Hansi Flick
Hans-Dieter "
Hansi"
Flick (; born 24 February 1965) is a German professional
football manager and former
player who is currently the manager of
La Liga club
Barcelona. During his playing career he played at
SV Sandhausen,
Bayern Munich and
1. FC Köln, Flick began his managerial career at fourth-division club
Victoria Bammental as a player-manager. In 2000, he was appointed manager of fellow fourth-division side
1899 Hoffenheim, with whom he gained promotion to the
Regionalliga Süd, before departing in 2005. Between 2006 and 2014, he was the assistant coach of Germany under manager
Joachim Löw as they won the
2014 FIFA World Cup, and subsequently served as sporting director of the
German Football Association until 2017.
Having rejoined Bayern Munich as an assistant coach in 2019, Flick was made interim manager following the departure of
Niko Kovač in November 2019. He was later appointed permanently, and won the
UEFA Champions League that season, completing the club's second
continental treble. In 2021, he also led the side to a
FIFA Club World Cup and another
Bundesliga title. Alongside
Pep Guardiola, he is the only manager to achieve a
sextuple with their team. He later replaced Löw in charge of the Germany national team in 2021, leading the team to qualification for the
2022 FIFA World Cup, before being dismissed in 2023.
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