OLIVER KAHN

Oliver Rolf Kahn (born 15 June 1969 in Karlsruhe) is a former German football goalkeeper. He started his career at Karlsruher SC and in 1994 was transferred to FC Bayern Munich, his last professional club. He is one of the most successful German players in recent history, having won eight German championships, six German cups, the UEFA Cup (1996), the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup (both 2001). His individual contributions have earned him four consecutive UEFA Best European Goalkeeper awards and two German "Footballer of the Year" trophies. He played for the German national team (from 1994 to 2006), where he was starting goalkeeper of the 2002 World Cup squad which reached the Finals and won the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball for his performance. Kahn is nicknamed "King Kahn" or "The Titan." He made his last professional appearance for FC Bayern Munich on 27th May, 2008 at the Salt Lake Stadium (Yuvabharati Krirangan), Kolkata in a friendly against Mohun Bagan AC of India during Bayern's Asian tour of 2008. Around 120,000 people turned up for the match. The match ended 0-3 in favour of Bayern and Michael Rensing substituted Kaiser Kahn in the 55th minute.

Honours

Club Titles

• Bundesliga: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008
• German Cup: 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008
• Liga-Pokal: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007

• UEFA Cup: 1996
• UEFA Champions League: 2001
• Intercontinental Cup: 2001

National Team

• European Championship: 1996
• World Cup runner-up: 2002
• World Cup Bronze medallist: 2006
• FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze medallist: 2005

Personal Honours

• Man of the match: for his performance in the Champions League Final, 2001
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper - 1st Places: 1999, 2001, 2002
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper - 2nd Place: 2000
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper - 3rd Place: 2003
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper - 4th Place: 2004
• Best European Goalkeeper: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
• European Footballer of the Year - Bronze Ball: 2001, 2002
• UEFA Club Football Awards - Best Goalkeeper: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
• German Footballer of the Year: 2000, 2001
• FIFA World Player of the year: runner-up, 2002
• Best Bundesliga Keeper: 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
• FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2002
• Best goalkeeper of the World Cup: 2002
• FIFA 100 - 125 greatest living players, as selected by Pelé: 2004
• FIFA World Cup awards: All-Star Team 2002
• UEFA Fair-Play Award: 2001
• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2006
• "SPORT-BILD"-Award: 2006
• Bambi: 2001