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Mats Hummels plays for my fav club Borussia Dortmund since 2008. He comes from the Bayern München Youth, also he's no born Bavarian. His father is youth coach and so he travelled a lot, from Bergisch-Gladbach to Mainz and then to München.

Since the colors of the BVB are yellow and black (Schwatzgelb, like the people in Dortmund say) and the mascot of the kids club is a bee named Emma, it's pretty funny, that Mats last name Hummels refers to Hummel - which means Bumblebee in german. XD

2009 he has won the European Championship alongside Neuer, Khedira, Özil, Kroos etc.

He's very fannear and collects fanquestions on his homepage, which he then answers in videostatements called "Fanfragen".

Last seaon he broke his jaw, when he and his teammember Roman Weidenfeller (goalkeeper) rushed together. Weidenfeller tried to punch the ball away and hit Mats right in the face. This was a very tragic accident, since Mats had to rest for 6 weeks and he is one of our best defenders.

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I LOVE THIS GUY heart

He's so adorable


Puttin' his girlfriend's name on his shoes, what a classy guy~~~


Sometimes he's got style, other times he doesn't. More importantly, he has his own action figure. (Shhh, let him dream.)


He's been captain of the U-21 team, no big deal


He's a kick a** defender and he can score sick goals, what more do you want?


Tell me again why Jogi didn't take him to South Africa?

Oh, and him and Benni are adorable bffs



I'll just leave this here in closing~



So: With the current onslaught of talented German youth, do you think Mats has a chance to play for the Nationalmannschaft? Or have the best been defined during this World Cup, leaving no space for the rest? Is there a retiring player he could replace in the near future?

Yeah, it's true. He's had a brilliant World Cup, but who knows if he'll be a starter in two years. Maybe as a sub.
But even so, Boateng is a central defender, and probably more likely to fill Arne's spot.

hahahhahaah maybe he and Arne can strike up a deal to pretend to be each other or something. then Arne will never retire and Mats gets to play! razz


I'm hoping that LVG succeeds in excusing the Bayern players from the friendly later this month, then players like Mats will have a chance to show what they got.

I know, me too. But I'm also excited to see the next generation! I watched the U-21 Euros last year – WHICH WE WON BTW – and there's so much incredible talent, it's amazing. Most of them were at the World Cup: Neuer, Özil, Marin, Boateng, Khedira (he was captain), Aogo. Benni and Mats played as well, as did Beck (remember? the unlucky guy who ended up being the sole cut for the World Cup?).

Nutella commercials are always distracting. (;

Maybe because he wanted to give the ~veterans~ a last chance (omg that sounds awful D: ) at international football before they retire?...
The younger players have a long road and a couple (maybe three) world cups ahead of them. They'll have plenty of time and opportunities.

And yeah, we'll probably see him in the 2012 squad. (:


Also,

brb imploding because of the sexy.


My 5 cents:







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I just thought you should know that you have successfully gotten me interested in this player xD
I hope he's on the NT next go around, I was watching some clips of him from the U21 team, he rocks <3

in English: should've, would've, could've, but didn't. razz


I'm just hoping when Mats makes it to the A-team he plays as a defensive midfielder – Holger and Benni are both central defenders, too. ):

He played the U21 game against Iceland on that day. He was captain. ^^