Oliver Kahn assets

Short introduction

Oliver Kahn is a professional soccer player at Karlsruher SC and FC Bayern Munich, with whom he won many titles. He also played 86 times for the German national team. Since the end of his career, he has worked as a TV and entrepreneur. Of the 2020 he will become a member of the board of his former club FC Bayern Munich.

Early life

Oliver Kahn was born as the son of the former Bundesliga player Rolf Kahn in the summer of 1969. It sets an early course that Oliver Kahn will also turn to football. Already at the age of 6 he joined Karlsruher SC, where he received his training as a goalkeeper until 1987. From 1987 and so on he began his career as a professional at Karlsrilher SC.

Career

Oliver Kahn made his professional debut in his first Bundesliga match at the end of 1987. However, it was only in 1990 he became Karlsrilher SC goalkeeper. Here he is also called “miracle gaming game” in the goal when his KSC defeated Valencia CF 7-0. In 1994 he moved to Bayern Munich for DM 4.6 million, where he immediately became a goalkeeper, who remained there until the end of his career in 2008. Oliver Kahn has 557 appearances in the Bundesliga.

He also played an important role in the German national team. Here he has been part of the team since 1993, but did not become a goalkeeper until EM 2000. So he participated in four world championships between 1994 and 2006, but only once (2002) (2002) (2002) (2002) (2002) (2002) (2002) (2002) Goalkeeper. The fact that he hopes for his eternal rival Jens Lehmann, good luck before the penalty shoots against Argentina in the quarter-finals carrying many sympathy to Oliver Kahn, which is considered steady. His last game for the national team was a third place match, Germany won 3-1 at Stuttgart against Portugal.

Two years later he also ended his career as a club and fast player, in the same year 2008, became a TV expert in ZDF. The activity he still did today. In this case, with increasing convenience, he gained further sympathy outside FC Bayern Munich fans. Previously, Kahn was seen as an enemy of many other club fans.

Then there are other activities such as goalkeeper shows on Chinese television, their own goalkeeper schools, which are mainly represented in the Middle East, and activities as a testimonial for various companies. In addition to completing a study program at a private university in the field of management, he also continued his education through a number of entrepreneurial projects themselves.

In 2009, he refused an offer from FC Schalke 04 to join as a manager. Instead, he will join the Board of Directors of FC Bayern Munich in early 2020. There he is expected to close the gap created by the departure of Uli Hoeneß in the interface area between Sporting and economic knowledge, because Uli Hoeneß is realized. Because he also reached a higher level of rhetorically in the long years his work as a TV expert, many believe it to succeed here.

Career highlights

In the active time, he won several titles. In total there are eight German championships, six wins in the DFB Cup, the UEFA Cup in 1996 and the same year the title of the European champion. However, here, he is not used to it. In 2002 Oliver Kahn was the world champion runner-up with the national team and German tournament players in Japan and South Korea. He succeeded as the first goalkeeper ever.

He also received many individual awards. He has been named this year’s goalkeeper three times and the UEFA goalkeeper in four times, made him a record holder in this ranking. He also finished the second – also unusual for the goalkeeper – in the election for soccer players in 2002.

The most important title in his career certainly won the 2001 Champions League when he saved several sentences in the penalty penalty against Valencia CF and thus became a match winner. Two years before he suffered the most bitter defeat in his career with 1: 2 against Manchester United. It was not clear whether the World Cup final was missing from 2002 increasingly undermined him. In the same year won the title in the Champions League, Oliver Kahn also won the 2001 World Cup.

Amazing facts

The nickname is “Titan”, given to him by the Tabloid Press. The Leipzig pop group “Die Prinzen” released a song called “Olli Kahn”. During his time as an active player, he caused a number of sensational escapades. He once indicated a bite on Heiko Herrlich’s neck and jumped only past Chaphane Stephane in Kung Fu’s style. He also scored with his hand in a match against Hansa Rostock when he tied the ball by goalkeeper to the opponent’s goal – who was punished with a smooth red color.