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Footballer, born in Karlsruhe, SW Germany. He began playing with Karlsruhe FC's youth team in 1977, and made his debut for the Bundesliga (German Football League) in 1990. He joined Bayern Munich for the 1994–95 season for €2·5 million, a record fee for a goalkeeper at the time. He went on to win many honours at domestic and international level, and in 2000 was voted German Footballer of the Year and Best European goalkeeper. The 2000–1 season was his most successful, having won a fourth German League title and also the UEFA Champions League trophy. He was reserve goalkeeper at the FIFA World Cup finals (1994, 1998) and did not play. Picked as number one for the 2002 finals in Korea/Japan, he was named in the All-Star Team of the tournament, and went on to win the Lev Yashin Award for Best Goalkeeper, and the Golden Ball Award for the best player, the first goalkeeper to win the award. Following his appearance in the 2006 World Cup held in Germany, he retired from international football with 86 caps.

Full name: Oliver Hans Kahn Date of birth: July 15, 1969 Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany Nationality: German Nick Name : Titan Height: 188 cms Weight: 88 kgs Club: Bayern Munich Position: Goalkeeper Jersey  Number: 1 Contract expires: June 2008 Previous clubs: Karlsruher    Bayern Munich Hobby: Golf,  reading International debut: June 1995, v Switzerland International Caps: 85 International Goals: 0 World cups: USA 1994, France 1998, Korea/Japan 2002 (2nd), Germany 2006 (3rd) UEFA European Football Championship (1996).

Club Titles

Bundesliga: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006  ,2008 German Cup: 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008   German Super Cup: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007   UEFA Cup: 1996   UEFA Champions League: 2001  Intercontinental Cup: 2001  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 Pele: 2004  FIFA World Cup awards: All-Star Team 2002  UEFA Fair-Play Award: 2001  Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2006  "SPORT-BILD"-Award: 2006  Bambi: 2001 ;

Did you know?

In 2002/03, Kahn set a Bundesliga record of 737 minutes without conceding a goal, since surpassed by VfB Stuttgart's Timo Hildebrand