Mats Hummels (Bergisch Gladbach, 1988). He is 35 years old and market value of 6 million euros, according to Transfermarkt. His header goal PSG put Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final in London on June 1. And he ensured the presence of Puma, his club brand, at Wembley. Their rivalry with Real Madrid, the great icon of Adidas, earns up to 30 million annually that Puma can pay Dortmund for its sponsorship until 2028.
The son of a journalist mother and soccer player father, Hummels excels on and off the field. His communicator genes allow him to become a television commentator on football matches. NBA and they predict whether you want to be a top analyst in the future. His mastery and staging, in the mixed zone, on the Movistar microphones, brings him back into focus.
His life passed in between Bayern Munich -where he was trained- and Borussia Dortmund where he had his first sporting successes after not being able to make the jump to the first team at the Bavarian club. Dortmund’s number 15 was transferred between the two teams, in a round-trip transfer between both clubs.
If he scores again in London, it won’t be strange to see him draw an ‘S’ in the air with his hand. It’s a nod to his school team in Munich, which used to be called “Selecao” in honor of Brazil’s national team.
The first transfer took place in 2009 when he was signed by Dortmund, where he was on loan, for 4.2 million euros. In 2016 he returned to Bayern, who had to pay 35 million euros for him. And in 2019 he returned to Dortmund for 30.5 million euros.
UNICEF ambassador or commentator for the NBA final for the DAZN platform in 2022. During the pandemic, when the games are played without an audience, in the broadcasts you can hear how the instructions to his teammates echo throughout the field to the team.
Player’s son Hermann Hummels and the sports journalist Ulla Holthof, moderator of the program Doppelpass which became a model for other talk shows on sports topics in Germany. When he was 6 years old, the family moved to Munich, where his father was hired as a coach in youth teams.
At the age of 7, Hummels began his training as a player at Bayern. His move to Dortmund came as he had already made his first-team debut but was struggling to find a place in defense in the face of competition from Lucio, Daniel van Buyten and Martín Demichelis.
His arrival at Dortmund is fortunate for him, who under the command of Jürgen Klopp will become one of the best defenders in Germany and Europe, and for the club that has found one of its icons. Hummels was a key part of Klopp’s Dortmund which won the Bundesliga in 2011 and 2012 and reached the Champions League final in 2013, losing to Bayern.
Klopp once referred to the importance of Hummels by saying that if he was missing it would be like having to replace four players. One for normal work as a central defender, another for aerial play in situations where the ball is in the own area, another in both situations in the opponent’s area and another to start building the game from rear
In 2014 he was a starter in the German team that won the world champion and scored two goals in the tournament, a key that gave Germany a 1-0 victory in the quarterfinals against France and another in a 4-0 victory against in Portugal the group stage.
His return to Bayern would have seemed obvious had it not been for a statement he made in which he said it was perhaps more satisfying to be part of a process that culminated in a title than a club where being a champion is a everyday occurrence. The only thing is that the process in which he became part of Klopp seems to be over, with two Bundesligas in a row and a German Cup. Before him, Mario Götze left for Bayern, in 2013, and Robert Lewandowski, in 2014.
When Hummels decided to follow them, he was Dortmund’s captain. He asked for understanding, saying that this might be the last time he signs a big contract. Although when he arrived in Munich he said it was like coming home.
At Bayern he added three more Bundesliga titles and a German Cup to his record. After returning to Dortmund, he returns to his comfort zone again, in another home, he wins the German Cup again. And now he is back again in the finals of the Champions League, scoring the decisive goal in the semifinal against PSG. From the 2013 semi-final, there are only two players left in the Dortmund squad. One is Hummels and the other is Marco Reus.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
