Dietmar Hamann
Dietmar " Didi " Hamann ( born August 27, 1973 in Forest Assen ) is a former German football player and current coach.
Career as a player
Clubs
Dietmar Hamann initially grew up in Konnersreuth, before the family moved to Munich in 1976. He came as a junior player from FC Wacker München FC Bayern Munich.
He graduated to 1998 106 Bundesliga games for Bayern Munich before he moved to the English club Newcastle United. From there he moved a year later for a fee of eight million pounds to Liverpool, where he spent seven years active and 191 games in the Premier League completed. From 2006 to 2009 Dietmar Hamann played for Manchester City, where he was transferred free transfer. A previously closed contract with Bolton Wanderers has been dissolved.
With FC Bayern München in 1994 and 1997 German Champion 1998 DFB Cup winners and 1996 UEFA Cup winners. With Liverpool he won the 2001 UEFA Cup and 2005 Champions League. In the decisive penalty shootout in the final against AC Milan transformed Hamann after he had only been a substitute at half-time, the first penalty for Liverpool. During the second half he had suffered a stress fracture in his right foot. In July 2009, Manchester City separated by Hamann.
After a year Vereinslosigkeit Hamann was before the season 2010/11 player-coach with the English third division Milton Keynes Dons. After twelve missions ended Hamann's active career as a player in February 2011.
National
Hamann participated in the Junior World Championship in 1993 in Australia and part came in all three games for use. Germany already retired from in the first round.
For the senior team Hamann graduated 59 matches in which he scored five goals. His debut in the senior team, he announced on November 15, 1997 in Dusseldorf 's 3-0 win against South Africa. His last game for the senior team, he played on 17 August 2005 in a 2-2 draw against the Netherlands in Rotterdam.
In 2002, he was with Germany in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea in second place. In addition, Hamann participated with the national team at the 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 in Portugal.
On special kind Dietmar Hamann is linked with the history of Wembley Stadium. He was the last player, who scored a goal in this before the demolition of the old stadium; make the score 1-0 after 14 minutes he succeeded on 7 October 2000 in the match against England. On the basis of this gate German Fans tried to influence the naming of the 2005 newly built bridge in the grounds of Wembley Stadium. On the website of the London Development Agency name suggestions could be submitted. In the German forums and several circulating e- mails was prompted to propose on this website Hamann as a name. Although the name Dietmar Hamann Bridge was proposed in this way most often, the jury decided against the proposal.
For the 2006 World Cup Hamann was not nominated. He subsequently went back from the national team. The reason he stated that the World Cup would be due to age have been his last major tournament. Failure nomination did not surprise him, as he had before the World Cup had no contact with national coach Jürgen Klinsmann.
Career as a coach
After his time as player-manager of Milton Keynes Dons Hamann signed a contract as an assistant coach at second division Leicester City. In July 2011 he took over as coach at the English fifth-tier Stockport County, but resigned in November of the same year back from his office, because, according to his statement, promised investments were not realized in the team.
Awards and achievements
FC Bayern Munich:
- 2x German champion: 1994, 1997
- 1x winner of the DFB Cup: 1998
- 1x winner of the UEFA Cup: 1996
With Liverpool:
- 2x winner of the FA Cup: 2001, 2006
- 1x Winner of the FA Charity Shield: 2001
- 2x winner of the League Cup: 2001, 2003
- 1x winner of the UEFA Cup: 2001
- 1x winner of the UEFA Champions League: 2005
- 2x winner of the UEFA Super Cup: 2001, 2005
- 1x scorer of the month October 2000
Others
Hamann's older brother Matthias also played as a professional football player in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. From the beginning of the 2009/10 season until the beginning of February 2010, he was coach of the Austrian Bundesliga LASK Linz.
1997 Hamann suffered at the age of 23 years a slight stroke.
In February 2010 Hamann driver's license was revoked for 16 months after he was found under the influence of alcohol on July 12, 2009 in Styal, Cheshire by the police while driving a vehicle. In addition, a fine of 1,990 pounds was imposed on him.
Hamann was during the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 expert for the Irish television station RTÉ.