WINNING FIFA AWARD FOR BEST STRATEGIST
Löw pips Ancelotti and Simeone to award
The German took 36.23% of the votes. Ancelotti received 22.06%, whilst Simeone came in third place with 19.02%. Löw won the award after leading Germany to the 2014 World Cup title.
The 54-year-old manager took over Die Mannschaft in 2006. He was Germany's assistant coach from 2004 before taking over the reins at a side that always remained true to its philosophy of the game.
He led his team to the final of the 2008 European Championships in Austria and Switzerland only to lose against Luis Aragonés's Spain. Joachim Löw continued to improve his players and they again offered a good account of themselves at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, where they crashed out in the semi-finals, again to Spain. They came third at the 2012 European Championships, but his biggest success came in 2014.
When he picked up his award, the German national coach said, "it was an honour after such a successful year. I don't consider this an individual award. I accept it on behalf of many people. In Germany we have created a formula for footballing success.
"The World Cup was the result of many years of hard work and good decision-making. Every German coach has been named Coach of the Year, not just me".
The Germany boss also made it very clear that he's "nobody without my great players".
He also had some words for Ancelotti and Simeone: "They also deserved this award. I have the utmost respect for every coach in the world".
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