- Michael Ballack
Michael Ballack is a German football player. He is the current captain of the German national team, and plays club football for Chelsea F.C. in the English FA Premier League.
- Lukas Podolski
Lukas Podolski (born as on June 4, 1985 in Gliwice, Silesia, Poland, nicknamed "(Prinz) Poldi", is a German footballer of Polish origin. He plays as a striker for Bayern Munich and for the German national football team.
- Miroslav Klose
Miroslav Klose is a German footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, as well as the German national football team. He was the top scorer and thus the Golden Boot winner of the 2006 World Cup hosted by his country Germany, with 5 goals. Klose also scored 5 goals in his debut World Cup, the 2002 World Cup hosted jointly by the Korea Republic and Japan, giving him a total of 10 goals in World Cup finals.
- Oliver Neuville
Oliver Patric Neuville is a Swiss-German football player. He was born of a German father and an Italian mother in Locarno, Switzerland. His name (properly pronounced in French – not German – fashion) stems from his Belgian grandfather. He has one son Lars-Oliver (*1997). Neuville started his career in his native Switzerland with Servette (1992-96). He also played in Spain for Tenerife (1996-97), …
- Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed "der Kaiser" ("the emperor") because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name "Franz" (reminiscent of the Austrian emperors), and his dominance on the football pitch. He is generally regarded as the greatest German footballer of all time and also as one of the greatest footballers in the history of the game.
- Jens Lehmann
Jens Lehmann (born November 10 1969 in Essen) is a German football goalkeeper who currently plays for Arsenal and for the German national team. He was voted Best European Goalkeeper twice in his career, and he has been been selected for three World Cup squads.
- Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus is a legendary Germany former football player and now manager. In 1990 he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup. One year later, he was also named the first ever FIFA World Player of the Year. He has played in five World Cups (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) more than any other outfield player, …
- Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann is a German football manager and former football player, who played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German national team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He was one of Germany's premier strikers during the 90s. He managed the German national team to a third-place finish in the 2006 World Cup, a much better result than the general expectations, including those from Germany's own fans.
- Tim Borowski
Tim Borowski (born May 2, 1980 in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany), is a German football midfielder with SV Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga and Germany.
- David Odonkor
David Odonkor, born to a German mother and Ghanaian father, is a young German international footballer currently playing for La Liga side Real Betis. Known for his great pace, he most often plays as a side midfielder or winger, usually on the right side of the pitch. He is also capable of playing as a striker. He is seen as one of the most promising German youths today. It is believed that Odonkor, noted for his acceleration, can cover 100 metres in a mere 10.9 seconds.
- Torsten Frings
Torsten Frings is a German football midfielder who currently plays for Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga Frings has a rather rough football style and is known to cause many fouls. This, though, does not hold him back from his true strengths. Frings is known to have great pace and versatility. He is often compared to fellow teammate Schweinsteiger and Chelsea star Lampard as he is known to make many long-range efforts.
- Pierre Wome
Pierre Nlend Wome (born March 26, 1979 in Douala) is a Cameroonian football defender who currently plays for German Bundesliga outfit Werder Bremen. His contract runs until June 30th 2008.
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge (born September 25, 1955 in Lippstadt) is a former football player. He had his greatest successes in his time with Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup, the European Cup of Champions as well as a number of national titles. With Germany he was runner-up in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and won the 1980 European Championship. He was also honoured twice as European Footballer of the Year.
- Bixente Lizarazu
Bixente Lizarazu (Basque: //; French: //) (born December 9, 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) is a former football (soccer) left defender for Bayern Munich and three other professional teams, as well as the French national team. Lizarazu, a Basque, has been capped 97 times for France, scoring two goals, and helped them win the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He has won six Bundesliga championships with Bayern Munich, as well as five German Cups, the Champions League, …
- Oliver Kahn
Oliver Kahn is a German football goalkeeper. He played for the German national team (from 1995 to 2006) and still plays for Bayern München (since 1994).
- Bastian Schweinsteiger
"'"' (born August 1 1984 in Kolbermoor, Bavaria, Germany) is a professional footballer from Germany who currently plays in midfield for Bayern Munich. Bastian's older brother, Tobias, currently plays for the German second division club Eintracht Braunschweig.
- Marc Wilmots
Marc Wilmots is a former Belgian football player. He is considered by many as one of the best players in his country's history. In his club career that started in 1987, Wilmots played for Sint-Truidense, Mechelen, Standard Liège, Schalke 04, and Bordeaux. He retired in 2003 after his second stint with Schalke. In Belgium, he received the nickname of the "Taureau de Dongelberg" (The Bull from Dongelberg).
- Clemens Fritz
Clemens Fritz (born December 7, 1980 in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany) is a German footballer, who plays as a right-back for Werder Bremen. Probably his best attribute in football is his pace, in which it had sometimes been compared to that of Cristiano Ronaldo, his passing and crossing abilities, and his team effort.
- Ivan Klasnić
Ivan Klasnić is a German-born Croatian football player who currently plays for Bundesliga side Werder Bremen. He is considered as one of Croatia's brightest young talents. In January, Klasnić received a kidney transplantation, but not long afterwards, his body rejected the kidney his mother Šima donated. On March 23, 2007 he underwent surgery to replace the rejected kidney. This time receiving a kidney from his father.
- Per Mertesacker
Per Mertesacker (born September 29, 1984 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Werder Bremen and Germany.
- Ali Karimi
Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki (born on November 8, 1978 in Karaj, Iran) is an Iranian football player. He was the Asian Player of the Year in 2004. He currently plays for Qatar SC, having left German giants Bayern Munich. He is often referred to as the "Asian Maradona" and is believed to be one of Asia's greatest players.
- Junichi Inamoto
is a Japanese football player who plays in midfield for Eintracht Frankfurt.
- Paulo Sousa
Paulo Manuel Carvalho Sousa, <small>CavIH</small> (born August 30, 1970 in Viseu; pron.) is a former Portuguese football (soccer) defensive midfielder. On the club level, Paulo Sousa played for Benfica (1989-93), Sporting (1993-94), Juventus (1994-96), Borussia Dortmund (1996-98), Inter Milan (1998-99), Parma (2000), Panathinaikos (2000-01) and Espanyol (2002). He won the Champions League twice, with Juventus in 1996 and Dortmund in 1997.
- Dietmar Hamann
Dietmar Hamann (born August 27, 1973 in Waldsassen, Bavaria) is an ex-German international midfielder who currently plays for Manchester City.
- Mario Gomez
Mario Gomez García is a professional German football player who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart. His father is Spanish and his mother Christel is German.
- Mehdi Mahdavikia
Mehdi Mahdavikia is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga. He is captain of the Iranian national football team and usually plays as a right winger or full-back.
- Thomas Doll
Thomas Doll (born 9 April 1966 in Malchin, Germany) is a former footballer and coach. He played as an attacking midfielder. Doll began his career with local side BSG Lokomotiv Malchin, before joining East German first-division DDR-Oberliga side Hansa Rostock. In 1986 he was moved to BFC Dynamo, the country's dominant, Stasi-supported club, where he won two titles, in 1987 in 1988.
- Owen Hargreaves
Owen Lee Hargreaves (born 20 January 1981 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a professional football midfielder. He plays for Manchester United in the Premier League and at international level for England.
- Samuel Kuffour
Samuel Osei 'Sammy' Kuffour (born September 3, 1976 in Kumasi, Ghana) is a football defender for A.S. Roma. Arguably the greatest African defender of all-time, Kuffour is known for his great power and tactical awareness as well as a physical presence and nous to unsettle the strongest of attacking players. A Ghana International for 13 years, he won his 1st Cap as a 17-year old when Ghana played Sierra Leone on 28th November, 1993.
- Jon Dahl Tomasson
Jon Dahl Tomasson (born August 29, 1976) is a Danish professional footballer, who plays for Spanish side Villarreal CF in the Spanish La Liga championship. Playing either as a striker or an attacking midfielder, Tomasson is known for his positional strength and fine finishing. His most notable run of football came in his years at Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam, with whom he won the 2002 UEFA Cup, and Italian club AC Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEFA Champions League.
- Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner (born September 5, 1951 in Kolbermoor, West Germany) was a German football player. One of Germany's most controversial players, he was capped 48 times for his country. His football career lasted from 1970 until 1983, mainly playing for Bayern Munich (1970-74 and 1978-83) and Real Madrid (1974-78), with a short intermezzo in Braunschweig. His early success was as a free roaming left back, …
- Felix Magath
Wolfgang-Felix Magath is a German-Puerto Rican football manager. Magath was born in a military base in Germany, the son of a Puerto Rican soldier in the United States Army and a German mother. His father decided to return to Puerto Rico after his duty in Germany was over in 1954. He started his career playing for local club Viktoria Aschaffenburg. From 1974 - 1976, he played for 1. FC Saarbrücken, at that time in the second professional league, …
- Roy Makaay
Roy Rudolphus Antonius Makaay (born March 9, 1975 in Wijchen, Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer who is a striker for the Netherlands and Feyenoord. While playing for FC Bayern Munich he picked up the nickname "Das Phantom" (the Phantom), for his ability to score out of nowhere.
- Mario Basler
Mario Basler is a German former football (soccer) winger, currently as a coach of the German team ATSV Wattenheim. Basler was born in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. In the Bundesliga, he played for the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich, after having played for Hertha BSC Berlin and Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2. Bundesliga before. He won the national championship with Bayern Munich in 1997 and 1999.
- Sepp Maier
Josef ("Sepp") Maier (born February 28, 1944 in Metten, Germany) is a former professional football goalkeeper. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He spent the entirety of his professional playing career at Bayern Munich, winning the West German Championship four times and the European Cup three times in succession. Between 1966 and 1977 he played in an uninterrupted sequence of 422 matches, still a German national record.
- Frank Rost
Frank Rost (born 30 June 1973) is a German professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Hamburger SV. Rost was born in Karl Marx Stadt (Chemnitz), Saxony. He comes from a famous family background; his father Peter won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in handball, and his mother Christina, also a handball player, won the silver at the 1976 Olympic Games and bronze at the 1980 Games. Rost was signed from Werder Bremen in 2002, …
- Wynton Rufer
Wynton Rufer was a New Zealand international footballer remembered as his country's greatest ever player, finishing his international career with 38 caps and 17 goals. After graduating from Rongotai College, Rufer began his playing career with Wellington United in his native New Zealand, before representing Stop Out and Miramar Rangers. Having made his debut for New Zealand on 16 October 1980 against Kuwait, Rufer quickly established himself in the All Whites side, …
- Thomas Hitzlsperger
Thomas Hitzlsperger (born 5 April 1982 in Munich, Germany) is a midfielder for VfB Stuttgart. He signed for VfB Stuttgart in Summer 2005, having left Aston Villa on a Bosman free transfer. This was the base for his nomination for Germany's World Cup squad 2006 but failed to make it into Klinsmann's starting eleven. Hitzlsperger joined Aston Villa from Bayern Munich, where he was a player in the youth team.
- Lúcio Ferreira da Silva
Lucimar Ferreira da Silva more commonly known as Lúcio, is a Brazilian football defender who plays for FC Bayern Munich He is also known for being a part of the 2002 FIFA World Cup winning Brazilian national team. He is married to Dione with whom he has three children: Victoria, João Victor, and Valentinna. He is widely considered as Brazil's best central defender and a key member of the Brazilian squad's defense.
- Hugo Almeida
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese football striker who currently plays for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga