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Matthias Sammer
Personal information
Full name: Matthias Sammer
Date of birth: 5 September 1967 (1967-09-05) (age 58)
Place of birth:    Dresden, Flag of East Germany East Germany
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position: Defensive midfielder / Sweeper
Youth clubs
1976–1985 Flag of East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1985–1990
1990–1992
1992–1993
1993–1998
Total
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Flag of Italy Inter Milan
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102 0(39)
063 0(20)
011 00(4)
115 0(21)
291 0(84)   
National team
1986–1990
1990–1997
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023 00(6)
051 00(8)
Teams managed
2000–2004
2004–2005
2012–2016
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Flag of Germany Bayern Munich (sporting director)

Matthias Sammer (born 5 September 1967) is a German football official, coach and former professional footballer who played predominantly as a defensive midfielder, and later on in his career as a sweeper. He was most recently the sporting director of Bundesliga side Bayern Munich.

In 1996, Sammer won the Ballon d'Or, making him the first defender to win the award since fellow-German Franz Beckenbauer in 1976.

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Ballon d'Or winners

1956: Matthews · 1957: Di Stéfano · 1958: Kopa · 1959: Di Stéfano · 1960: Suárez · 1961: Sívori · 1962: Masopust · 1963: Yashin · 1964: Law · 1965: Eusébio · 1966: Charlton · 1967: Albert · 1968: Best · 1969: Rivera · 1970: Müller · 1971: Cruyff · 1972: Beckenbauer · 1973: Cruyff · 1974: Cruyff · 1975: Blokhin · 1976: Beckenbauer · 1977: Simonsen · 1978: Keegan · 1979: Keegan · 1980: Rummenigge · 1981: Rummenigge · 1982: Rossi · 1983: Platini · 1984: Platini · 1985: Platini · 1986: Belanov · 1987: Gullit · 1988: van Basten · 1989: van Basten · 1990: Matthäus · 1991: Papin · 1992: van Basten · 1993: Baggio · 1994: Stoichkov · 1995: Weah · 1996: Sammer · 1997: Ronaldo · 1998: Zidane · 1999: Rivaldo · 2000: Figo · 2001: Owen · 2002: Ronaldo · 2003: Nedvěd · 2004: Shevchenko · 2005: Ronaldinho · 2006: Cannavaro · 2007: Kaká · 2008: C. Ronaldo · 2009: Messi · 2010: Messi · 2011: Messi · 2012: Messi · 2013: Ronaldo · 2014: Ronaldo · 2015: Messi · 2016: Ronaldo · 2017: Ronaldo · 2018: Modrić · 2019: Messi · 2020: not awarded · 2021: Messi · 2022: Benzema · 2023: Messi · 2024: Rodri · 2025: Dembele ·

Borussia Dortmund - Managers

Kuzorra (a.i.) (1935–36) · Thelen (1936) · Swatosch (1936–39) · Sevcic (1939) · Thelen (1946) · Fabra (1946–48) · Havlicek (1948–50) · Kretschmann (1950–51) · Schmidt (1951–55) · Schneider (1955–57) · Tauchert (1957–58) · Merkel (1958–61) · Eppenhoff (1961–65) · Kwiatkowski (1964) · Multhaup (1965–66) · Murach (1966–68) · Pfau (1968) · Schneider (1968–69) · Lindemann (1969–70) · Bracht (1970) · Witzler (1970–71) · Burdenski (1972) · Brüggemann (1972) · Michallek (1972–73) · Kurrat (1973) · Bédl (1973–74) · Kurrat (1974) · Knefler (1974–76) · Buhtz (1976) · Rehhagel (1976–78) · Rühl (1978–79) · Maslo (1979) · Lattek (1979–81) · Bock (a.i.) (1981) · Zebec (1981–82) · Feldkamp (1982–83) · Witte (a.i.) (1983) · Maslo (1983) · Witte (a.i.) (1983) · Tippenhauer (1983) · Franz (1983–84) · Konietzka (1984) · Saftig (a.i.) (1984) · Ribbeck (1984–85) · Csernai (1985–86) · Saftig (1986–88) · Köppel (1988–91) · Hitzfeld (1991–97) · Scala (1997–98) · Skibbe (1998–(2000) · Krauss (2000) · Lattek (a.i.) (2000) · Sammer (2000–04) · Van Marwijk (2004–06) · Röber (2006–07) · Doll (2007–08) · Klopp (2008–15) · Tuchel (2015–17) · Bosz (2017) · Stöger (2017–18) · Favre (2018–(20) · Terzić (a.i.) (20(20–21) · Rose (2021–22) · Terzić (2022–24) · Şahin (2024–25) · Kovač (2025–)

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