Julian Nagelsmann (born 23 July 1987) is a German professional football coach who is currently the manager of the Germany national team.

He departed Hoffenheim in 2019 and was appointed at fellow Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League in 2020.

Nagelsmann returned to Augsburg for the 2007–08 season coached by Thomas Tuchel, but injured his knee and meniscus for the second time, damaging the cartilage.

In the Champions League, Nagelsmann became the youngest coach, aged 31 years and 58 days, to feature in the competition, doing so in the first group stage match against Shakhtar Donetsk.

[18] After finishing top of their group, RB Leipzig reached the Champions League knockout phase for the first time in their history.

[19] On 13 August, RB Leipzig defeated Spanish side Atlético Madrid 2–1 in the quarter-finals, making Nagelsmann the youngest coach to ever progress to the Champions League semi-finals.

[20][21] On 18 August, RB Leipzig played against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League semi-finals, where Nagelsmann faced his former boss during his time at Augsburg, Thomas Tuchel.

[22] In the 2020–21 season, RB Leipzig reached the round of 16 in the Champions League to be eliminated by Liverpool, finished second in the Bundesliga and lost the DFB-Pokal Final 4–1 against Borussia Dortmund.

[23] On 27 April 2021, Bayern Munich appointed Nagelsmann as head coach on a five-year deal, effective from 1 July 2021, replacing Hansi Flick for a world record managerial transfer fee of €25 million.

[34] Later on, he managed to win all group stage matches in the Champions League for the second consecutive season, beating top clubs such as Barcelona and Inter Milan, to reach 14 consecutive victories in that round, 12 wins with Bayern and 2 with RB Leipzig; hence, equalling a record previously held by Louis van Gaal.

[36] On 24 March 2023, during the international break after a 2–1 defeat against Bayer Leverkusen, Nagelsmann, who was on a skiing holiday in Austria,[37] was sacked by Bayern, with the club one point behind Dortmund in the league, and was replaced by his former Augsburg coach Thomas Tuchel.

[38] The decision was taken by Bayern CEO Oliver Kahn and sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić in consultation with club president Herbert Hainer.

[39] Kahn mentioned that fluctuations in performance following the World Cup prompted the decision, taking into consideration the objectives set for the current season and beyond.

[40] Nagelsmann ended his tenure at Bayern with a 71.4% win rate, with only Pep Guardiola, Hansi Flick and Carlo Ancelotti averaging more Bundesliga points than him.

[44] In the opening match of the Euro 2024, on 14 June, he became the youngest to ever coach in the UEFA European Championship final tournament, aged just 36 years and 327 days.

[5] The couple split in 2023, when it was revealed he was in a relationship with Lena Wurzenberger, a 30-year-old sports reporter for Germany's biggest newspaper, Bild.