Oliver Kahn
Oliver Kahn was born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on June 15th, 1969 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 54, Oliver Kahn biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Oliver Rolf Kahn (German: [lv kahn]; born 15 June 1969) is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. In 1975, he began his career as a member of the Karlsruher SC Junior team. Kahn played his debut match in the professional squad 12 years ago. He was moved to Bayern Munich in 1994 for the sum of DM 4.6 million, where he continued to play until the end of his career in 2008. He is known as one of the best and most popular goalkeepers of all time. His commanding presence in goal and brash style earned him nicknames such as Der Titan ([De ta] from the press and Vol-kahn ("volcano") from supporters.
Kahn is one of the most popular German players in recent history, winning eight Bundesliga titles, six DFB-Pokals, the UEFA Cup, and the Intercontinental Cup in 1996, which were both achieved in 2001. His individual achievements have earned him four consecutive UEFA Best European Goalkeeper awards, as well as three IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper awards and two German Footballer of the Year trophies. Kahn was the only goalkeeper in the tournament's history to win the Golden Ball at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In both the IFFHS Best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century and Best Goalkeeper of the Past 25 Years polls, Kahn came in fifth place.
Kahn was a member of the German national team from 1994 to 2006, in which he served as a starter after Andreas Köpke's retirement. Despite that Germany wasn't one of the tournament's favorites, Kahn's goal prowess was crucial in winning the final, where Germany lost 0–2 to Brazil. Kahn made a mistake on Brazil's first goal but was still awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament's player.
He took over Bayern Munich's CEO on July 1, 2021.
Personal life
Kahn was born in Karlsruhe. Rolf was born in Liep'ja in 1943, where he is still well-known, to a Latvian mother, rika Alksne, and a Baltic German father, who is also named Rolf. Rolf and his son Axel, Oliver Kahn's older brother, were able to play for Karlsruher SC for a short time.
In 2009, he was given the opportunity to lead the FC Schalke 04 team, but he declined. A German court fined Kahn €125,000 ($182,223) for tax evasion in April 2011 after failing to reveal more than €6,000 worth of luxurious clothing he bought on a trip to Dubai two years later.
Bunt kickt gut, a Munich street-football league that promotes football development, education, and prevention; the Sepp-Herberger Foundation, which promotes football in schools, clubs, and jails; and the Justin Rockola Association, which promotes young people against violence, alcohol, and opioids; and a Germany and Europe-wide model of intercultural awareness, education, and prevention;
In 2010, he obtained his teaching license. In 2012, after studying marketing at the PrivatUniversität Schloss Seeburg Kahn, she obtained a Master of Business Administration degree. "Strategic leadership in Germany's professional soccer" was his thesis focus.
In 1999, Kahn married Simone, with whom he has two children: Katharina-Maria (born 28 December 1998) and David (born 7 March 2003). The couple broke up in 2003 and Kahn later had a publicised friendship with Verena Kerth from 2003 to 2008. In 2009, Kahn and Simone briefly reconciled before divorcing the following year.
Kahn married Svenja in Munich on August 8, 2011. The couple has a son who was born in 2011.
Club career
Kahn moved from Karlsruher, SC, where his father Rolf had played from 1962 to 1965. He began as a field player before being named goalkeeper. In the first Bundesliga division's 1987–88 season, Kahn was drafted into the team's professional squad, first being the reserve goalkeeper behind Alexander Famulla. Kahn made his league debut on Friday in a 4–0 away loss to 1. FC Köln is a club in Köln, Germany. However, Winfried Schäfer did not start over Famulla until 1990. In the years that followed, Kahn grew to be the team's starting goalkeeper. In the 1993–94 UEFA Cup, he was regarded as a key player and a motivator. The team lost the first match 1–3 at the Mestalla Stadium in the first round of sixteen after losing the first match 1–3 at Valencia at its home field. By the German media, the game was dubbed the "Miracle at Wildparkstadion." In the semi-final, the team was defeated by SV Austria Salzburg.
Bayern Munich expressed an interest in purchasing Kahn, following his success for Karlsruher SC. For his service, the team drafted him as a replacement for Raimond Aumann from the 1994–95 season, who was paid DM4.6 million (€2.385 million) for his position, and he was named Bayern's starting goalkeeper. Despite recovering from a broken cruciate ligament injury that kept him off the field for nearly six months, Kahn's debut match for the German national team came two months after returning. In the 1996 UEFA Cup Final, Bayern defeated Bordeaux 3–1. Kahn achieved his first German championship with Bayern Munich, the German League Cup's second time in his career, for the second time in his career (the first in 1994).
Bayern Munich advanced to the 1999 Champions League Final against Manchester United at Camp Nou in 1999. Although Bayern Munich player Mario Basler scored early in the sixth minute of the game, United's triumph came thanks to two goals by Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjr in injury time. The International Federation of Football History and Statistics announced Goalkeeper of the Year Award in the same year.
On March 3, 2001, Kahn was dismissed after an incident against Hansa Rostock. With his Bayern Munich side losing 23-23 in the final minutes, he sneaked into the area during a corner kick, hopped up, and punched the ball into the opponent's net. He was issued a red card right away, excluding him from the game. "I thought the goalkeeper was allowed to use his hands in the box later," he later joked. When he was part of the squad that defeated Valencia in the 2001 Champions League, he was named man of the match. After the teams were tied 1–1, he played a vital role in the penalty shoot-out, making three saves in the playoffs. After he walked up to a dissatisfied Santiago Caseiros, the opposition goalkeeper, after the penalty shoot-out and began to console him, he was also given the UEFA Fair Play Award for this match. Bayern Munich claimed the Intercontinental Cup at Tokyo's National Stadium against the Argentine team Boca Juniors the same year. However, the team lost the UEFA Super Cup a few months ago.
The game went into a rapid decline in the 2002–03 season, owing to Kahn's accounts, injuries, personal difficulties, and a lack of motivation. In the first knockout round of the 2003–04 Champions League season, Kahn allowed a reportedly soft shot by Roberto Carlos into the net against Real Madrid, causing his team's expulsion from the tournament. Bayern Munich has won the next Bundesliga season with Kahn.
Michael Rensing peppered Kahn with practice shots ahead of a 2006 match against Arminia Bielefeld in Munich. Kahn was struck squarely in the eye, causing enough swelling and discoloration to discourage him from playing. Bayern Munich beat the match 2–0, with Rensing in goal.
Kahn also confirmed that he intends to keep his deal and play through the 2007-08 season. With Manuel Neuer's 204, he is the joint all-time clean sheet leader in the history of the Bundesliga. He played his 535th Bundesliga game on September 2nd, becoming the league's all-time leader among goalkeepers in games played. In a 4–0 loss to Zenit Saint Petersburg in the UEFA Cup semi-finals on May 1, 2008, Kahn made his final European appearance for Bayern. On May 17, he defeated Hertha Berlin in his last Bundesliga game, 4–1. It was his 557th appearance in the German top-flight.
He had his professional farewell in a testimonial match against the select Germany XI on September 2nd, 2008, which ended 1–1. During Bayern's Asian tour of 2008, he made his last appearance for Bayern Munich on May 27 (Yuba Bharati Krirangan), Kolkata, on a friendly against Mohun Bagan of India. About 120,000 people attended the game. Bayern won by 0–3 and Michael Rensing was brought to a halt in the 55th minute.
International career
Kahn was initially called to the German national team as a late back-up for the 1994 FIFA World Cup; however, he made his first international appearance against Switzerland on June 23, 1995, two months after recovering from his cruciate ligament injury. Kahn, along with Oliver Reck, was a reserve keeper of the team, which triumphed in the 1996 European Football Championship in England.
Kahn spent the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France on the bench, and it wasn't until Andreas Köpke announced his resignation at the end of the tournament that Kahn became the starting goalkeeper. Kahn received the team's captaincy two years after the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, in which defending champions Germany made an embarrassing exit in the group stage, replacing striker Oliver Bierhoff.
In Munich, Kahn had one of his worst performances in his international career against England in 2001. Germany was favored to win after beating England 1–0 in 2000 at Wembley Stadium. However, they were defeated 5–1, with Michael Owen's hat-trick. Despite the loss, Germany qualified for the World Cup after defeating Ukraine in a playoff, and Kahn remained Germany's top-one for the forthcoming Cup. For the second time in his career, Kahn was named the best goalkeeper in the world by IFFHS.
Despite Germany's relatively low hopes for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the team advanced to the finals; Kahn conceded that there were only three goals in the course of the tournament, two of which were in the Final. Kahn conceded the first goal by fumbling a rebounded shot from Rivaldo to striker Ronaldo's feet in the 67th minute, despite being in the final match with torn ligaments in his right ring finger. He stood alone and dissatisfied with his goal as the game came to an end, but he refused to blame his injuries for his mistake. The FIFA Technical Study Group awarded him the Lev Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper of the tournament, as well as the Golden Ball for the best individual effort. Kahn is the first goalkeeper to win the Golden Ball in World Cup history, and he also became the first German goalkeeper to keep five clean sheets in a World Cup tournament.
Kahn held his number one spot for the 2004 European Football Championship, but Germany was ruled out of the group stage once more. After the tournament, Oliver Kahn gave up his captaincy to Michael Ballack.
Jürgen Klinsmann, Germany's current manager, who replaced Rudi Völler, opted for a rotating top-one position between Kahn and his longtime rival Jens Lehmann of Arsenal in order to boost competition between the two teams. After two years of squabble for the position, Klinsmann announced Lehmann as his first-choice goalkeeper for the 2006 World Cup. Kahn opted to remain as a back-up for the tournament despite the fact that they were fighting for Germany's starting position, Kahn openly accepted Klinsmann's decision. As the former delivered words of encouragement before the quarter-final penalty shoot-out against Argentina, Kahn and Lehmann embraced and shook hands. Kahn lauded Lehmann for his two crucial penalty saves in the postgame conference.
After Germany was disqualified in the semi-finals by Italy, Kahn was given the opportunity to start the third place play-off on July 8, 2006, which Germany defeated Portugal 3–1. In his last international appearance for Germany, he was also given the captaincy of the team in the absence of injured Michael Ballack. Despite being overshadowed by Bastian Schweinsteiger's game-winning appearance in the match, Kahn maintained his high level, pulling off multiple saves. After beating the German defense, Kahn deflected a shot by Portuguese forward Pauleta, and then saved Deco's shot from just inside the penalty box. Oliver Kahn announced his retirement from the German National Team following the match. He earned 86 caps for Germany, including 49 as team captain, during his international career. He never won a World Cup, but he finished as runner-up in 2002 and third in 2006.
