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And that's when two Bundesliga teams wanted him and he went then to Berlin.
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But he never really got a fair chance because of his last name.
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So there was always kind of a jealousy behind it.
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And he had to suffer that for many, many years.
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And when he now exploded then so late in Italy,
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becoming goalkeeper of the year in Italy in Serie B, the championship basically, he kind of woke up a lot of people and said, you know what, this kid is really good.
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And so you kind of, yeah, you are a bit anxious, you're nervous when you watch it, far more than you were about your own career, you know.
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So he first was a midfielder.
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He played outside and he loved it, you know, until the age of 11, 12.
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And I coached in Bayern Munich in...
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Klinsmann: England Can Win World Cup, Matthaus Feud & Maradona Memories | Stick to Football EP 131
when was that, 2008, 2009.
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Klinsmann: England Can Win World Cup, Matthaus Feud & Maradona Memories | Stick to Football EP 131
So we as a family obviously moved to Munich for the time being.
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And at the same time he played football, he played also basketball because the American system in the school, they always changed the sports.
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And he was really good in basketball.
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Klinsmann: England Can Win World Cup, Matthaus Feud & Maradona Memories | Stick to Football EP 131
And so he loved that.
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Klinsmann: England Can Win World Cup, Matthaus Feud & Maradona Memories | Stick to Football EP 131
And at Bayern then, he played in Bayern Munich's basketball team under 14.
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He was 11 years old and he was the best player there.
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But at the same time, he kind of tried out with the youth team as a midfielder.
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Klinsmann: England Can Win World Cup, Matthaus Feud & Maradona Memories | Stick to Football EP 131
And there he realized, whoa, are these kids good?
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Klinsmann: England Can Win World Cup, Matthaus Feud & Maradona Memories | Stick to Football EP 131
Because at that time, Bayern Munich, they kind of recruited the best kids in the state of Bavaria.