Jonathan Klinsmann, 20, the goalkeeper with the United States Under-20s team, has been given an undisclosed contract after two weeks on trial with the Bundesliga club.
Hertha plan to make Klinsmann junior their third-choice goalkeeper, behind Norway’s Rune Jarstein and ex-Bayern Munich shotstopper Thomas Kraft, and he will gain experience for the Under-23 team in the regional league.
“After breakfast, Michael Preetz (Hertha’s sports director) had a chat and said they had decided at short notice to offer a contract,” said Klinsmann junior at Hertha’s pre-season camp near Berlin.
His father, Jurgen Klinsmann, who enjoyed a glittering career with Bayern Munich, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan, has been a member of Hertha Berlin since 2004, while his grandfather Siegfried was born close to Berlin and was also a Hertha fan.
Klinsmann was voted the best goalkeeper at the Under-20 CONCACAF championship in Costa Rica in March when the USA won the regional title by beating Honduras 5-3 in a penalty shoot.--AFP
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