Jürgen Klinsmann is a German professional football manager and former player. Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe including VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur, and Bayern Munich. He was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the unified German team that won the 1996 UEFA European Championship. As a manager, he managed the German national team to a third-place finish in the 2006 World Cup and was subsequently coach of a number of other teams including, notably, Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the United States national team.
Wolfgang Felix Magath is a German football manager and former player.
Tim Wiese is a German former professional footballer and professional wrestler.
Norbert Meier is a German former football player, who played as a midfielder, and manager who last managed KFC Uerdingen.
The title Footballer of the Year has been awarded in Germany since 1960. In 1996, the title Women's Footballer of the Year was awarded for the first time. Both awards are determined by a poll of German football journalists from the Association of German Sports Journalists and the publication kicker. Eligible are German players and non-German players playing in Germany.
Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, commonly known as Rafinha[ʁɐˈfiɲa], is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for São Paulo FC. He has earned four caps with the Brazil national team.
Manuel Peter Neuer is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and captains both Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the sport. Neuer has been described as a "sweeper-keeper" because of his playing style and speed when rushing off his line to anticipate opponents, going out of the goalkeeper box. He was named the best goalkeeper of the decade from 2011 to 2020 by IFFHS.
Ralf Rangnick is a German professional football manager, executive and former player who is the manager of the Austria national team.
Karsten Hutwelker is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He last managed Wuppertaler SV.
Michael Büskens is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder, and current manager of Schalke 04.
Wolfgang Jerat was a German footballer who became a coach. His son Tim Jerat is a professional footballer.
Tim Kruse is a German football coach and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager of FC Energie Cottbus.
Emil Peter Forsberg is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Sweden national team.
Yasin Yılmaz is a Turkish-German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Türkspor Augsburg.
Tim Knipping is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Dynamo Dresden.
Tim Leibold is a German professional footballer who plays left-back for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. He began his career with VfB Stuttgart before joining 1. FC Nürnberg in 2015, where he experienced his breakthrough.
Florian Kohfeldt is a German football manager who last managed VfL Wolfsburg.
Tim-Henry Handwerker is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for 1. FC Nürnberg.
Tim Lemperle is a German footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln.
The 2021–22 2. Bundesliga was the 48th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 23 July 2021 and concluded on 15 May 2022.
