Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel backs Harry Kane to 'deliver' against Real Madrid
Thomas Tuchel expressed his belief in Harry Kane's ability to propel Bayern Munich past Real Madrid and into the Champions League final.
Bayern Munich head coach Thomas Tuchel is the former manager of Chelsea, PSG, Borussia Dortmund, Mainz 05 and FC Augsburg II.
He has had a range of success over his managerial career and is known for his tactical style of play.
Before his coaching days, the German had a short run as a player, but his career was cut short due to a knee cartilage injury.
His bad luck continued in 1998, at the age of 25, Tuchel had to retire from playing after suffering a knee cartilage injury.
His impressive work at Stuttgart earned him a return to Augsburg in 2005 as youth coach. He continued to develop his coaching skills, and in the 2007/08 season he became the head coach of Augsburg II.
After his time at Augsburg, Tuchel impressed a number of Bundesliga clubs. He joined Mainz 05 as a youth coach and was soon promoted to first team coach in 2009, taking over from Jurgen Klopp who had joined Borussia Dortmund.
A small transfer budget, accompanied with the task of keeping a newly promoted side in the league appeared to be a tough job for the newly appointed Tuchel.
However, his tactical approach was the reason for Mainz success. By uitilising long distribution and focusing on a high press, in his first season the club finished ninth in the Bundesliga.
In the following 2010/11 campaign, Tuchel had his eyes on league progress. And with the arrivals of Lewis Holtby and Christian Fuchs, it allowed Mainz to finish in fifth place, qualifying for the third-qualifying round of the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League.
This ongoing development earned Tuchel a two-year contract extension at the club.
In his final season at Mainz, Tuchel acquired the likes of Shinji Okazaki and Julian Baumgartlinger allowing him to finish on a high, qualifying to the Europa League once more after finishing in a promising seventh place.
After replacing Klopp at Mainz, Tuchel did the same when Klopp left Borussia Dortmund for Liverpool in 2015. The German signed a three-year deal at the club, looking to help them achieve previous success.
However, his first season finished trophyless, losing on penalties to Bayern Munich in the 2016 DFB-Pokal Final.
In the next season, Dortmund spent huge amounts of money in a bid for domestic and European success. Ousmane Dembele, Marc Bartra and Raphael Guerreiro were brought in to assist Tuchel's plan.
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In 2018, Tuchel replaced Unai Emery at Paris Saint-Germain, signing a two-year contract at the French Club.
As soon as he arrived, Tuchel made use of PSG's deep transfer kitty and signed Kylian Mbappe for €135million from Monaco. He also brought in Thilo Kehrer, Juan Bernat and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
In his first match as PSG boss, he claimed his first piece of silverware, beating Monaco 4-0 to win the Trophee des Champions.
As the season continued, Tuchel broke the record for most points by Christmas in Ligue 1, with 47 after 17 games, as well as claiming his first title victory as a coach, winning the league with six game weeks to go.
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Although the German boss was knocked out of the Champions League and the Coupe de France in the 2018/19 season, Tuchel accepted a one-year contract extension.
Tuchel and PSG also reached their first Champions League final, but lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich.
In the 2020/21 campaign, Tuchel departed PSG after again falling out with the club's hierarchy.
After great success in France, Tuchel joined Chelsea during the 2020/21 campaign, replacing club legend Frank Lampard.
He led Chelsea to the 2021 Super Cup and Club World Cup crown in 2022, but struggled to break Manchester City's and Liverpool's stranglehold at the top of the Premier League as the club finished third in the 2021/22 season.
Thomas Tuchel will reportedly earn €10-12million a year at Bayern Munich, while is net worth is believed to be €27m.
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