Mats Hummels Biography, Age, Career, Net Worth, Market Value, Personal Life, Family, Awards, and Many More

Mats Julian Hummels, Commonly known as just Mats Hummels, currently plays as a central defender for the Bundesliga Side Bayern Munich besides appearing regularly for the German national football team. A product of the youth academy system of Bayern Munich, Hummels started his professional football journey with the reserve team. He then spent a season with Borussia Dortmund on loan before signing for them permanently in early 2008. After spending seven seasons, he came back to his former side Bayern Munich in 2016.

Mats Hummels Biography

During his time with Borussia Dortmund, Hummels achieve two Bundesliga titles, and also helped the side to become the runner-up of 2013 UEFA Champions League. Besides his club success, he played for U-20 and U-21 side of Germany. He then made his senior international debut in 2010 and has earned more than 50 caps for his nation till now.  He also represented the German side at several grand competitions such as 2012 UEFA Euro, 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 UEFA Euro 2016. Undoubtedly, Hummels is one of the best defenders Germany has ever produced.

Mats Hummels Full Biography and Career

Mats Hummels Youth Career

He joined the youth academy system of Bayern Munich in 1995, at the age of just six. He went through a rigorous training schedule and promoted through several age-level squads in the academy between 1995 and 2006. Hummels then made his senior debut with the reserve side of Bayern in 2006. The same year, he signed his first professional contract with the club on 19^th December 2006. His performance for the reserve side caught the attention of the first-team officials. Hummels then made his Bundesliga debut against 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 19^th May 2007.

Mats Hummels Borussia Dortmund Career

He joined fellow Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund on loan in January 2008. He quickly became the first-choice member of the squad upon his arrival. Hummels subsequently became the new defensive partner of Neven Subotić in his first season. The next season, he signed a permanent contract with Borussia Dortmund for a transfer fee of €4 million. He became the first-choice centre-back in the 2010–11 season. The Hummels- Subotić duo helped Borussia Dortmund to win the Bundesliga title that season, and also made the defensive record in the German league.

He again helped Dortmund to win the second consecutive Bundesliga title in the 2011–12 season. Dortmund, on the other hand, made the Bundesliga record of 81-points that season. Hummels then scored a vital goal in the 2012 DFB-Pokal Final against Bayern Munich. With that win, Dortmund completed the league and cup double in the 2011–12 season. Hummels signed a new contract extension with Borussia Dortmund on 3^rd June 2012. He then helped his side to win the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final against Bayern Munich at Wembley Stadium on 25^th May 2013. Hummels helped his club to win against Bayern Munich again in the 2013 DFL-Supercup at Signal Iduna Park on 27^th July 2013.

Mats Hummels Full Club Career

Mats Hummels Bayern Munich Career

Bayern Munich declared that Hummels would rejoin the club on 10^th May 2016. He then signed a five-year contract with the club on 1^st July 2016. Shortly after, he made his debut for Bayern in the 2016 DFL-Supercup final against Borussia Dortmund on 14^th August 2016. He appeared in 42 matches in his debut season with Bayern while scoring on three occasions. He became the first-choice central defender of Bayern in the following 2017-18 season. Hummels played in almost all matches of that season while again scoring three times.

Mats Hummels International Career

Hummels earned his first international call-up for the German U-21 side to participate in the 2009 European Championship. He helped his nation to lift the cup in the final against England. The next year, he made his senior international debut in a friendly match against Malta on 13^th May 2010, as a substitute for Serdar Tasci. Hummels then made his international competitive debut for Germany in the 2012 UEFA Euro opening match against Portugal. He scored his first crucial goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup group-stage match against Portugal, from a decisive corner from Toni Kroos.

Hummels then scored the winning goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter-final against France at the Estádio do Maracanã. He earned his place in the 10-man shortlist for FIFA’s Golden Ball for being the best footballer of the tournament on 11^th July 2014. He then captained the German squad for the first time against England at Wembley Stadium on 10^th November 2017.

Mats Hummels Full International Career

Mats Hummels Personal Life

Born in North Rhine-Westphalia, to his parents Hermann Hummels and Ulla Holthoff, Mats Hummels is of pure German descent. His father, Hermann, was a former footballer and manager, and was also a youth coordinator of Bayern Munich. His mother, Ulla, is a sports journalist and former water polo player. Mats grew up in the Bergisch Gladbach city playing football with his brother Jonas Hummels during their childhood. Mats started dating his long-time girlfriend Cathy Fischer during his very early career at Bayern. Cathy is a German Television presenter and was named as Germany’s WAG of the year in 2013. The couple got married in June 2015 and had their first son on 11^th January 2018.

As an interesting fact, Mats became the second footballer to donate 1% of his salary to the ‘Common Goal project’, an initiative of Juan Mata, in August 2017. The project now supports several football organizations to develop a sustainable social progress all over the globe.

Mats Hummels Net Worth

The current net worth of Mats Hummels now stands at €12 Million according to the recent statistical reports. His market value is estimated to be around €60 Million as of the ongoing football season. He earns nearly €8 Million yearly through his professional contracts with the club and the national team. He gets around €125,000 weekly wage from his current Bundesliga side Bayern Munich. Besides his footballing income, he also made his wealth through several endorsements deals with giant companies such as Adidas. Hummels currently wears the Predator 18+ Deadly Strike boots since March 2018.

Mats Hummels Individual Awards

With Borussia Dortmund, Hummels achieved the Bundesliga title and the DFL-Supercup title twice each. He also helped the club to win the DFB-Pokal in 2012. With Bayern Munich, he achieved both the Bundesliga title and DFL-Supercup twice each as of 2018. With German national team, he lifted the FIFA World Cup trophy in 2014. Besides his team-success, he also has several accolades under his name. Some of the most notable awards that he received till now are as follows:

• ESM Team of the Year: 2 [2011 and 2012]
• Second Team: FIFPro World XI [2014]
• Third Team: FIFPro World XI [2013 and 2017]
• Forth Team: FIFPro World XI [2015 and 2016]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2014
• FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2014
• Castrol Performance Index: 2014 FIFA World Cup
• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2015–16
• Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2015–16 and 2016–2017