Mats Hummels

Hummels in 2014, photo by Celso Pupo/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Mats Julian Hummels

Place of Birth: Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany (now Germany)

Date of Birth: 16 December, 1988

Ethnicity: German

Mats Hummels is a German professional footballer. He plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, and the Germany national team.

Mats was born in Bergisch Gladbach, the son of Ulla Holthoff, a sports journalist and professional water polo player, and Hermann Hummels, a footballer and manager. His brother is professional footballer Jonas Hummels. Mats’ parents are both German, his father from Hamm, Nordrhein-Westfalen, and his mother from Welver, also in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Mats is married to Cathy Fischer, with whom he has a son.

A picture of Mats’ mother can be seen here.

42 Responses

  1. sarahle says:

    he looks typical german just with dark eyes and dark hair. here are plenty of look-a-likes of him. he just got dark eyes and dark hair, so what? do you think germans are all blonde and blue-eyed? step out of your box…

  2. Ajaxfan says:

    Can this website post more footballers?

  3. cwm85 says:

    He looks german. His jaw isn’t as square as typical german men but he has the hair, eyes that are typical german looks

  4. Aylin says:

    I bet he isn’t 100% German.

  5. andrew says:

    let me know…if someone doesn’t look stereotypical German it doesn’t mean he has non-German ancestry

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