Joachim Löw: biography, personal life

Germany head coach Joachim Loew Football is considered to be an expert in their field and mysterious personality. Gorgeous hair, straight look calm and apathetic make that person even more attractive to the general public.

Joachim Löw, biography

In 1960, 3 February, was born Leo Joachim. It happened in the southwest of Germany, in a small village of Schonau with a population of just over 2 million people.

On the site of an old mansion built modern cottage with a name plate. Here Joachim considered the star of the number one.

The family Leva Sr. raised four boys. Father owned a small furnace production, and the children grew up and hardworking nature. In many ways, its tranquility and patience Joachim Leo obliged Russian. His father during the war spent a few years in captivity and kept telling sons that "the power of Russian in their patience and calmness in all situations." Leo Jr. perfectly learned the lessons and gave them and their national team, which, when it is playing in the calm and confident football.

Leo - football

Play football Joachim Löw began in childhood, when 5 years old his father gave him the boots. Since then, all the free time spent in training the boy.

Playing career began in the second division clubs, "Freiburg" in 1978. In two years, the guy scored 18 goals in 71 match. He was noticed and invited to the "Stuttgart". However, there has not worked the game and for the next season Leo moved to the "Eintracht", which scored only 5 goals.

In general, no longer a secret that the best coaches were not too lucky in the football career. Joachim Lion is no exception. He finished his playing career in 1992 in the Swiss club "Schaffhausen".

Several times summoned to the youth national team and played well until he broke his leg.

Coaching Practice

Since 1992, Leo became a player-coach in two is not too well-known clubs in Switzerland, and in 1996 returned to his homeland and led the "Stuttgart". For 2 consecutive years of Yoga, namely the so-fondly called Loew, he led the club to victory over the cup of the country and access to the European club zone. The team under his leadership lost in the finals of the Cup Winners' Cup the English "Chelsea" with a minimum score. After that, the coach with the leadership there was an unpleasant conversation and Leo went to Turkey.

For more than 4 years of success he has made Leo only with the Austrian "Tyrol", who became the champion of the country.

At the helm of the national team

In 2004 Yogi invited to the German national team assistant Jurgen Klinsmann. And after 2 years at the helm of the Lion becomes the main team. Here begins a new stage of career coaching. German meticulous fundamentally changes the entire football training system. Great attention is paid game discipline and attract young and unknown players. The composition is almost completely updated.

Such changes brought results already at the next European Championship in 2008. The German team lost only in the final extravaganza to Spain and took the third place in the tournament. And all evrotsikla figures were impressive - 11 victories in 13 matches and 46 goals scored. World Championship 2010 also brought a team bronze medal. This happened largely due to the injuries of key players. EURO 2012 was marked by the arrival of the Germans, "Youth" and the path to the final, ended the game with the Italians.

for the World Cup '14 national team in Germany has reached its highest level of the game. And it brought a deserved victory and the joy of work done.

The last European tournament in France caused worry for the fate of head coach. Joachim Löw after the departure of several key players had to change their football principles, and the result was the loss of the championship hosts in the semifinals.

Especially important will be the world championship in Russia for the coach of the German team and the players who are in the qualifying stage in the first place.

The terms of the success of

The secret of success in the field of head coach consists of three important aspects:

Continued work on thinking through every detail. At Loewe team started not only to respect but also love for the beautiful football.
Participation in all stages of preparation. The players called his assistant coach. With it even morally weak guys are the best.
The self-confidence. Leo firmly believes in its importance for the team and believes that should always monitor their appearance, feelings and emotions.

His idea of great coach brings to the players who have a great desire to implement them. For the Germans, Yoga is really a coach with a capital letter.

Family

The mother and one of the older brothers Lev (Peter), and remained in the village of Schonau. Brother your bar with the same beer and sausages. Leo and his wife occasionally come to visit.

With his wife Danielle 17-year-old Joachim met at the Faculty of Economics in 1978. She was the daughter of the president of the local football club. Yoga then managed to get the manager to trade wholesale education.

The couple lived until recently at Freiburg in a beautiful mansion. In journalistic environment, it is believed that Joachim Löw, whose personal life is behind a dense screen, basically no one is trying to show his wife. Children do not have. Most of the time Leo holds a football and the house does not happen so often.

After the defeat of the French at Euro 2016 appeared scandalous information in the media that the chief coach of the German divorces his wife, and had lived with her for 36 years.

Friends of the family confirmed the information. According to them, the couple have long tried to improve relations, but they failed to do so. Now Danielle is likely to remain in their common home, and her husband will move to Berlin in his apartment. According to Joachim himself, while his wife will keep all his financial affairs. In general, it turns out quite civilized divorce without juicy details.

Interesting Facts

Yoga every morning makes a run of at least 5 km. As a young man he did not recognize the physical strength, but now devotes his health and appearance attention. In addition to running it is engaged in fitness and sleep at least 8 hours a day. Do not use soap, and always clean-shaven. Often drink coffee more put and sometimes likes to be delayed "Marlboro".

Of food prefers Turkish and Italian cuisine. He loves good wine and sweets.

Joachim Loew is very venturesome and loves risk. At the time, he climbed to the summit of Kilimanjaro, jumping with a parachute. Special passion - cars and racing. Twice as the head coach of the rights deprived for speeding. But the ride does not become quieter.

In Joachim expensive collection of watches and one favorite car - "Mercedes". At the training camp in the evenings he was often seen with a book - an obligatory ritual before bedtime.

Scarves and form-fitting shirts Germans have long been the subject of fans and journalists. The special pride of the coach - thick hair with a noticeable gray, which he categorically refuses to paint.

Joachim Löw - clearly not a godsend to the press. He was not very talkative, and from it will not extend any sensation. But for the players and lovers of football, he is a role model and the winning coach.