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Matthias Sammer
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Matthias Sammer is a German male association football player and coach born in Dresden in 1967. He played as a midfielder, sweeper, or defensive midfielder for teams including Borussia Dortmund, Dynamo Dresden, Inter Milan, and VfB Stuttgart. He also coached Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart. His career included participation in the DDR-Oberliga and Bundesliga leagues.
Sammer represented Germany and the German Democratic Republic in international competitions, including UEFA Euro 1992, the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 1996. He received the awards German Footballer of the Year and Ballon d’Or, and is recognized in the Ballon Dor collection. He is a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and speaks German. His father is Klaus Sammer.
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Key facts
- Date of birth
- ( 1967-09-05 ) 5 September 1967 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Dresden , East Germany
- Height
- 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Positions
- Defensive midfielder sweeper
- 1976 1985
- Dynamo Dresden
- Years
- Team
- 1985 1990
- Dynamo Dresden
- 1990 1992
- VfB Stuttgart
- 1992 1993
- Inter Milan
- 1993 1998
- Borussia Dortmund
- 1986 1990
- East Germany
- 1990 1997
- Germany
- 2000 2004
- Borussia Dortmund
- 2004 2005
- VfB Stuttgart
- 2012 2016
- Bayern Munich (sports director)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Nationality
- Germany
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthias
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Dresden
- Father
- Klaus Sammer
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Political party
- Socialist Unity Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1996
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- East Germany Olympic football team
- Position played
- sweeper
- League
- Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- German Democratic Republic
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Matthias Sammer 2722.jpg
- Height
- 181
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- Commons category
- Matthias Sammer
- date of birth
- 1967-09-05
- coach of sports team
- VfB Stuttgart
- name in native language
- Matthias Sammer
- member of
- Socialist Unity Party of Germany
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Matthias Sammer ( German pronunciation: [maˈtiːas ˈzamɐ]; born 5 September 1967) is a German football official and former player and coach. He played as a defensive midfielder and later in his career as a sweeper.
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