Biography
Yoahim Lev - German national football coach from 2006 to 2021. After completing not a particularly successful football career, the athlete decided to stay in the sport and showed himself a talented mentor.Childhood and youth
The coach of the National Team of Germany was born in 1960 in Shenau. Date of birth - February 3. A small town with a population of a little more than two thousand inhabitants had their own football team, and Joachim, along with brothers from an early age, became interested in this sport.
The family, consisting of 4 sons and their parents, kept the father of Joachim. He worked in a furnace workshop, holding a small team. Dad supported the hobbies of his son. On the 5th birthday, the boy received the first boots as a gift from his parents. For a long time the ball remained the most expensive toy for Lev. In one of the interviews, the coach remembered that he was always soap after the game and went to bed only with him.
In his youth, Lyiv played for the local team, but after school went to enter the Economic School, located in Freiburg. From the team of this city and started a footballer career.
Football Career
As a counterweight, titles conquered already as a coach, in Yoachim's youth could only boast of personal achievements. Freiburg performed exclusively in the second division of the National Championship, but Lyiv, playing the position of the attacker midfielder, put in the opponent's gate of 12-15 goals per season than and won the sympathy of fans.After two seasons in the first club, in 1980 he moved to Stuttgart, but for the year spoke only in 4 games and did not scored a single ball. Over the decade, Lev changed the team 5 times, twice returning to Freiburg, but it was not possible to gain a foothold in the first division of Bundesliga at least one team.
In the early 90s, the football player performed for Swiss clubs. The first in the list is "Schaffhausen", the oldest club of the country, founded in the XIX century. Liv joined the team in 1989. In one of the composition with him, a novice football player Roberto Di Matteo was played - now former Javly Chelsea, the Italian team and a coach of such teams such as Chelsea and Aston Villa.
In 1992, the footballer switched to Winterthur, which acts in the second division. In 1994 he began to train the club's youth team. In the autumn of the same year, the athlete left the club, signing a contract with Frauenfeld, but played the season and stated that he was completing the player of the football player. At 34, the coach began in Yoachim's biography.
Career coaching
Club stage Career Lev lasted 10 years. Loud success came to him already on the second contract. Having worked as an assistant to the head coach of Stuttgart, he took his post when Rolf Freinger accepted the offer to train the national team of Switzerland.
"Stuttgart," once who turned out to be a passage stage in a leva-player career, the lav-mentor brought the glory of the gifted coach. In 1997, the team went to the German Cup, and a year later, the "Avtozavodka" came to the Cup Finals of the UEFA Cup owners, giving way in the Chelsea match.
In the late 90s, the leav alternately signed contracts with Fenerbahce, Karlsruhe and "Adanzor", but did not achieve significant success with any teams. However, the failures of the history of sports teams were not replenished.
The bright stage was to cooperate with the Innsbruck "Tyroleum". Lyov played by the mentor of football players in the 2001/2002 season. Under his leadership, the team won in the Austria championship in the 3rd time. In that period, Stanislav Cherchesov, later became the coach of the Russian national team later. Despite the Triumphant 3th anniversary, the leadership of Tyrol declared FC bankrupt. Later, the presidents of the club were the defendants of the criminal case about corruption.
The last season of Joachim club career spent, training the Vienna Austria team.
German national team
In 2004, the coach was changed in Germany. Headquarters headed Jurgen Kligsmann, by all the favorite "Golden Bombarder", who had just completed a player's career and had no coaching experience. He invited a friend in the headquarters to work in the coaching school leva, and he happily agreed.The first check of the work was the homemade Cup of Confederations. The style built on sharp attacks allowed the Germans to score 15 goals in 5 meetings, but to achieve the victory, there was little. The national team took the 3rd place, beating the Mexico team in the match for him. Bronze went to the national team and in the 2006 homeland Mundial.
After the World Championship Kligsmann refused to extend the contract. After spending 2 years outside of football, he then signed an agreement with Bavaria. The place of the past coach was expected to be leav. It retained the updated team played and 4-4-2 scheme, which involves an attacking style. The decision turned out to be true.
In 2008, Germany entered the final of the European Championship, where he lost to the victory of Spain, and 2 years later received the bronze championship of the world. The third place went to Bundestim and the next euro. But in 2014, the leva team was waiting for Triumph.
The result of the world championship became a surprise for everyone and above all for the owners. In the semifinal meeting, Brazilians managed to miss 7 goals from Germany football players.
The decisive match wards Loeva played with the Argentines. From the Tribune for the meeting of the meeting, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel was followed in the company of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other high-ranking persons. Germany in the 4th time for his history won the World Cup.
The glory collapsed on Joachim. FIFA recognized him by the coach of the year. 2 years later, Germany again received bronze of the European Championship. In 2017, the renewed team successfully performed in Russia at the Confederations Cup, won the main trophy. Those unexpected the result of the team's speeches on the subsequent Mundial.
After the German national team lost to South Korean footballers in the World Cup 2018 group stage and did not enter the playoffs, the mentor at a press conference said that he was responsible for himself. There were rumors that Lev will be dismissed. He was referred to the post of head coach Arsenal.
But the resignation did not follow. The Loeva's contract was extended to 2022. Up to the same time, cooperation was prolonged and with his assistant Thomas Schnider. According to the Soviet Sports, for April 2018, the salary of the coach amounted to € 3.85 million.
Personal life
Even in the Economic School of Freiburg, the athlete met the future wife and arranged his personal life. To his surprise, the girl liked him turned out to be a daughter of the president of the Soccer Club of the Soccer Club, for which the young man just started to speak. Married with Daniela Yoachim lived for 30 years. In 2016, the spouses were driving, but officially did not divorce. Lyiv moved to the apartment located in the capital, the spouse remained in a country house. There were no children in the family.
Joachim met several times with Angel Merkel. Themes of conversations with Chancellor became not only football, but also a situation with refugees, problems in the Greek economy.
Yoahim lev now
Despite the fact that the contract of mentor of the national team of Germany expired only in 2022, he leaves the team after the completion of the Che 2020 in 2021. The next head coach was prescribed Hans-Dieter Flyca.According to statistics, under the leadership of Lev, the German national team played the greatest number of matches and became the world champion and the Confederation Cup. A similar achievement of the entire list of head coaches of the German team in football can only boast only Helmut Shen.
According to the press service of the German Football Union, the initiative to early terminate the contract proceeded from Joachim.
After the appearance of information about the fact that Lev resigns, the media reported that the interest of "Real Madrid" and Barcelona is being taken to the coach. What Yoachim replied that he intends to take a pause in the coaching career and did not sign any contracts.
Awards
Club Career
- 1997 - the winner of the German Cup 1996/97 (with Stuttgart)
- 2002 - Champion of Austria 2001/02 (with "Tyrolem")
Career in the national team
- 2008 - Silver winner of the European Championship
- 2010 - Bronze medalist of the World Championship
- 2012 - Bronze medalist of the European Championship
- 2014 - Winner World Cup
- 2016 - Bronze medalist of the European Championship
- 2017 - Confederate Cup Winner