed great timbre in tackling, positioning, passing and composure. [ 11 ] He attracted praise from pundits and coaches alike, and he was considered one of the best defenders in the Bundesliga, and in Europe. Hummels finished the 2010–11 temper with six goals in 42 matches played. [ 12 ] Hummels won the Bundesliga for a irregular time in 2011–12 as Dortmund set a Bundesliga record with the most points in a Bundesliga season with 81 points. Hummels scored a finish in Dortmund ‘s 5–2 acquire against Bayern in the 2012 DFB-Pokal Final as the team completed the league and cup double. On 3 June 2012, Hummels signed a new shrink that will keep him at Dortmund until the summer of 2017. [ 13 ] On 25 May 2013, Hummels was in the Borussia Dortmund line-up that was defeated 2–1 by Bayern Munich at Wembley Stadium, London, in the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final. [ 14 ] On 27 July 2013, Hummels was in the Borussia Dortmund line-up that won 4–2 against Bayern Munich at BVB ‘s Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, in the 2013 DFL-Supercup. [ 15 ] Hummels finished his Borussia Dortmund career with two goals in 32 matches played in the 2014–15 temper [ 16 ] and three goals in 50 matches played during the 2015–16 season. [ 17 ]
fall to Bayern Munich [edit ]
2016–17 temper [edit ]
On 10 May 2016, it was confirmed that Hummels would re-join Bayern Munich from 1 July 2016, signing a five-year abridge. [ 18 ] He made his 2016 debut for Bayern on 14 August 2016 in the german Super Cup concluding, against his erstwhile team and winning 2–0. [ 19 ] On 20 August, Hummels scored his first goal for the club in a 5–0 victory over Carl Zeiss Jena during the DFB-Pokal match. [ 20 ] On 26 November, Hummels scored his first league goal for the clubhouse in a 2–1 succeed over Bayer Leverkusen. [ 21 ] On 24 September, Hummels suffered stifle injury in his properly stifle just before half time and was subbed off in a 1–0 victory over Hamburger SV. [ 22 ] He made his comeback as a stand-in in the second half in a 1–0 defeat to Atlético Madrid on 29 September. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] On 11 March 2017, Hummels made a worldly concern class goal-saving tackle on Eintracht Frankfurt ‘s Branimir Hrgota by making an perplex discharge towards him and denied him to score from a clear luck. [ 25 ] On 9 April, Hummels missed the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid after sustaining an ankle wound in train. [ 26 ] On 19 April, he did not amply recover from the wound and had to play the second peg against Real Madrid as defender Javi Martínez was shown red card in the inaugural leg and there was no more backing player in centre-back position, but the match ended 4–2 defeat for his side as they got knocked out from the rival. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] On 26 April, Hummels scored a goal against his early club Borussia Dortmund in a 2–3 loss in the DFB-Pokal semi-final. [ 29 ] He finished the 2016–17 season with three goals and two assists in his forty-one matches. [ 30 ] Hummels finished the 2016–17 season with three goals in 42 matches played. [ 19 ] [ 31 ]
2017–18 season [edit ]
On 5 August 2017, Hummels started the season in fashion by defeating Borussia Dortmund to win the DFL-Supercup in the penalty-shootout as the match ended 2–2 after excess time. [ 32 ] He scored his first finish of the temper in a 5–0 victory over Chemnitzer FC in the DFB-Pokal on 12 August. [ 33 ] On 1 October, Hummels scored a goal in a 2–2 draw over Hertha BSC. [ 34 ] On 18 October, he scored his first Champions League goal for the golf club in a 3–0 victory over Celtic. [ 35 ] Hummels sustained an adductor injury at Bayern ‘s train camp in Doha during the winter break which forced him to miss the league match against Bayer Leverkusen. [ 36 ] On 2 February, Hummels played his inaugural match of the year after recovering from the injury in a 2–0 victory over Mainz 05. [ 37 ] On 31 March, he made his fiftieth league appearance for Bayern Munich in a 6–0 victory over Borussia Dortmund. [ 38 ] On 28 April, Hummels captained his side for the first prison term in a 4–1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. [ 39 ] He finished the season with scoring three goals and provided one serve in his forty appearances. [ 40 ] Hummels finished the 2017–18 season with three goals in 41 matches played. [ 32 ] [ 41 ]
2018–19 temper [edit ]
Hummels started the 2018–19 temper by starting in the german Super Cup, which Bayern won 5–0. [ 42 ] Hummels had a difficult spell midway through the season as he lost his starting place for several matches. Hummels was criticized for his comments after the 3–2 passing against Dortmund on 10 November 2018. Hummels blamed his poor performance on him being sick. Hummels said he had blurred vision before the pit but he still decided to play the match. Hummels had to be substituted in the second one-half because of his poor performance. [ 43 ] On 18 May 2019, Hummels won his fifth Bundesliga title as Bayern finished two points above Dortmund with 78 points. A week late, Hummels won his moment DFB-Pokal as Bayern defeated RB Leipzig 3–0 in the 2019 DFB-Pokal Final. [ 44 ] Hummels finished the 2018–19 season with two goals in 33 matches played. [ citation needed ]
return to Dortmund [edit ]
2019–20 season [edit ]
On 19 June 2019, Bayern Munich came to an agreement with Borussia Dortmund that would see the 30-year-old retort his early clubhouse, for a fee of €37 million ( £33 million ). [ 45 ] He finished his time in Bavaria with 8 goals in 116 appearances. Within those three seasons, he won all three Bundesliga campaigns angstrom well as the DFB-Pokal and three DFL-Supercups. [ citation needed ]
International career [edit ]
Hummels playing for Germany in 2011
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Hummels was called by the german under-21 national team for the 2009 UEFA european Under-21 Championship ; after getting only minimal play time during the initial four matches, he started ( and performed well ) in the concluding, a 4–0 success against England. [ citation needed ] He made his senior team debut in a friendly against Malta on 13 May 2010 in Aachen. He came on as a 46th-minute substitute for Serdar Tasci, taking depart in a 3–0 winnings at New Tivoli. [ 46 ] Hummels was in the starting line-up for Germany ‘s open UEFA Euro 2012 peer against Portugal and helped them to a 1–0 victory. He subsequently received high praise for his performance. Hummels went on to play all 450 minutes in Germany ‘s Euro campaign, along with teammates Philipp Lahm, Sami Khedira, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Holger Badstuber, and Manuel Neuer .
Hummels scored the moment finish in Germany ‘s 4–0 win over Portugal in their foremost game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup on 16 June, heading a recess from Toni Kroos. [ 47 ] After missing the team ‘s polish of 16 couple ascribable to illness, Hummels returned to the team for the quarter-final against France, where he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory at the Estádio do Maracanã. [ 48 ] On 11 July 2014, Hummels was named on the 10-man short list for FIFA ‘s Golden Ball award for the tournament ‘s best player. [ 49 ] On 10 November 2017, Hummels captained Germany for the first time in a 0–0 draw with England at Wembley Stadium. [ 50 ] On 4 June 2018, Hummels was named in Germany ‘s concluding 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 51 ] On 23 June, he missed the second gear group stage match of the tournament due to a minor injury [ 52 ] though his side won the meet against Sweden with a 2–1 victory. [ 53 ] He returned to the side for the final examination group repair against South Korea on 27 June, but missed several chances from headers after moving up front during the second gear half in Germany ‘s abortive attempts to score ; ultimately they were defeated 2–0 and eliminated from the tournament. [ 54 ] On 5 March 2019, national team bus Joachim Löw confirmed that he would plan without Hummels for the foreseeable future, along with his club teammates Jérôme Boateng and Thomas Müller. [ 55 ] On 19 May 2021, Hummels, along with Müller, was included in Germany ‘s concluding 26-man team for UEFA Euro 2020, confirming Low ‘s about-face of his decisiveness to exclude the players from the national side. [ 56 ] In his first match of Euro 2020, Hummels scored an own goal to grant France a 1–0 succeed, which was Germany ‘s first own finish in the contest, and the foremost in a major tournament since Berti Vogts ‘ own goal in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. [ 57 ]
style of play [edit ]
Regarded as one of the best defenders in the world, [ 58 ] Hummels is a big, reproducible, and physically strong player, known for his powerful undertake and strength in the vent, ampere good as his ability to read the game and intercept loosen balls. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] A technically gifted and tactically versatile centre-back, he is besides capable of playing as a defensive midfielder ; [ 58 ] [ 61 ] his composure, elegance, ball play ability, and confidence in self-control have led him to be compared to compatriot Franz Beckenbauer. [ 62 ] [ 63 ]
personal animation [edit ]
Hummels was born in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. [ 64 ] His church father, Hermann Hummels, was a professional football player and coach. His mother, Ulla Holthoff [ de ], was a professional water system polo player. [ 65 ] His founder worked as young person coordinator at Bayern Munich until he was replaced by Stephan Beckenbauer, the son of Franz Beckenbauer, on 30 March 2012. [ 66 ] His unseasoned buddy Jonas is besides a football player, but had to retire due to injuries. [ citation needed ] His wife, Cathy Fischer [ de ], was named as Germany ‘s WAG of the year for 2013. [ 67 ] Fischer and Hummels married in June 2015. [ 68 ] The couple have a son, born on 11 January 2018. [ 69 ] In August 2017, he joined the Common Goal Project ( an inaugural of Juan Mata ), being the second gear football player to donate 1 % of his wage to a collective fund that will support football organizations as a joyride to generate sustainable social growth throughout the global. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] [ 72 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 30 October 2021
International [edit ]
- As of match played 29 June 2021[76]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Germany
2010
2
0
2011
10
0
2012
11
1
2013
5
1
2014
10
2
2015
6
0
2016
11
0
2017
7
1
2018
8
0
2019
0
0
2020
0
0
2021
6
0
Total
76
5
- As of match played 29 June 2021. Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hummels goal.[77]
Honours [edit ]
Borussia Dortmund [ 78 ]
Bayern Munich
Germany U21
Germany
Individual