Oliver Kahn

Goalkeeper.

Bayern Munich, germany

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Oliver Kahn (born June 15, 1969 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is a German football goalkeeper. He stars for the German national team (since 1995) and Bayern Mnchen (since 1994). He is known as King Kahn or Kahn, the Titan for his prowess in the game.
Kahn started his career at Karlsruher SC, and was transferred to Bayern Munich in 1995 for the (then) huge sum of five million Deutschmark. Although suffering a rupture of his cruciate ligament, he developed into a most formidable goalkeeper.
In 2002, he won the adidas Golden Ball for best player and the Yashin Award for top goalkeeper of the 2002 World Cup. He also started for his country at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004.
He was married to Katharina, but has split up in 2004. He has been connected to starlet Verena Kerth ever since.
Kahn is a player obsessed by perfection, and trains fanatically, similiar to Michael Jordan. He is hyper-competitive and always demands 100% from himself and his teammates. On the pitch, he is a charismatic, dominant presence who leads his defense and intimidates the opposition. His reflexes are stellar, his control of the box is excellent, and he excels in 1-vs-1-situations.
However, approaching age (and overcoming private problems), his game has declined slowly. He hit a nadir when he allowed a jaw-dropping howler goal against Real Madrid in 2004, but since then, has recovered to become a worldclass keeper once again.

In 1996, popular German comedian Harald Schmidt lip-synced Kahn, when he angrily shouted at colleague Andreas Herzog, by using ape noises ("Uh-uh-uh'). This became a cult, and from that moment on, fans of the opposing team would taunt him by making ape noises and throwing bananas at him. But since his stellar performance in the 2002 World Cup, this has mostly ceased.
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For unknown reasons, he does not allow his name to be used in some football simulation games such as Football Manager, where he instead appears as Jens Mustermann (Mustermann being the ficticious name used in sample IDs and passports, Jens as provocation, because it is the first name of his biggest rival, Jens Lehmann).
On top form, Oliver Kahn is one of the best goalkeepers in the world and he has been in the form of his life at the World Cup.
His remarkable agility and finely tuned reflexes came to the fore in the 2001 Champions League final when his saves from the spot helped Bayern Munich vanquish Valencia.
Kahn was much-maligned for his poor display in England's 5-1 win over Germany in the World Cup qualifiers, but this was very much a blip on a proud CV.
He bosses his box and is not scared to bawl at any defender who is failing to do his job properly.