Matthias Sammer
Sammer in 2013
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| Date of birth | 5 September 1967 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dresden, East Germany | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position |
Defensive midfielder Sweeper |
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| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1976–1985 | Dynamo Dresden | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1985–1990 | Dynamo Dresden | 102 | (39) | |||||||||
| 1990–1992 | VfB Stuttgart | 63 | (20) | |||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Internazionale | 11 | (4) | |||||||||
| 1993–1999 | Borussia Dortmund | 115 | (21) | |||||||||
| Total | 291 | (84) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | East Germany | 23 | (6) | |||||||||
| 1990–1997 | Germany | 51 | (8) | |||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Borussia Dortmund | |||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | VfB Stuttgart | |||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Matthias Sammer (German pronunciation: [maˈtiːas ˈzamɐ]; born 5 September 1967) is a retired German footballer and coach who last worked as sporting director of Bayern Munich. He played as a defensive midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper.
With Borussia Dortmund as a player, Sammer won the Bundesliga and DFL-Supercup in 1995, the Bundesliga, DFL-Supercup, and European Footballer of the Year in 1996, and the UEFA Champions League and Intercontinental Cup in 1997. With Germany as a player, Sammer won the UEFA Euro 1996, where he was named the tournament's best player, and was subsequently awarded the Ballon d'Or later that year. Sammer retired with 74 total caps, 23 for East Germany and 51 for the unified side.
With Sammer as a manager, Borussia Dortmund won the Bundesliga in 2002.
Sammer started his career at Dynamo Dresden when he joined the club's youth team as a nine-year-old in 1976. He made his debut for the senior team under the management of his father, Klaus Sammer, in the 1985–86 season. Playing as a striker, he scored eight goals in his first season as Dynamo finished fifth in the DDR-Oberliga. After being moved to the left wing the following season by new manager Eduard Geyer, he eventually found his place in central midfield during the 1987–88 season.
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