Oliver Rolf Kahn is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper.
33 Facts About Oliver Kahn
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Oliver Kahn started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975.
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Twelve years later, Kahn made his debut match in the professional squad.
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Oliver Kahn's commanding presence in goal and aggressive style earned him nicknames such as Der Titan from the press and Vol-kahn-o from fans.
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Oliver Kahn is one of the most successful German players in recent history, having won eight Bundesliga titles, six DFB-Pokals, the UEFA Cup in 1996, the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup, both achieved in 2001.
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At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Oliver Kahn became the only goalkeeper in the tournament's history to win the Golden Ball.
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Oliver Kahn placed fifth in both the IFFHS Best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century and Best Goalkeeper of the Past 25 Years elections.
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From 1994 to 2006, Oliver Kahn was in the Germany national team, in which he played as a starter after the retirement of Andreas Kopke, he was an unused member of the squad that won the 1996 UEFA European Championship.
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Oliver Kahn made a mistake on Brazil's first goal; nonetheless, he received the Golden Ball as player of the tournament.
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At the age of six, Oliver Kahn joined Karlsruher SC, where his father Rolf had played from 1962 to 1965.
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Oliver Kahn started as a field player before becoming goalkeeper.
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Oliver Kahn was sent off in an incident against Hansa Rostock on 3 March 2001.
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Oliver Kahn immediately received a red card, which dismissed him from the game.
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Oliver Kahn received the UEFA Fair Play Award for this match, after he walked up to a disappointed Santiago Canizares, the opposition goalkeeper, after the penalty shoot-out and attempted to comfort him.
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Oliver Kahn was recently asked if there was anyone who could tell him what to do.
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Oliver Kahn is, and always has been, alone with his obsession to become the master of his chosen art.
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Oliver Kahn spent the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France on the bench, and it was not until Andreas Kopke announced his retirement at the end of the tournament that Oliver Kahn became the starting goalkeeper.
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Oliver Kahn experienced one of his worst performances in his international career against England in Munich in 2001.
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Oliver Kahn was named the best goalkeeper in the world by IFFHS for the second time in his career.
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Oliver Kahn is the only goalkeeper in World Cup history to win the Golden Ball, and became the first German goalkeeper to keep five clean sheets in a World Cup tournament.
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Oliver Kahn maintained his number one spot for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, but Germany were eliminated in the group stage.
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Oliver Kahn gave up his captaincy to Michael Ballack after the tournament.
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Oliver Kahn decided to stay on as a backup for the competition; despite their acrimonious pre-tournament battle for Germany's starting role, Oliver Kahn openly accepted Klinsmann's decision.
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Oliver Kahn deflected a shot by Portuguese forward Pauleta after he beat the German defence, and later saved Deco's shot made from just inside the penalty area.
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Oliver Kahn never won a World Cup, but finished as runner-up in 2002 and third in 2006.
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Oliver Kahn was depicted in several television commercials, including one for the Shinkin bank.
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Oliver Kahn is the subject of the song Olli Oliver Kahn by the German pop group Die Prinzen.
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On 30 August 2019, it was revealed that Oliver Kahn would join the executive board of FC Bayern Munich on 1 January 2020.
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On 1 June 2021, it was announced that Oliver Kahn would take over the CEO position at Bayern Munich starting 1 July 2021, succeeding retiring Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
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Oliver Kahn is partly of Latvian descent; his father Rolf was born in Liepaja in 1943, where he remains well-known, to a Latvian mother, Erika Alksne, and a Baltic German father, named Rolf.
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The couple separated in 2003 and Oliver Kahn thereafter had a highly publicised relationship with Verena Kerth from 2003 to 2008.
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On 8 July 2011, Oliver Kahn married his girlfriend Svenja in Munich.
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Oliver Kahn was known for his eccentricity and charismatic leadership from the back, which often saw him call out his defenders whenever they made errors.