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Oliver Bierhoff
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Bierhoff in 2018
Personal information
Full name Oliver Bierhoff[1]
Date of birth (1968-05-01) 1 May 1968 (age 58)
Place of birth Karlsruhe, West Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Bayer Uerdingen 31 (4)
1988–1989 Hamburger SV 34 (6)
1989–1990 Borussia Mönchengladbach 8 (0)
1990–1991 Austria Salzburg 33 (23)
1991–1995 Ascoli 117 (48)
1995–1998 Udinese 86 (57)
1998–2001 AC Milan 91 (36)
2001–2002 Monaco 18 (4)
2002–2003 Chievo 26 (7)
Total 444 (185)
International career
1988–1990 West Germany U21 10 (7)
1996–2002 Germany 70 (37)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1996 England
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2002 Korea/Japan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oliver Bierhoff (born 1 May 1968) is a German association football official and former player who played as a striker. He has previously served as the technical director of the Germany national team. A tall, strong and prolific goalscorer, Bierhoff was mostly renowned for his excellent abilities in the air, and as a target man, being able to deliver pin-point headers towards goal.[2]

He spent his early career playing for Bayer Uerdingen, Hamburger SV and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga where he had modest success. After a season in the Austria Bundesliga for Austria Salzburg, he was signed by Ascoli in Serie A. Ascoli were relegated in his first season and Bierhoff played three seasons with them in the Serie B.

Bierhoff was signed by an Udinese team led by Alberto Zaccheroni in 1995 where he had great success and earned his first call-up to the Germany national team. Bierhoff scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final, a career-defining performance that vaulted him into the international limelight.

He finished the 1997–98 season as Serie A top scorer. He was subsequently signed by AC Milan in 1998, winning the Serie A title in his first season with the club, scoring 19 goals in the league and 21 in all competitions. He set a Serie A record for most headed goals in a single season, with 15. After three years at AC Milan, Bierhoff had brief stints at Monaco and Chievo before retiring from playing in 2003.

Club career

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The son of a German utility magnate, Bierhoff played for nine different clubs, in four different countries. He scored a total of 102 goals in Serie A, one of the highest 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 Germany national team. He then transferred to AC Milan in 1998, winning the Serie A title in his first season with the club, scoring 19 goals in the league and 21 in all competitions, including the match-winning goal in the final, title-deciding match of the season, a 2–1 away win over Perugia.[3] During the 1998–99 season, he set a Serie A record for most headed goals in a single season, with 15.[4] After three seasons there, he moved to Ligue 1 side Monaco in 2001 for one year, before moving back to Serie A to play for ChievoVerona, where he retired at the end of the 2002–03 season. In his last game, he scored a hat-trick for Chievo in a 3–4 defeat to Juventus.[5]

International career

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Bierhoff training with Germany, c. 1999

Bierhoff debuted for the Germany national team in a friendly against Portugal on 21 February 1996. In his second appearance on 27 March 1996, he scored his first two international goals in his country's 2–0 win over Denmark. Bierhoff was not initially going to be selected by coach Berti Vogts for Germany's UEFA Euro 1996, but Vogts's wife convinced him to take Bierhoff, saying, "he'll repay you." Bierhoff would come on as a substitute in the final against the Czech Republic with Germany 1–0 down, and scored both the equaliser and the golden goal in extra time to win the tournament.[6][7]

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, sent in Thomas Häßler and Oliver Bierhoff. Within seven minutes the former provided Bierhoff with three assists, meaning Bierhoff had scored the fastest hat-trick in the history of the Germany national team.[8] In 1998, he was appointed captain of the national team after the retirement of Jürgen Klinsmann.[9]

Style of play

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A large and prolific striker, Bierhoff was a strong, physical, aggressive, and powerful player, who played mainly as a target forward role.[2][10] Although he was not particularly skilful with his feet from a technical standpoint, or a particularly good ball-player, he possessed good movement inside the box as well as strong hold-up play, but he was known in particular for his excellent aerial ability; in addition to his height, strength, and elevation, he was able to execute headers with power and precision, having scored several critical goals with his head throughout his career, for both club and country, which led him to be regarded as one of the best players in the world with his head and as a specialist in the air. In addition to scoring goals, Bierhoff was also capable of providing assists to his teammates with his head through knock-downs.[10][11][12][13][14][15] Although he was less adept at scoring with his feet,[10] he also possessed a powerful shot.[16]

Managerial career

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Bierhoff was a manager of the Germany national football team from 2004 until December 2017, 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 coaching responsibilities.[17] On 1 January 2018, a structural reform in the German Football Association took place and Bierhoff was named the technical director of the Germany national team (officially Direktor Nationalmannschaften und Akademie, "director national teams and football development").[18][19] After another early World Cup exit in 2022, Bierhoff had his contract terminated by the DFB, which was supposed to run until 2024.[20]

Personal life

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On 22 June 2001, Bierhoff married Klara Szalantzy, a Munich-born-and-bred German former model of Hungarian ancestry who had formerly dated basketball player Dražen Petrović and was behind the wheel in the fatal June 1993 car crash on Bundesautobahn 9 (A9) near the town of Denkendorf that claimed Petrović's life.[21][22] Bierhoff and Szalantzy had a daughter on 27 January 2007. He is a Roman Catholic.

Bierhoff features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series; he features in the FIFA 14 Ultimate-Team Legends.[23]

He is a member of the AC Milan Hall of Fame.[2]

Bierhoff was one of several celebrities in 2015 who endorsed the tabloid newspaper Bild's petition against far right group PEGIDA.[24]

Education

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Bierhoff took a correspondence course and graduated in 2002 with a degree in business economics from the University of Hagen.[25][26]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[27]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayer Uerdingen 1986–87 Bundesliga 19 3 4 4 — 4[c] 2 — 27 9
1987–88 Bundesliga 12 1 1 0 — — — 13 1
Total 31 4 5 4 — 4 2 — 40 10
Hamburger SV 1988–89 Bundesliga 24 6 3 1 — — — 27 7
1989–90 Bundesliga 10 0 1 0 — — — 11 0
Total 34 6 4 1 — — — 38 7
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1989–90 Bundesliga 8 0 — — — — 8 0
Austria Salzburg 1990–91 Austrian Bundesliga 33 23 3 3 — — — 36 26
Ascoli 1991–92 Serie A 17 2 2 0 — — — 19 2
1992–93 Serie B 35 20 2 1 — — — 37 21
1993–94 Serie B 32 17 2 0 — — — 34 17
1994–95 Serie B 33 9 1 0 — — — 34 9
Total 117 48 7 1 — — — 124 49
Udinese 1995–96 Serie A 31 17 2 1 — — — 33 18
1996–97 Serie A 23 13 1 0 — — — 24 13
1997–98 Serie A 32 27 3 2 — 4[c] 2 — 39 31
Total 86 57 6 3 — 4 2 — 96 62
AC Milan 1998–99 Serie A 34 19 3 2 — — — 37 21
1999–2000 Serie A 30 11 3 1 — 6[d] 2 1[e] 0 40 14
2000–01 Serie A 27 6 5 1 — 10[d] 2 — 42 9
Total 91 36 11 4 — 16 4 1 0 119 44
Monaco 2001–02 Division 1 18 4 4 1 3 2 — — 25 7
Chievo 2002–03 Serie A 26 7 2 0 — 2[c] 0 — 30 7
Career total 444 185 42 17 3 2 26 8 1 0 516 212
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Austrian Cup, Coppa Italia, Coupe de France
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[28]
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 1996 11 6
1997 8 7
1998 17 8
1999 8 6
2000 8 3
2001 7 1
2002 11 6
Total 70 37
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bierhoff goal[29]
List of international goals scored by Oliver Bierhoff
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 March 1996 Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany  Denmark 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2 2–0
3 4 June 1996 Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein 3–0 9–1 Friendly
4 30 June 1996 Wembley Stadium, London, England File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1–1 2–1 (a.e.t.) UEFA Euro 1996
5 2–1
6 4 September 1996 Górnik Stadium, Zabrze, Poland  Poland 1–0 2–0 Friendly
7 30 April 1997 Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1–0 2–0 FIFA World Cup 1998 qualifying
8 20 August 1997 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 1–1 3–1 FIFA World Cup 1998 qualifying
9 2–1
10 3–1
11 11 October 1997 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 2–1 4–3 FIFA World Cup 1998 qualifying
12 4–3
13 15 November 1997 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany Error creating thumbnail:  South Africa 2–0 3–0 Friendly
14 30 May 1998 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1–0 3–1 Friendly
15 2–0
16 5 June 1998 Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 5–0 7–0 Friendly
17 6–0
18 21 June 1998 Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 2–2 2–2 FIFA World Cup 1998
19 25 June 1998 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France  Iran 1–0 2–0 FIFA World Cup 1998
20 29 June 1998 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2–1 2–1 FIFA World Cup 1998
21 14 October 1998 Stadionul Republican, Chişinău, Moldova File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
22 4 June 1999 BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 1–0 6–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
23 4–0
24 6–1
25 4 September 1999 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
26 2–0
27 8 September 1999 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
28 3 June 2000 Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 2–1 3–2 Friendly
29 3–2
30 7 June 2000 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein 1–0 8–2 Friendly
31 15 August 2001 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 5–2 5–2 Friendly
32 13 February 2002 Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 5–1 7–1 Friendly
33 27 March 2002 Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany  United States 3–1 4–2 Friendly
34 9 May 2002 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 2–0 7–0 Friendly
35 4–0
36 6–0
37 1 June 2002 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 7–0 8–0 FIFA World Cup 2002

Honours

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Ascoli

AC Milan

Germany[31][32]

Individual

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