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Lothar Matth\u00e4us

Matth\u00e4us in 2019

Personal information

Full name

\nLothar Herbert Matth\u00e4us

Date of birth

\n21 March 1961 (age 63)

Place of birth

\nErlangen, West Germany

Height

\n1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)

Position(s)

\nMidfielder, defender

Youth career

1971\u20131979

\n1. FC Herzogenaurach

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1978\u20131979

\n1. FC Herzogenaurach

\n22

\n(20)

1979\u20131984

\nBorussia M\u00f6nchengladbach

\n162

\n(36)

1984\u20131988

\nBayern Munich

\n113

\n(57)

1988\u20131992

\nInter Milan

\n115

\n(40)

1992\u20132000

\nBayern Munich

\n189

\n(28)

2000

\nMetroStars

\n16

\n(0)

2018

\n1. FC Herzogenaurach

\n1

\n(0)

Total

\n618

\n(181)

International career

1979

\nWest Germany U18

\n9

\n(3)

1979\u20131983

\nWest Germany U21

\n15

\n(2)

1979\u20131981

\nWest Germany B

\n4

\n(1)

1980\u20132000

\nWest Germany/Germany

\n150

\n(23)

Managerial career

2001\u20132002

\nRapid Wien

2002\u20132003

\nPartizan

2003\u20132006

\nHungary

2006

\nAtl\u00e9tico Paranaense

2006\u20132007

\nRed Bull Salzburg (assistant)

2008\u20132009

\nMaccabi Netanya

2010\u20132011

\nBulgaria

Medal record

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Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ West Germany\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	1990 Italy	\n
Runner-up	1982 Spain	\n
Runner-up	1986 Mexico	\n
UEFA European Championship\n
Winner	1980 Italy	\n
$\"Third$	1988 West Germany	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lothar Herbert Matth\u00e4us (German pronunciation: [\u02c8lo\u02d0ta\u0281 ma\u02c8t\u025b\u02d0\u028as] ^\u24d8;^[1] born 21 March 1961) is a German football pundit and former professional player and manager. He captained West Germany to victory in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was awarded the Ballon d'Or. In 1991, he was named the first FIFA World Player of the Year, and remains the only German to have received the award. He was also included in the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020.\n

Matth\u00e4us was the first outfield player, and second overall after Antonio Carbajal, to appear at five FIFA World Cups (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998); he remains one of only six male players to have done so, along with Antonio Carbajal, Rafael M\u00e1rquez, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Andr\u00e9s Guardado. He also won UEFA Euro 1980, and played in the 1984, 1988 and 2000 UEFA European Championships. In 1999, aged 38, Matth\u00e4us was again voted German Footballer of the Year, having previously won the award in 1990.\n

Matth\u00e4us is the most capped German player of all time, retiring with a total of 150 appearances (83 for West Germany) in 20 years, and 23 goals. Matth\u00e4us is a member of the FIFA 100 list of the greatest living football players chosen by Pel\u00e9.^[2] Diego Maradona said of Matth\u00e4us, \"He is the best rival I've ever had. I guess that's enough to define him.\"^[3]\n

A versatile and complete player, Matth\u00e4us is regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, and was renowned for his perceptive passing, positional sense and well-timed tackling, as well as his powerful shooting. During his career, he usually played as a box-to-box midfielder, although late in his career he played as a sweeper.^[4]^[5]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Continental^[c]\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach\n	1979\u201380\n	Bundesliga\n	28	4	2	0	\u2013	11	2	41	6\n
1980\u201381\n	Bundesliga\n	33	10	5	2	\u2014	\u2014	38	12\n
1981\u201382\n	Bundesliga\n	33	3	5	4	\u2014	4	1	42	8\n
1982\u201383\n	Bundesliga\n	34	8	5	2	\u2014	\u2014	39	10\n
1983\u201384\n	Bundesliga\n	34	11	6	4	\u2014	\u2014	40	15\n
Total\n	162	36	23	12	\u2014	15	3	200	51\n
Bayern Munich\n	1984\u201385\n	Bundesliga\n	33	16	6	0	\u2014	5	1	44	17\n
1985\u201386\n	Bundesliga\n	23	10	5	2	\u2014	3	0	31	12\n
1986\u201387\n	Bundesliga\n	31	14	3	1	\u2014	7	4	41	19\n
1987\u201388\n	Bundesliga\n	26	17	4	3	\u2014	4	1	34	21\n
Total\n	113	57	18	6	\u2014	19	6	150	69\n
Inter Milan\n	1988\u201389\n	Serie A\n	32	9	7	3	\u2014	5	0	44	12\n
1989\u201390\n	Serie A\n	25	11	2	2	0	0	2	0	29	13\n
1990\u201391\n	Serie A\n	31	16	3	1	\u2014	12	6	46	23\n
1991\u201392\n	Serie A\n	27	4	5	1	\u2014	2	0	34	5\n
Total\n	115	40	17	7	0	0	21	6	153	53\n
Bayern Munich\n	1992\u201393\n	Bundesliga\n	28	8	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	28	8\n
1993\u201394\n	Bundesliga\n	33	8	3	1	\u2014	4	1	40	10\n
1994\u201395\n	Bundesliga\n	16	5	2	0	\u2014	6	0	24	5\n
1995\u201396\n	Bundesliga\n	19	1	0	0	\u2014	7	0	26	1\n
1996\u201397\n	Bundesliga\n	28	1	3	0	\u2014	2	0	33	1\n
1997\u201398\n	Bundesliga\n	25	3	3	0	2	0	5	0	35	3\n
1998\u201399\n	Bundesliga\n	25	1	5	0	2	0	12	1	44	2\n
1999\u20132000\n	Bundesliga\n	15	1	2	0	0	0	9	0	26	1\n
Total\n	189	28	18	1	4	0	45	2	256	31\n
MetroStars\n	2000\n	Major League Soccer\n	16	0	2	0	5	0	\u2014	23	0\n
Career total\n	595	161	78	26	9	0	100	17	782	204\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Germany\n	1980	1	0\n
1981	1	0\n
1982	10	0\n
1983	7	0\n
1984	10	0\n
1985	7	1\n
1986	15	2\n
1987	6	1\n
1988	10	4\n
1989	3	1\n
1990	15	7\n
1991	7	3\n
1992	4	0\n
1993	11	0\n
1994	15	3\n
1995	0	0\n
1996	0	0\n
1997	0	0\n
1998	8	0\n
1999	13	1\n
2000	7	0\n
Total	150	23\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1	30 April 1985	Stadion Ev\u017eena Ro\u0161ick\u00e9ho, Prague, Czech Republic	$\"\"$ Czechoslovakia	3\u20130	5\u20131	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
2	5 February 1986	Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi, Avellino, Italy	$\"\"$ Italy	2\u20131	2\u20131	Friendly\n
3	17 June 1986	Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico	$\"\"$ Morocco	1\u20130	1\u20130	1986 FIFA World Cup\n
4	25 March 1987	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	$\"\"$ Israel	2\u20130	2\u20130	Friendly\n
5	2 April 1988	Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West Germany	$\"\"$ Argentina	1\u20130	1\u20130	Four Nations Tournament (1988)\n
6	4 June 1988	Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany	$\"\"$ Yugoslavia	1\u20131	1\u20131	Friendly\n
7	21 June 1988	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany	$\"\"$ Netherlands	1\u20130	1\u20132	UEFA Euro 1988\n
8	31 August 1988	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	$\"\"$ Finland	3\u20130	4\u20130	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
9	4 October 1989	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, West Germany\n	$\"\"$ Finland	6\u20131	6\u20131\n	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
10	25 April 1990	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany	$\"\"$ Uruguay	1\u20131	3\u20133	Friendly\n
11	10 June 1990	San Siro, Milan, Italy	$\"\"$ Yugoslavia	1\u20130	4\u20131	1990 FIFA World Cup\n
12	3\u20131\n
13	15 June 1990\n	San Siro, Milan, Italy\n	$\"\"$ United Arab Emirates	3\u20131	5\u20131\n	1990 FIFA World Cup\n
14	1 July 1990\n	San Siro, Milan, Italy\n	$\"\"$ Czechoslovakia	1\u20130	1\u20130	1990 FIFA World Cup\n
15	29 August 1990	Est\u00e1dio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal	$\"\"$ Portugal	1\u20130	1\u20131	Friendly\n
16	19 December 1990	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany	$\"\"$ Switzerland	4\u20130	4\u20130\n	Friendly\n
17	27 March 1991	Waldstadion (Frankfurt), Frankfurt, Germany	$\"\"$ Soviet Union	2\u20130	2\u20131\n	Friendly\n
18	1 May 1991	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany	$\"\"$ Belgium	1\u20130	1\u20130	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying\n
19	18 December 1991	Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany	$\"\"$ Luxembourg	1\u20130	4\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying\n
20	10 July 1994	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	$\"\"$ Bulgaria	1\u20130	1\u20132	1994 FIFA World Cup\n
21	14 December 1994	Stadionul Republican, Chi\u015fin\u0103u, Moldova	$\"\"$ Moldova	3\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying\n
22	18 December 1994	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany	$\"\"$ Albania	2\u20130	2\u20131\n	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying\n
23	28 July 1999	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	$\"\"$ New Zealand	2\u20130	2\u20130	1999 FIFA Confederations Cup\n

Team	From	To	Record	Ref.\n
M	W	D	L	Win %\n
Rapid Wien	6 September 2001	14 May 2002\n	32\n	9\n	9\n	14\n	028.13\n	^[34]^[35]^[36]\n
Partizan	22 December 2002	14 December 2003\n	44\n	29\n	6\n	9\n	065.91\n	^[38]^[40]^[39]^[90]^[91]\n
Hungary	14 December 2003	11 January 2006\n	28\n	11\n	3\n	14\n	039.29\n	^[45]^[46]^[92]^[93]\n
Atl\u00e9tico Paranaense	11 January 2006	20 March 2006\n	8\n	6\n	2\n	0\n	075.00\n	^[46]^[48]\n
Maccabi Netanya	13 June 2008	29 April 2009\n	32\n	14\n	12\n	6\n	043.75\n	^[94]^[95]\n
Bulgaria	23 September 2010	19 September 2011\n	10\n	3\n	3\n	4\n	030.00\n	^[54]^[55]^[56]^[57]\n
Total\n	154\n	72\n	35\n	47\n	046.75\n	\n

Sporting positions\n
Preceded by Klaus Allofs \n	Germany captain 1987\u20131992\n	Succeeded by Andreas Brehme \n
Preceded by Andreas Brehme \n	Germany captain 1992\u20131995\n	Succeeded by J\u00fcrgen Klinsmann \n
Preceded by Raimond Aumann \n	Bayern Munich captain 1994\u20131997\n	Succeeded by Thomas Helmer \n

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Early life

Club career

International career

Early international career

1990s

Final international years

Coaching career

Rapid Wien

Partizan

Hungary national team

Atl\u00e9tico Paranaense

Red Bull Salzburg

Maccabi Netanya

Bulgaria national team

Columnist and TV pundit

Style of play

Personal life

Media appearances

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Manager

See also

References

External links

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