by | Capital: | € 71 million |
| Age: | 51 |
| Born: | May 1, 1968 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | Soccer player |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Oliver Bierhoff is a former professional soccer player who scored two goals to win Germany in the European Championship final over the Czech Republic in 1996. He also became the top scorer for Udinese Calcio in Serie A in Italy. In 2004 he became the manager of the German national team, where he introduced many new marketing campaigns during his time. Since 2018 he has also become one of the four DFB directors, before he is responsible for planning the new DFB Academy.
Early life
The son of a member of the RWE council, born in Karlsruhe, grew southern Essen. Here, like his father, who played for the national youth team, he played soccer from an early age. The first two clubs are Essener SG 99/06 and Schwarz-Weiß Essen. Here he played with Jens Lehmann, among others. In his youth, Oliver Biyoff moved to the Bundesliga Bayer Uerdingen club at that time, where he made it into a professional squad in 1986. Since then, a career that could change when a player began.
Career
At first Biehoff played two seasons with the first division of Bayer Udingen, where he appeared with 31 appearances in the Bundesliga and 4 goals. Then he moved to Hamburger SV for two years, where he also did not become ordinary. The short phase in Borussia Mönchengladbach was followed by its first engagement abroad, at SV Austria Salzburg. Here, with 23 goals in 32 matches, he was significantly more successful than the previous station. That is why the club from Italy also becomes aware of it.
He initially spent four seasons with Ascoli Calcio, where Bierhoff, who was very dangerous as a header, scored 48 goals in 117 league matches. All of this, however, in Serie B, the second highest division in Italy. But then he moved to the first division of Udinese Calcio, where he was only three seasons. There he was also the top scorer in Serie A in the 1997/98 season with 27 goals. He was then bought by AC Milan, where Bierhoff also became regular for three seasons. He then spent one season in Monaco and one at Chievo Verona before ending his career as a player in 2003.
During this time, he first played several international matches for Germany before he was also used in a senior national team from 1996 to 2002. Here he scored 37 goals in 70 international matches, including both goals for the final 2-1 victory at the European Championship 1996 for the Czech Republic. In 2002 Bierhoff became a representative of world champions in Japan and South Korea with the national team when he, as a substitute, could not avoid the final defeat of 0-2 from Brazil. Two goals in the 1996 final suddenly made Bierhoff, who was previously unknown in Germany, famous.
This was followed immediately by his work as a national team manager in Germany. He was appointed by Jürgen Klinsmann, a new national coach. While he ended his work in DFB in 2006 after the World Cup ended in his own country, Bierhoff remained in this new position. Over the years, further tasks have been added to DFB, in 2018 he even rose to become the Director of DFB, getting a large influence in DFB. On the one hand, winning the 2014 World Cup to coincide with Bierhoff’s time as a national team manager, as well as the first failure in the preliminary round 2018, after that he experienced strong criticism. However, Bierhoff was able to maintain his position in DFB.
Famous quotes
“As a player, I noticed that coaches often make the mistake of going off their lines when pressure comes from the public and from the club.”
“In England there is huge applause when you can dribble but the ball flies ten meters over the goal in the final shot; such a player is booed in Italy, dribbling no matter how great. ”
“Gates are the striker’s real bread.”
“I can still clearly remember the skepticism at the DFB when I deposited the name Joachim Löw as a possible successor for Jürgen Klinsmann. Not that they didn’t trust him – but the DFB was always used to big names like Beckenbauer, Völler or Klinsmann. ”
Amazing facts
In his youth, Bierhoff was an Essen Cathedral Boys choir. In addition, during his time at Hamburger SV he was intimidated by his teammate because of his elitist origin in connection with his father’s work.
Bianyoff is the father of a daughter with his wife Klara Szalantzy. In 2002 Bierhoff graduated from Hagen Fernuniversität as an entrepreneur. In addition to his career as a soccer professional, he needs 26 semesters for this.
