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Mats Julian Hummels (German pronunciation: [ˈmats ˈhʊml̩s]; born 16 December 1988) is a German professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.
Mats Hummels, 35, from Germany Borussia Dortmund, since 2019 Centre-Back Market value: €5.00m * Dec 16, 1988 in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
- Germany
- Bergisch Gladbach
- Mummy's boy. Had Hummels not been a footballer, it is safe to say he would have been a football writer or broadcaster. The defender's mother, Ulla Holthoff, has been a sports journalist for over four decades and, in 1990, became the first woman to commentate a live football match on German TV when working for national broadcaster ZDF.
- Brotherly love. While Mats hasn't yet made it into the media (although his eloquent post-match interviews indicate that a TV career is a post-football certainty), then his brother, Jonas, has.
- A defensive father. If media work is a family tradition, then so are defensive duties. Hermann Hummels, father of Mats and Jonas, was also a defender, representing a string of lower-league clubs during his 12-year playing career, which ended in 1990.
- Crossing the divide. Having initially started out at Bayern, Hummels is not only one of a rare group of players to have crossed the Klassiker divide, but he has done so on multiple occasions.
May 30, 2024 · When Borussia Dortmund needed a hero, Mats Hummels stepped up, scoring at the Parc des Princes as Die Schwarzgelben beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 to progress to the UEFA Champions League final.
Mats Hummels won the DFB-Pokal while playing for Borussia Dortmund in 2011/12 and 2020/21 and with FC Bayern München in 2018/19. He claimed the Supercup with FC Bayern München in 2016, 2017 and...
- 191' (58.77 m)
- Football Player
- German
- December 16, 1988
May 8, 2024 · Aged 35, Hummels was the standout player across both legs, earning him the official man-of-the-match awards in Paris and Dortmund, and taking the club that means so much to him into the...
Jun 14, 2024 · Defender Mats Hummels will leave Borussia Dortmund after 13 years and 508 appearances across two spells. The 35-year-old reached the Champions League final with Dortmund in 2012-13 and again...