17 Facts About Oliver Bierhoff

Oliver Bierhoff was born on 1 May 1968 and is a German association football official and former player who played as a striker.

Oliver Bierhoff has previously served as the technical director of the Germany national team.

Oliver Bierhoff spent his early career playing for Bayer Uerdingen, Hamburger SV and Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga where he had modest success.

Oliver Bierhoff was signed by an Udinese team led by Alberto Zaccheroni in 1995 where he had great success and earned his first call-up to the Germany national team.

Oliver Bierhoff scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final, a career-defining performance that vaulted him into the international limelight.

Oliver Bierhoff was signed by AC Milan in 1998, winning the Serie A title in his first season with the club, scoring 19 goals in the league and 21 in all competitions.

Oliver Bierhoff set a Serie A record for most headed goals in a single season, with 15.

The son of a German utility magnate, Oliver Bierhoff played for nine different clubs, in four different countries.

Oliver Bierhoff scored a total of 102 goals in Serie A, one of the highest totals for a non-Italian in the league's history.

Oliver Bierhoff debuted for the Germany national team in a friendly against Portugal on 21 February 1996.

Oliver Bierhoff was a manager of the Germany national football team from 2004 until December 2017, a new position created as part of Jurgen Klinsmann's acceptance of the coaching job.

On 1 January 2018, a structural reform in the German Football Association took place and Oliver Bierhoff was named the technical director of the Germany national team.

Oliver Bierhoff married Klara Szalantzy on 22 June 2001, Szalantzy was a model of Hungarian ancestry from Munich and former girlfriend of basketball player Drazen Petrovic.

Oliver Bierhoff was behind the wheel in the fatal car crash that claimed Petrovic's life.

Oliver Bierhoff is a member of the AC Milan Hall of Fame.

Oliver Bierhoff was one of several celebrities in 2015 who endorsed the tabloid newspaper Bilds petition against anti-Islamisation group PEGIDA.

Oliver Bierhoff took a correspondence course and graduated in 2002 with a degree in business economics from the University of Hagen.