Oliver Bierhoff

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Oliver Bierhoff
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Personal information
Date of birth 1 May 1968 (1968-05-01) (age 43)
Place of birth Karlsruhe, West Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1986–1988 Bayer Uerdingen 31 (4)
1988–1990 Hamburger SV 34 (6)
1990 Borussia Mönchengladbach 8 (0)
1990–1991 Austria Salzburg 32 (23)
1991–1995 Ascoli 117 (48)
1995–1998 Udinese 86 (57)
1998–2001 Milan 91 (38)
2001–2002 Monaco 18 (5)
2002–2003 Chievo Verona 26 (7)
Total 443 (188)
National team
1988–1990 West Germany U-21 10 (7)
1996–2002 Germany 70 (37)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Oliver Bierhoff (born 1 May 1968 in Karlsruhe) is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final. He is mostly renowned for his excellent abilities as a target man being able to deliver pin-point headers towards goal.

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[edit] Club career

The son of a German utility magnate, Bierhoff played for nine different clubs, in four different leagues. He scored a total of 103 goals in Serie A, one of the best totals for a non-Italian in the league's history. In the 1997–98 season, he was the Serie A top scorer with 27 goals for Udinese.

Bierhoff, however, was never a success in the Bundesliga. After failing to shine in Germany, he got his chance in the Austrian Bundesliga. That gave him the chance at Ascoli in Italy. But it was at Udinese, under Alberto Zaccheroni, that Bierhoff found success and won his place in fame and in the German national team. He then transferred to Milan in 1998, winning the Serie A title in his first season there. After four seasons there, he moved to French Ligue 1 side Monaco in 2001 for one year, before moving back to Serie A to play for Chievo Verona, where he retired at the end of the 2002–03 season. In his last ever game, he scored a hat-trick for Chievo Verona in a 3–4 defeat to Juventus.[1]

[edit] International career

Bierhoff made his debut for the German national team in a friendly against Portugal on 21 February 1996. In his second appearance on 27 March 1996, he managed to score his first two international goals in his country's 2–0 win over Denmark. Altogether Bierhoff scored 37 goals in 70 caps, including both goals in the 2–1 win over the Czech Republic in the Euro 1996 final after having come on as a substitute.[2]

In an important qualification match on 20 August 1997, Germany trailed Northern Ireland, 0–1, with 20 minutes left when the manager of the national team, Berti Vogts, decided to send in Thomas Häßler and Oliver Bierhoff. Within seven minutes the former provided the latter with three assists, which Bierhoff turned into three goals, scoring the fastest hat-trick in the history of the German national team.[3]

Bierhoff also played in Euro 2000, and both the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. He made his last appearance for his country when he was brought on during the second half of the World Cup 2002 final against Brazil, but was unable to help the Germans score in the 0–2 loss.

[edit] Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total
1986–87 Uerdingen Bundesliga 19 3
1987–88 12 1
1988–89 Hamburger SV Bundesliga 24 6
1989–90 10 0
1989–90 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 8 0
Austria League Austrian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1990–91 Austria Salzburg Bundesliga 33 23
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
1991–92 Ascoli Serie A 17 2
1992–93 Serie B 35 20
1993–94 32 17
1994–95 33 9
1995–96 Udinese Serie A 31 17
1996–97 23 13
1997–98 32 27
1998–99 Milan Serie A 34 20
1999–00 30 11
2000–01 27 6
2001–02 0 0
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
2001–02 Monaco Division 1 18 4
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2002–03 ChievoVerona Serie A 26 7
Total Germany 73 10
Austria 33 23
Italy 320 149
France 18 4
Career total 444 186

[4]

Germany national team
Year Apps Goals
1996 11 6
1997 8 7
1998 17 8
1999 8 6
2000 8 3
2001 7 1
2002 11 6
Total 70 37

[edit] Managerial career

Bierhoff's current involvement with football is as the manager of the German men's national team, a new position created as part of Jürgen Klinsmann's acceptance of the coaching job. Essentially the duties revolve around the public relations aspect of the team as opposed to the coaching responsibilities.

[edit] Personal life

Bierhoff is married to Klara Szalantzy, a model from Munich and a former girlfriend of basketball player Drazen Petrovic. She gave birth to their daughter on 27 January 2007. Bierhoff encouraged Germany International, Lukas Podolski to join Arsenal on 1st March 2012, describing the potential switch as a 'great move' for his career.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Milan

[edit] International

[edit] Individual

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Juventus 4–3 Chievo Verona". ESPN Soccernet. 24 May 2003. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=65770&cc=5739. Retrieved 23 December 2010. 
  2. ^ Lawton, Matt (7 October 2000). "Bierhoff back for more glory". The Daily Telegraph (UK). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/4773162/Bierhoff-back-for-more-glory.html. Retrieved 23 December 2010. 
  3. ^ "Key player – Oliver Bierhoff". BBC Sport. 3 May 1998. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_80000/newsid_85600/85622.stm. Retrieved 20 May 2010. 
  4. ^ "Oliver Bierhoff – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/bierhoff-intl.html. Retrieved 23 December 2010. 


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