- 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.
- Luca Toni
Luca Toni, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena) is an Italian football striker who plays for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga. Something of a late bloomer who played for almost ten clubs before finally settling, Toni was also a part of the Italian winning team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- 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.
- Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart (born 11 February 1983) is a Dutch footballer who captains Bundesliga side Hamburger SV and plays for the Dutch national team. Van der Vaart was born to a Spanish mother and a Dutch father in Heemskerk, in North Holland. He has scored 11 goals in 44 caps for the national team. His previous clubs were Ajax and De Kennemers in his hometown of Heemskerk. Van der Vaart played for the Netherlands in Euro 2004 and in the 2006 World Cup.
- 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, …
- 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.
- Manuel Neuer
Manuel Neuer is a German footballer and the current goalkeeper of the football club FC Schalke 04. He is considered the most talented young German keeper. He won the starting position from experienced keeper Frank Rost midway through the first half of the 2006-2007 Bundesliga season. He was voted as the best goalkeeper in the German Bundesliga by fellow football players.
- Timo Hildebrand
Timo Hildebrand (born April 5, 1979 in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a goalkeeper, who currently plays for the Spanish club Valencia CF in La Liga, and the German national football squad. He has a reputation for impressive reflexes and substantial ability in 1-on-1 situations. Hildebrand holds a Bundesliga record for keeping a clean sheet for 884 consecutive minutes in 2003/2004.
- Thomas Schaaf
Thomas Schaaf (born April 30, 1961 in Mannheim, Germany) is a German former footballer (defender), now a manager. Schaaf is a one club man: He has been at his current club, Werder Bremen, since July 1, 1972 and was a youth team player until 1978. After turning professional he played a total of 262 Bundesliga games before retiring in 1994. In his time as a Bundesliga player he scored 13 goals and helped the team to the German Bundesliga Championship in 1988 and 1993, …
- Jacek Krzynówek
Jacek Krzynówek, is a Polish international footballer who plays for Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga. One of the most glorious moments of his career was scoring a rocket shot against Real Madrid in the 2004/2005 UEFA Champions League. He was selected to the 23-men squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, and is a starting midfielder. He was crucial in Poland's 3-1 win against the Azerbaijan national football team, scoring twice and setting up one.
- Jakub Błaszczykowski
Jakub Błaszczykowski, (born December 14, 1985 in Częstochowa) is a Polish football midfielder who plays for Wisła Kraków. In February 2007 he signed a four-year contract with Borussia Dortmund. He joined the Bundesliga side in July 2007. On July 12, 2007 he scored his first goal for Borussia in a friendly versus Anderlecht.
- 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.
- Robert Enke
Robert Enke (born August 24, 1977 in Jena) is a German football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Bundesliga side Hannover 96.
- Huub Stevens
Hubertus ("Huub") Jozef Margaretha Stevens (born November 29, 1953 in Sittard) is a Dutch football manager and former defender, who played for Fortuna Sittard and PSV Eindhoven. During his time at PSV he earned 18 caps for the Netherlands (1 goal). Stevens began his coaching career in 1993 with Roda JC from Kerkrade. From October 1996 to June 2002 Stevens trained German team Schalke 04, who won the UEFA Cup in 1997 and the DFB-Pokal in 2001 and 2002.
- Armin Veh
Armin Veh, a former German footballer (Midfielder), is the current manager of Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart which won the German championship on 19 May 2007. Veh and his team also had the chance to win "the double" by winning the DFB-Cup on 26 May 2007 in Berlin, but lost 2-3 in overtime against 1. FC Nürnberg.
- 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.
- Roque Santa Cruz
Roque Santa Cruz is a Paraguayan football striker, who currently plays for Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga.
- Willy Sagnol
William "Willy" Sagnol is a French international Defender currently playing for Bayern Munich in Germany's Bundesliga. He was part of the French squad at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and 2006 World Cup. He is considered as one of the best right backs in professional football.
- Michael Skibbe
Michael Skibbe is a former German football (soccer) player and the current manager of the German club Bayer Leverkusen. He was assistant manager of the German national team under Rudi Völler until 2004. In his youth, Skibbe played for SG Wattenscheid 09. Then he switched to the professional team of FC Schalke 04. From 1984 to 1986, he appeared in 14 Bundesliga-games, but then he tore his cruciate ligament three times, which forced him to end his playing career.
- Bruno Labbadia
Bruno Labbadia is a former German footballer of Italian heritage. In an illustrious career, Labbadia recorded 103 goals in 328 league games having played for some of Germany's top Bundesliga clubs. He had two caps for the Germany national football team. He is currently the manager of Regionalliga-Süd side SV Darmstadt 98.
- 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, …
- Jan Koller
Jan Koller (born March 30, 1973 in Smetanova Lhota, Czech Republic, then Czechoslovakia) is a Czech football player, who currently stars as a striker for the Czech Republic national team and the Ligue 1 club AS Monaco. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 48 goals in 75 caps as of February 8, 2007. Koller has an impressive physical presence (height: 2.02 m, nearly 6'8" and weight 100 kg, about 220 pounds).
- Oliver Bierhoff
Oliver Bierhoff is a German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final. Bierhoff was born in Karlsruhe. In his club career from 1985 to 2003, he played for KFC Uerdingen, Hamburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Austria Salzburg, Ascoli, Udinese, AC Milan, AS Monaco, and Chievo Verona.
- Bernd Schneider
Bernd Schneider (born November 17 1973 in Jena, Thuringia region) is a German football player. He currently plays for Bayer Leverkusen, which he helped reach second place in the Bundesliga in 2000 and 2002. In addition, he plays for the German national team, including for the squads that reached second place in the 2002 World Cup and third place in the 2006 World Cup. On the field, Schneider goes by the nickname "Schnix", …
- Friedhelm Funkel
Friedhelm Funkel is a German football manager and former player. He has two children. He has managed Eintracht Frankfurt since 2004. He led the club in the Bundesliga in the first season in charge. One year later he and the team avoided relegation and sensationally reached the German Cup final which sent them eventually to the UEFA Cup.
- Horst Heldt
Horst Heldt is a former German football player, now general manager at Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart.
- Robert Hoyzer
Robert Hoyzer (born August 28, 1979 in Berlin, Germany) is a former football referee who scandalized German football by fixing matches in the Bundesliga scandal of 2005. Hoyzer, a member of the Bundesliga's Hertha BSC Berlin was registered by the German Football Association (DFB) as a referee in 2003. He refereed in the second division and regional leagues but was not selected to officiate in the top division.
- Raphael Schäfer
Raphael Schäfer is a German football goalkeeper who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.
- Dieter Hoeneß
Dieter Hoeneß, (born January 7, 1953 in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) was a German football (soccer) player and is now general manager of the football club Hertha BSC Berlin. Dieter Hoeneß played on amateur level for VfB Ulm and SSV Ulm 1846 before he started a professional career in the German Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart. There he played between 1975 and 1979, the first two years in the 2nd Bundesliga. After this he transferred to Bayern Munich.
- Vincent Kompany
Vincent Kompany (born April 10, 1986 in Uccle) is a Belgian football defender, who plays for the German club Hamburger SV and the Belgian national team. He is considered "one of Europe's premier talents". Kompany won several awards in Belgium when he played for RSC Anderlecht, including the Belgian Golden Shoe and the Belgian Ebony Shoe. Another player, Aruna Dindane, decided to wear the number 27 on his shirt at his arrival at RC Lens in the summer of 2005, …
- Tim Wiese
Tim Wiese (born December 17, 1981) is a German goalkeeper playing for Bundesliga side, Werder Bremen. He joined them in 2005 from 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
- Sergej Barbarez
Sergej Barbarez (born September 17, 1971 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a famous and popular Bosnian-Herzegovian football midfielder playing for Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga.
- Gerd Müller
Gerd Müller (born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former West German football player and Germany's most prolific goalscorer of all time. With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was by far the most successful striker of his day. Only Josef Bican, Romário and Pelé are higher on the all-time goalscorer ranking.
- Fritz Walter
Fritz Walter is a former German football player, who was nicknamed “Little Fritz”. He is of no relation to German legend of the same name Fritz Walter With 22 goals in the 1991/92 Bundesliga season, Fritz Walter was crowned league top scorer when he won the German Championship with VfB Stuttgart.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pavel Pardo
Pável Pardo Segura, is a Mexican international football player, who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart as a Defensive Midfielder in the German Bundesliga and for the Mexican national team.
- Dieter Hecking
Dieter Hecking is a German former professional footballer in the midfield position, who is currently manager of Bundesliga side Hannover 96.
- Ioannis Amanatidis
Ioannis Amanatidis (born 3 December 1981 in Kozani) is a Greek Football player. Amanatidis came as a 9 year old with his three siblings to Germany to Swabian Stuttgart where he joined SC Stuttgart. Two years later he went to VfB Stuttgart academy. In 2002 he started his Bundesliga career. He was transferred to Eintracht Frankfurt within the 2003/04 season because he could not get a regular spot at Stuttgart.
- Daniel van Buyten
Daniel Van Buyten (born February 7, 1978 in Chimay) is a Belgian international footballer who currently plays as a defender for Bayern Munich, following a June 2006 transfer from Hamburger SV. His father Franz was a popular catcher/wrestler in Europe from 1960 to 1980. His mother Renate is German. In the 2003-04 season Van Buyten, then of Olympique Marseille, had a short term loan spell in England with Manchester City but did not make a full time move to the Premiership.