Die Schule des Herrn Kim, “School of Mr Kim”

30th August, 2015

This article has been translated directly using Google Translate, based on the article by Marco Maurer, dated 7th August 2015.

He lives in Malaysia, his methods are exotic. Lim Teong Kim taught his pupil Thomas Müller the storms.

Mr. Kim has under his bed, or at least in his office, in Munich's Harlaching have a small paper box; perhaps not as great as that of Ewald Lienen, but still. One of these yellow note from Kim's case is from the year 2001. Mr. Kim, then as now youth coach of FC Bayern München, gave his players a homework assignment on overnight and asked them what a "team" was for them.

Thomas, then 12-year-old central defender in the D-youth of Bayern, accomplished his task, as we know it is still of him, extremely tidy. Because before the next training he gave Mr Kim the note back: "holding together", he noted, among other things, then "still struggling", or "when a player makes a mistake, do not complain."



A list of 12-year-old young footballer of the year 2001, like a blueprint for Thomas Müller appear professional career today. And in this, so let Müller announced not too long ago, there were two coaches who influenced him. One: Louis van Gaal, his current coach. The second: Mr. Kim, his trainer in the C- and D-youth of the FC Bayern.

From the offensive!

Mr. Kim is due to for example, that Thomas Müller offensive in the national team dashes forward, and not as a central defender, say at MSV Duisburg, remains on the defensive. "Thomas could not, he always left his position, went to the front. Then I asked him on the right side." He plays this position today, at Bayern and the national team.

Mr. Kim is the way Lim Teong Kim, which indicates that Mr Kim's Salutation Mr. Lim actually would, but hardly anyone knows that at Bayern. So proceeds Mr. Kim, 75 times national player of Malaysia, on the training grounds of FC Bayern Sabener street and encounters a number of caregivers, coaches or players. And even Franck Ribéry tells the 46-year-old coach, "Hi Kim, how are you?"

Since 1995 Kim is in Germany. Until 2000 he was coach of the first team of SV Puchheim. Then the former Bayern coach Dettmar Cramer him discovered on a trainer symposium in Frankfurt. A few weeks later Kim began its service Sabener road. Since then he has worked at Bayern and since then he tried out talented young people to form a professional footballer. What you have to but watch out for? And how is a national team of a 12-year-olds? At best, a Thomas Müller or Holger Badstuber? Also ran through the school of Mr. Kim.

Original Source - Suddeutsche Zeitung, www.sueddeutsche.de