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Oliver Kahn won the golden ball award at the 2002 World Cup, thus becoming the only goalkeeper in the history of the competition to be selected as the best player of the tournament. [7] Matthäus was the inaugural winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1991, [8] and is one of five Germany players to have been awarded Ballon d'Or ...
They won the World Cup in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014, as well as the European Championship in 1972, 1980 and 1996. [3] In total, 951 players have represented the Germany national team. This list covers players with between one and four caps for the national team organised by the German Football Association, including West Germany.
Julius Hirsch was the first Jewish player to represent the Germany national football team, which he joined in 1911. [24] [25] Hirsch scored four goals for Germany against the Netherlands in 1912, becoming the first German to score four goals in a single match. [26] [27] Forward Gottfried Fuchs, key player for Germany at the 1912 Olympic Games
They won the World Cup in 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014, as well as the European Championship in 1972, 1980 and 1996. [3] In total, 951 players have represented the Germany national team. This list covers players with between 5 and 19 caps for the national team organised by the German Football Association, including West Germany.
This is followed by a scoreline of 1–1 (86 matches) and 1–0 (85 matches). 1–0 was also the score for Germany's World Cup final victories in 1990 and 2014, and their Confedetations Cup victory in 2017. 2–1 was the score for their World Cup final win in 1974 and their European Championship final victories in 1980 and 1996. 2–0 is the ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:German footballers. It includes German footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for footballers who have appeared for the senior Germany national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Under-21 or ...
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
The top 101 goalscorers have represented 30 nations, with 14 players scoring for Brazil, and another 14 for Germany or West Germany. In total, 67 footballers came from UEFA (Europe), 30 from CONMEBOL (South America), and only four from elsewhere: Cameroon and Ghana from CAF (Africa), Australia from AFC (Asia) (formerly from OFC of Oceania), and ...