“This is a chance for football to improve our world, and I wanted to be part of it.”
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Mats Hummels
Mats Julian Hummels is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Considered one of the best defenders of his generation, he was known for his tackling, anticipation, goal scoring ability and deadly crosses.
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sports · German footballer (born 1988) · association football player · also Mats Hummels, Mats Julian Hummels, Hummels
Born 16 December 1988 · Q110053
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2026· 7 entries
“If there’s something to come to terms with, we prefer doing it on our own.”
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“Manchester United is a big club for any footballer. Mats went to see them playing Wigan as a present.”
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2025· 2 entries
Yahoo! Sports: Official: Mats Hummels announces retirement
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Yahoo! Sports: Mats Hummels on the relationship between Roma fans and team: “There is more unity now.”
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2024· 7 entries
Yahoo: Who Is Mats Hummels’ Ex-Wife? Cathy Fischer’s Job & Instagram
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The New York Times: Mats Hummels in advanced talks to join Real Sociedad on free transfer
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Runner-up: UEFA Champions League with Borussia Dortmund (2023–24).
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Won award: Ballon d'Or nominee (2024).
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Won award: UEFA Champions League Team of the Season (2023–24).
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The New York Times: Mats Hummels admits to feeling ‘bitter’ after omission from Germany’s Euro 2024 squad
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Played for AS Roma (2024–2025) — 14 appearances, 0 goals.
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2021· 2 entries
Won award: Bundesliga Team of the Season (2020–21).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with Borussia Dortmund (2020–21).
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2020· 1 entry
Won award: kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season (2019–20).
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2019· 5 entries
Won: DFL-Supercup with Borussia Dortmund (2019).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2018–19).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with Bayern Munich (2018–19).
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Joined Borussia Dortmund in 2019.
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Played for Borussia Dortmund (2019–2024) — 142 appearances, 11 goals.
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2018· 5 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2017-2018).
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Won: DFL-Supercup with Bayern Munich (2018).
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Won award: kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season (2017–18).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2017–18).
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Won award: Bundesliga Team of the Season (2017–18).
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2017· 5 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2016-2017).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2016–17).
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Won award: Ballon d'Or nominee (2017).
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Won award: Bundesliga Team of the Season (2016–17).
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Won: DFL-Supercup with Bayern Munich (2017).
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2016· 7 entries
Won: DFL-Supercup with Bayern Munich (2016).
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Won award: kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season (2015–16).
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Won award: Bundesliga Team of the Season (2015–16).
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Won award: UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season (2015–16).
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Played for FC Bayern Munich (2016–2019) — 74 appearances, 3 goals.
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For an undisclosed fee, and was sold back to Dortmund three years later, having won the Bundesliga in all his seasons in Munich
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Joined Bayern Munich in 2016.
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2015· 1 entry
Fischer and Hummels married in June 2015.
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2014· 10 entries
Won the FIFA World Cup with Germany (2014).
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Won award: Castrol Performance Index (2014).
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Won: DFL-Supercup with Borussia Dortmund (2014).
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Won: FIFA World Cup with Germany (2014).
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Won award: FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (2014).
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Won award: FIFA World Cup Dream Team (2014).
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Won award: kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season (2013–14).
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Won award: Bundesliga Team of the Season (2013–14).
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Won award: Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (2014).
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And 2018, winning the former edition, and at the UEFA European Championship in 2012, 2016 and 2020
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2013· 3 entries
Won: DFL-Supercup with Borussia Dortmund (2013).
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Runner-up: UEFA Champions League with Borussia Dortmund (2012–13).
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Won award: Bundesliga Team of the Season (2012–13).
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2012· 7 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Dortmund (2011-2012).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with Borussia Dortmund (2011–12).
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Won award: ESM Team of the Year (2011–12).
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Won award: kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season (2011–12).
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Won: Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund (2011–12).
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Would lose the DFL-Supercup final once more with 2–1 against Bayern Munich
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In a 2012 interview, Hummels noted that his parents and grandparents all hail from the Ruhr region of western Germany.
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2011· 5 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Dortmund (2010-2011).
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Won award: ESM Team of the Year (2010–11).
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Won: Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund (2010–11).
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Won award: kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season (2010–11).
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Awarded German Sportspersonality of the Year (2011).
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2010· 3 entries
Won award: kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season (2009–10).
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Played for Germany men's national association football team (2010–2023) — 78 appearances, 5 goals.
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Joined Germany in 2010.
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2009· 3 entries
Won: UEFA European Under-21 Championship with Germany U21 (2009).
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Played for Borussia Dortmund (2009–2016) — 199 appearances, 18 goals.
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Joined Dortmund in 2009.
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2008· 3 entries
Won: DFL-Supercup with Borussia Dortmund (2008).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2007–08).
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Played for Borussia Dortmund (2008–2009) — 25 appearances, 1 goals.
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2007· 4 entries
Played for Germany national under-21 football team (2007–2010) — 21 appearances, 5 goals.
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Played for FC Bayern Munich (2007–2009) — 1 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Germany national under-20 football team (2007–2007) — 1 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Bayern Munich in 2007.
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2005· 1 entry
Played for FC Bayern Munich II (2005–2008) — 42 appearances, 5 goals.
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1988· 1 entry
Born 1988-12-16.
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