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Oliver Rolf Kahn is born
The former footballer was born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg state, Federal Republic of Germany, -
Start of your football journey
He started his football career in his hometown team Karlsruher SC, -
His debut
His debut came in 1990, when coach Winfried Schäfer decided to place him in the starting team. In the following years, he became a quality goalkeeper, helping to establish Karlsruher SC as one of the best teams in the Bundesliga. -
his greatest achievement with his first team
His greatest achievement with Karlsruher SC was reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in the 1993-1994 season. In that tournament Karlsruher SC obtained a historic 7-0 victory in the second leg against Valencia CF, 6 after being defeated in the first leg 3-1.6 Oliver Kahn remained with the club for seven seasons. -
In 1994 he signed for Bayern Munich
In 1994 he signed for Bayern Munich for a figure of 2.5 million euros, playing 23 games. -
debut with the national team
Although he had already been called up with his national team in 1994, his international debut took place on June 23, 1995 in a match against Switzerland. -
His first World Cup
He participated in the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, playing seven games against Saudi Arabia, Cameroon, Ireland, Paraguay, the United States, South Korea and Brazil. Kahn was the captain of the German National Team and played all the games of that World Cup . They had superb performances that allowed a less than brilliant German team to reach the final at the Tokyo stadium -
announced his retirement as a member of the national team.
After being replaced as the starting goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn decides to retire from the national team at the end of the 2006 World Cup. -
Oliver Kahn says goodbye to the courts
Kahn played his last game in the Bundesliga in the Bayern Munich shirt against Hertha Berlin, with a final score of 4: 1 in favor of Bayern. Kahn was replaced in the 89th minute by Michael Rensing, his successor in the Bavarian team's goal, to a loud ovation from the Allianz Arena crowd -
Life after football
He currently works as Managing Director of FC Bayern München AG a subsidiary company of Bayern Munich that manages the financial assets and activities at the Allianz Arena. Since October 2016, he is the owner and founder of Goalplay, a company dedicated to the manufacture of goalkeeper gloves and the training of promising young soccer players.
