- 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.
- 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.
- 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), …
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dietmar Hamann
Dietmar Hamann (born August 27, 1973 in Waldsassen, Bavaria) is an ex-German international midfielder who currently plays for Manchester City.
- Patrick Helmes
Patrick Helmes is a German footballer who currently plays as a striker for 1. FC Köln. He started his career with "Sportfreunde Siegen". He debuted in the Bundesliga in 2005 and scored his first goal in his second game, against rivals Bayer Leverkusen. After his club was relegated into the second division, Helmes became one of the most important players for his side, scoring 7 times in his first 5 games of the season and keeping Köln at the top of the table.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Piotr Trochowski
Piotr Trochowski (Born March 22, 1984 in Tczew, Poland) is a German footballer of Polish origin who currently is an attacking midfielder for Hamburger SV and Germany. He is known for his powerful shots. He played for the Germany Under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. He started his career with St. Pauli, a regional team in Hamburg. He then transferred to the Amateur team of Bayern Munchen.
- 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.
- Fritz Walter
Fritz Walter (October 31, 1920 - June 17, 2002) was one of the most popular German football players. In his time with the German and West German national team, he earned 61 caps and scored 33 goals. As the son of a "Vereinswirt" (clubs innkeeper) of 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Walter began his football career early. At age 8, he joined the Kaiserslautern youth academy, and he made his first team debut at just 17, where he would faithfully remain throughout his career.
- Kevin Kurányi
Kevin Dennis Kurányi is a German football (soccer) player, who currently plays for the German Bundesliga team Schalke 04. He was born to a German-Hungarian father and a Panamanian mother. He opted to play for the German national football team.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- Robert Enke
Robert Enke (born August 24, 1977 in Jena) is a German football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Bundesliga side Hannover 96.
- Christian Schreier
Christian Schreier (born February 4, 1959) is a German former footballer who is currently manager of Union Berlin. He played as an attacking midfielder, most notably with VfL Bochum and Bayer Leverkusen, and won one cap for West Germany, in 1984. His biggest successes came in 1988, when he won the UEFA Cup and an Olympic bronze Medal.
- Andreas Brehme
Andreas "Andy" Brehme (born November 9, 1960) is a German football coach and former football defender. He is best known for scoring the winning goal for Germany in the 1990 FIFA world cup finals against Argentina on a controversial 85th minute penalty kick.
- 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, …
- Mike Hanke
Mike Hanke (born November 5, 1983) is a German football player who plays the position of striker. Hanke made his debut in the 2001/02 season of the German Bundesliga for Schalke 04. He was transferred to VfL Wolfsburg during the 2005/06 season upon request by then Wolfsburg manager Thomas Strunz. He was first capped for the Germany national football team on June 8, 2005 at the 2005 Confederations Cup in a 2-2 draw against Russia.
- Philipp Lahm
Philipp Lahm (born November 11, 1983 in Munich, Bavaria) is a German footballer who currently plays as a defender for Bayern Munich and Germany at Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He scored the opening goal of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He is considered one of the best young fullbacks in the world, as is shown by his inclusion in the Mastercard All Star Team. Known to be young and energetic, Lahm's pace is unbelievable, …
- Paul Freier
Paul Freier (born 26 July 1979 in Bytom) is a Silesian, Polish-born German football (soccer) player who currently plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen. Freier started his career with his VfL Bochum and played there for several seasons before moving to Leverkusen in 2004. He is a member of the German national team and was recently called up as a backup squad member in the 2006 World Cup.
- Olaf Thon
Olaf Thon (born May 1, 1966 in Gelsenkirchen) is a former German footballer.
- Guido Buchwald
Guido Buchwald (born January 24, 1961) is a German former football defender and manager. The best game of Buchwald's career was probably the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup when he effectively stopped the arguably best soccer player at the time, Diego Maradona, earning him the nickname 'Diego'. He was also part of Germany's disappointing 1994 FIFA World Cup squad. Buchwald began his professional soccer career in 1983 with VfB Stuttgart.
- Manuel Friedrich
Manuel Friedrich (born September 13, 1979 in Bad Kreuznach) is a German football defender. He started to play football at the club SG Guldental 07 and transferred to 1. FSV Mainz 05 in 1995, signing his first professional contract with then Second Bundesliga side in the summer of 1999. However, he had to wait until February 26, 2000 to make his Second Bundesliga debut for the club in their home match against Energie Cottbus.
- Sepp Herberger
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- Matthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer (born September 5, 1967) is a former German football player who is now a coach. He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1996, the year he led Germany to victory in the European Championship. Sammer retired with 74 total caps, 23 for East Germany and 51 for the unified side.
- Marcell Jansen
Marcell Jansen is a German professional footballer. The Bayern Munich player has represented his country on 14 occasions so far, showing up as left-back. On club-level he has also played on the left of midfield and, back in his youth years, also featured as left winger and even striker, a term declaring his versatility. Joining Borussia Mönchengladbach from local "SV Lürrip" in 1994, …
- Fabian Ernst
Fabian Ernst (born 30 May, 1979 in Hannover) is a professional German footballer. He started his career with Hannover 96. From 1998 to 2000 he played for Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga, playing in 48 games, but scoring no goals. The midfielder turned then to Werder Bremen. In 152 games in the Bundesliga he scored 11 goals. In 2002 he played his first international game, representing Germany against Kuwait.
- Gottfried Fuchs
Gottfried Fuchs was a famous national team footballer who fled Germany because of the Holocaust. He is remembered mainly for scoring 10 goals against Russia at the 1912 Olympics. On July 1st, 1912 Fuchs scored 10 of the goals in Germany's 16-0 win over Russia. He was part of the legendary attacking trio of Karlsruher FV with Fritz Förderer and Julius Hirsch.
- Wolfgang Overath
Wolfgang Overath is a former West German football player. He represented his country three times in World Cup finals, culminating in 1974 with victory on home soil. A playmaking midfielder, Overath started playing football at SSV Siegburg, but spent the majority of his career at 1. FC Köln, appearing 765 times between 1962 and 1977 and scoring 287 goals. He won the Bundesliga with 1. FC Köln in 1964 and the German Cup in 1968.
- 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.
- Ernst Lehner
Ernst Lehner (7 November 1912 - 10 January 1986) was a German footballer. He was born in Augsburg and died in Aschaffenburg. He played for the Germany national football team in the 1934 FIFA World Cup and the 1938 FIFA World Cup. In total, he made 65 appearances and scored 31 goals for the national team.
- Ralf Weber
Ralf Weber (born May 31 1969 in Offenbach am Main) is a former German professional football midfielder.