Oliver Kahn is an outstanding German football goalkeeper who has dedicated his prime to Bayern Munich. During his career, he won many titles in the domestic arena, won awards from the national team at the EURO and World Championships. He is a true legend of all German football.
Oliver Kahn was born on June 15, 1969 in the city of Karlsruhe in the Federal Republic of Germany (now just Germany). From childhood, the child showed interest in sports, loved to play football. The boy's talent began to manifest itself from an early age. This was especially true of his reaction, which was visible at the time when Oliver began to defend the gate.
Kahn's football biography began at the local school of the Karlsruhe team, where the future world sports star received his first football education. Already in 1975, Oliver Kahn was involved in the field as part of the junior team. In the youth club "Karlsruhe" the goalkeeper played until 1987, after which he began his career as a goalkeeper in the adult team.
Oliver Kahn's club career
The first adult team for the goalkeeper was the club, which brought up the great goalkeeper. Oliver Kahn played for the German Karlsruhe from 1987 to 1994. During this time, the footballer entered the field in 128 games. In which he conceded 177 goals. For a still young goalkeeper, this result was very worthy.
Work in training, sports goalkeeper thinking, real creativity shown in the defense of their own gates, attracted the attention of breeders from the most titled club in Germany - Bayern Munich.
In 1994, Oliver Kahn joined the team from Munich. Since then, the great Oliver spent the rest of his career at Bayern Munich. For fourteen years of performances, Oliver Kahn took part in more than four hundred matches. At the same time, the average "throughput" for the goalkeeper, taking into account the statistics of all tournaments, was less than a goal per game. The most impressive record for Oliver Kahn in keeping his goal intact dates back to the 2001-2002 season. That year, Kahn played in thirty-two matches of the German Championship and conceded only twenty goals.
Finished his performances for Bayern, and at the same time his career, Oliver Kahn only in 2008.
Oliver Kahn's achievements at Bayern
Oliver Kahn is an eight-time German champion and a six-time National Cup triumph. The goalkeeper has won the German League Cup five times.
On the European stage, Oliver Kahn won two major club competitions - the UEFA Champions League (in the 2000-2001 season) and the UEFA Cup (in the 1995-1996 season). Oliver added to these trophies the victory in the 2001 Intercontinental Cup.
The goalkeeper has been repeatedly named the Bundesliga Goalkeeper and Player of the Year in Germany.
Achievements of Oliver Kahn in the German national team
The only title that Oliver Kahn did not obey is the title of world champion. Several times the outstanding goalkeeper came close to triumph. In 2002, the German national team lost to the Brazilians in the World Cup final, which allowed Oliver to receive only the World Cup silver. At that tournament, Kahn was recognized as the best player. Four years later, at the home championship of the planet, "Bundestim" was able to win bronze medals.
Oliver Kahn won national team gold in another tournament, at EURO 1996.
Oliver Kahn has been named the best goalkeeper in the world and the best goalkeeper in Europe three times by UEFA.
Oliver Kahn's personal life has several stages. The goalkeeper has been married twice. From his first marriage, Oliver has two children (daughter Katarina-Maria and son David). The second wife of Kan Svenja, with whom the marriage was concluded in 2011, gave birth to a third child for the goalkeeper - the son of Julian.
