Oliver Kahn facts for kids

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Oliver Kahn
	Kahn in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Oliver Rolf Kahn
Date of birth	15 June 1969 (age 52)
Place of birth	Karlsruhe, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1975–1987	Karlsruher SC
Senior career*
National team
Competitor for Germany
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship
	FIFA Confederations Cup
	Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; ; † Appearances (Goals).;

Oliver Rolf Kahn (born 15 June 1969 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is a former German football player. He played as a goalkeeper for Bayern Munich. From 1988 until 1994, Kahn played for Karlsruhe. He has played 86 matches for the Germany national team.

After 2006 FIFA World Cup, he retired from the national team. After the season 2007/2008 he ended his career and stopped playing for his club Bayern Munich, too.

Kahn has won several titles with Bayern München, among them are the UEFA champions league, the UEFA cup, the intercontinental cup, eight national championships and six national cups.

He was the first-choice goalkeeper in the Germany national football team which was the runner-up at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Kahn's nicknames are "King Kahn" and "The Titan".

Club career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1987/88	Karlsruhe	Bundesliga	2	0	-		-		2	0
1988/89			2	0	-		-		2	0
1989/90			0	0	-		-		0	0
1990/91			22	0	-		-		22	0
1991/92			37	0	2	0	-		39	0
1992/93			34	0	5	0	-		39	0
1993/94			31	0	3	0	10	0	44	0
1994/95	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	23	0	2	0	5	0	30	0
1995/96			32	0	2	0	12	0	46	0
1996/97			32	0	4	0	2	0	38	0
1997/98			34	0	8	0	8	0	50	0
1998/99			30	0	8	0	13	0	51	0
1999/00			27	0	5	0	13	0	45	0
2000/01			32	0	4	0	16	0	52	0
2001/02			32	0	5	0	14	0	51	0
2002/03			33	0	6	0	6	0	45	0
2003/04			33	0	5	0	8	0	46	0
2004/05			32	0	7	0	10	0	49	0
2005/06			31	0	6	0	7	0	44	0
2006/07			32	0	3	0	9	0	44	0
2007/08			26	0	7	0	9	0	42	0
Country	Germany		557	0	82	0	142	0	781	0
Total			557	0	82	0	142	0	781	0

International career statistics

Germany national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1995	2	0
1996	3	0
1997	3	0
1998	7	0
1999	6	0
2000	10	0
2001	10	0
2002	15	0
2003	9	0
2004	11	0
2005	7	0
2006	3	0
Total	86	0

Images for kids

Kahn training with Bayern in 2008
Kahn at his Bayern testimonial match in September 2008 for his 14 years of service to the club
Kahn (far right) on RTL's Spendenmarathon in 2014
Kahn in 2006
Kahn's Bayern Munich jersey next to Michel Platini's and Lev Yashin's in the San Siro museum