Lothar Matthäus

Lothar Herbert Matthäus (born 21 March 1961) is a former German football player. He has played for the German national team. He currently holds a record for the most appearances for the German team.

Lothar Matthäus

Matthäus in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Lothar Herbert Matthäus
Date of birth	(1961-03-21) 21 March 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Erlangen, West Germany
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, sweeper
Youth career
1971–1979	1. FC Herzogenaurach
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1979	1. FC Herzogenaurach	22	(20)
1979–1984	Borussia Mönchengladbach	162	(36)
1984–1988	Bayern Munich	113	(57)
1988–1992	Inter Milan	115	(40)
1992–2000	Bayern Munich	189	(28)
2000	MetroStars	16	(0)
2018	1. FC Herzogenaurach	1	(0)
Total		618	(181)
National team
1979	West Germany U18	9	(3)
1979–1983	West Germany U21	15	(2)
1979–1981	West Germany B	4	(1)
1980–2000	West Germany/Germany	150	(23)
Teams managed
2001–2002	Rapid Wien
2002–2003	Partizan
2003–2006	Hungary
2006	Atlético Paranaense
2006–2007	Red Bull Salzburg (assistant)
2008–2009	Maccabi Netanya
2010–2011	Bulgaria
Honours Men's football Representing  West Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 1990 Italy Runner-up 1982 Spain Runner-up 1986 Mexico UEFA European Championship Winner 1980 Italy 1988 West Germany
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[1]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental[c]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1979–80	Bundesliga	28	4	2	0	–		11	2	41	6
	1980–81	Bundesliga	33	10	5	2	—		—		38	12
	1981–82	Bundesliga	33	3	5	4	—		4	1	42	8
	1982–83	Bundesliga	34	8	5	2	—		—		39	10
	1983–84	Bundesliga	34	11	6	4	—		—		40	15
	Total		162	36	23	12	—		15	3	200	51
Bayern Munich	1984–85	Bundesliga	33	16	6	0	—		5	1	44	17
	1985–86	Bundesliga	23	10	5	2	—		3	0	31	12
	1986–87	Bundesliga	31	14	3	1	—		7	4	41	19
	1987–88	Bundesliga	26	17	4	3	—		4	1	34	21
	Total		113	57	18	6	—		19	6	150	69
Inter Milan	1988–89	Serie A	32	9	7	3	—		5	0	44	12
	1989–90	Serie A	25	11	2	2	0	0	2	0	29	13
	1990–91	Serie A	31	16	3	1	—		12	6	46	23
	1991–92	Serie A	27	4	5	1	—		2	0	34	5
	Total		115	40	17	7	0	0	21	6	153	53
Bayern Munich	1992–93	Bundesliga	28	8	0	0	—		—		28	8
	1993–94	Bundesliga	33	8	3	1	—		4	1	40	10
	1994–95	Bundesliga	16	5	2	0	—		6	0	24	5
	1995–96	Bundesliga	19	1	0	0	—		7	0	26	1
	1996–97	Bundesliga	28	1	3	0	—		2	0	33	1
	1997–98	Bundesliga	25	3	3	0	2	0	5	0	35	3
	1998–99	Bundesliga	25	1	5	0	2	0	12	1	44	2
	1999–2000	Bundesliga	15	1	2	0	0	0	9	0	26	1
	Total		189	28	18	1	4	0	45	2	256	31
MetroStars	2000	Major League Soccer	16	0	2	0	5	0	—		23	0
Career total			595	161	78	26	9	0	100	17	782	204

1. Includes DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, Open Cup
2. Includes DFL-Supercup, DFB Ligapokal, Supercoppa Italiana, MLS Cup
3. Includes European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	1980	1	0
	1981	1	0
	1982	10	0
	1983	7	0
	1984	10	0
	1985	7	1
	1986	15	2
	1987	6	1
	1988	10	4
	1989	3	1
	1990	15	7
	1991	7	3
	1992	4	0
	1993	11	0
	1994	15	3
	1995	0	0
	1996	0	0
	1997	0	0
	1998	8	0
	1999	13	1
	2000	7	0
Total		150	23

Scores and results list West Germany's and Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Matthäus goal^[2]

List of international goals scored by Lothar Matthäus

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 April 1985	Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague, Czech Republic	Czechoslovakia	3–0	5–1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	5 February 1986	Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi, Avellino, Italy	Italy	2–1	2–1	Friendly
3	17 June 1986	Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico	Morocco	1–0	1–0	1986 FIFA World Cup
4	25 March 1987	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	2–0	2–0	Friendly
5	2 April 1988	Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West Germany	Argentina	1–0	1–0	Four Nations Tournament (1988)
6	4 June 1988	Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany	Yugoslavia	1–1	1–1	Friendly
7	21 June 1988	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany	Netherlands	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 1988
8	31 August 1988	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	3–0	4–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	4 October 1989	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, West Germany	Finland	6–1	6–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	25 April 1990	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany	Uruguay	1–1	3–3	Friendly
11	10 June 1990	San Siro, Milan, Italy	Yugoslavia	1–0	4–1	1990 FIFA World Cup
12				3–1
13	15 June 1990	San Siro, Milan, Italy	United Arab Emirates	3–1	5–1	1990 FIFA World Cup
14	1 July 1990	San Siro, Milan, Italy	Czechoslovakia	1–0	1–0	1990 FIFA World Cup
15	29 August 1990	Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal	Portugal	1–0	1–1	Friendly
16	19 December 1990	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany	Switzerland	4–0	4–0	Friendly
17	27 March 1991	Waldstadion (Frankfurt), Frankfurt, Germany	Soviet Union	2–0	2–1	Friendly
18	1 May 1991	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany	Belgium	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
19	18 December 1991	Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany	Luxembourg	1–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
20	10 July 1994	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Bulgaria	1–0	1–2	1994 FIFA World Cup
21	14 December 1994	Stadionul Republican, Chişinău, Moldova	Moldova	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
22	18 December 1994	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany	Albania	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
23	28 July 1999	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	New Zealand	2–0	2–0	1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 19 September 2011

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			M	W	D	L	Win %
Rapid Wien	6 September 2001	14 May 2002	32	9	9	14	028.13	[3][4][5]
Partizan	22 December 2002	14 December 2003	44	29	6	9	065.91	[6][7][8][9][10]
Hungary	14 December 2003	11 January 2006	28	11	3	14	039.29	[11][12][13][14]
Atlético Paranaense	11 January 2006	20 March 2006	7	5	2	0	071.43	[12][15]
Maccabi Netanya	13 June 2008	29 April 2009	32	14	12	6	043.75	[16][17]
Bulgaria	23 September 2010	19 September 2011	10	3	3	4	030.00	[18][19][20][21]
Total			153	71	35	47	046.41

Honours

The number 10 Inter Milan jersey of Matthäus in the San Siro museum

Bayern Munich^[22][23]

• Bundesliga: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000
• DFB-Pokal: 1985–86, 1997–98
• DFB-Ligapokal: 1997, 1998, 1999
• DFB-Supercup: 1987
• UEFA Cup: 1995–96
• UEFA Champions League runner up: 1986–87, 1998–99

Inter Milan^[22][23]

• Serie A: 1988–89
• UEFA Cup: 1990–91

MetroStars^[22]

• MLS Eastern Division Champion: 2000

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: 1990^[24]
• UEFA European Championship: 1980^[24]
• U.S. Cup: 1993

Individual

• Ballon d'Or: 1990^[23]
• IFFHS World's Best Player: 1990^[25]
• World Soccer Awards Player of the Year: 1990
• FIFA World Player of the Year: 1991^[26]
• FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 1990^[27]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988^[28]
• Onze d'Or: 1990
• Onze de bronze: 1991
• Onze de Onze: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991^[29]
• Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1990, 1999^[30]
• Goal of the Year (Germany): 1990, 1992^[31][32]
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94^{[33][34][35][36][37]}
• Pirata d'Oro (Inter Milan Player of the Year): 1991^[38]
• MLS All-Star: 2000^[39]
• FIFA XI: 1996, 1997, 2001^[40]
• FIFA 100^[41]
• Golden Foot legends award: 2012^[42]
• IFFHS Legends^[43]
• Inter Milan Hall of Fame: 2018^[44]
• Bayern Munich All-time XI^[45]
• Ballon d'Or Dream Team: 2020^[46]
• IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team: 2021^[47]
• IFFHS World Team of the Century: 1901-2000
• IFFHS European Team of the Century: 1901-2000

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