Oliver Kahn
Oliver Kahn
Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former German football goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975. Twelve years later, Kahn made his debut match in the professional squad. In 1994, he was transferred to Bayern Munich for the fee of DM4.6 million, where he played until the end of his career in 2008. His commanding presence in goal and aggressive style earned him nicknames such as Der Titanfrom the press and Vol-kahn-ofrom fans...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth15 June 1969
CityKarlsruhe, Germany
CountryGermany
We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island.
Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs.
When you look at our programme for the next few weeks, you do not fancy a trip to the Oktoberfest.
After the 2006 World Cup, I knew that you don't always need success, success, success on the pitch.
Of course, success is a relative term. It can be something completely different from winning the German championship eight times or making millions.
I'm not the type who spends his free time in training camp playing with his Playstation or playing cards on trips. The other players thought it was odd: There he is, reading again.
I want to successfully make the transition from a life in professional sports to another life, without running into major upheavals.
A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.
I've never really seen myself in the role of the victim.
After a decade in a club it's quite normal and necessary that you seek and take a new challenge.
Big matches on the big stage are often decided at the back.
I have always seen myself as an athlete. Of course, I made the mistake of unintentionally opening the door to my private life by just a crack. I wouldn't do the same thing again. It has to be accepted that my private life is private, and if that isn't the case, I have to do something about it.
I was so obsessed with football that you could say I was taking the goal home with me at night. And then one day the system fell apart.
I would never have thought I was capable of sitting on the bench as the number two man. And it showed me that you can really achieve everything in life, even the unthinkable, as long as you're willing to work on yourself a little bit.