Hansi Flick

Hansi Flick
Flick in 2022
Personal information
Full name Hans-Dieter Flick[1]
Date of birth (1965-02-24) 24 February 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Heidelberg, West Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Barcelona (manager)
Youth career
1971–1976 BSC Mückenloch
1976–1981 SpVgg Neckargemünd
1981–1983 SV Sandhausen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1985 SV Sandhausen 69 (8)
1985–1990 Bayern Munich 104 (5)
1990–1993 1. FC Köln 44 (1)
1993–1996 Victoria Bammental
International career
1983 West Germany U18 2 (0)
Managerial career
1996–2000 Victoria Bammental
2000–2005 TSG Hoffenheim
2006–2017 Germany (assistant)
2019–2021 Bayern Munich
2021–2023 Germany
2024– Barcelona
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick (German pronunciation: [ˈhanzi ˈflɪk];[citation needed] born 24 February 1965) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of La Liga club Barcelona. During his playing career he played at SV Sandhausen, Bayern Munich and 1. FC Köln, Flick began his managerial career at fourth-division club Victoria Bammental as a player-manager. In 2000, he was appointed manager of fellow fourth-division side 1899 Hoffenheim, with whom he gained promotion to the Regionalliga Süd, before departing in 2005. Between 2006 and 2014, he was the assistant coach of Germany under manager Joachim Löw as they won the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and subsequently served as sporting director of the German Football Association until 2017.

Having rejoined Bayern Munich as an assistant coach in 2019, Flick was made interim manager following the departure of Niko Kovač in November 2019. He was later appointed permanently, and won the UEFA Champions League that season, completing the club's second continental treble. In 2021, he also led the side to a FIFA Club World Cup and another Bundesliga title.[2] Alongside Pep Guardiola, he is the only manager to achieve a sextuple with their team. He later replaced Löw in charge of the Germany national team in 2021, leading the team to qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, before being dismissed in 2023. In 2024, he was appointed manager of Spanish club Barcelona.

  1. ^ "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: FC Bayern München" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2021. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Hansi Flick wird neuer Bundestrainer" [Hansi Flick is the new national coach]. German Football Association (in German). 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.