Matthias Sammer

Matthias Sammer

Personal information
Date of birth	September 5, 1967 (1967-09-05) (age 44)
Place of birth	Dresden, East Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Sweeper/Central Midfielder
Youth career
1972–1985	Dynamo Dresden
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1990	Dynamo Dresden	102	(39)
1990–1992	VfB Stuttgart	63	(20)
1992–1993	Internazionale	11	(4)
1993–1998	Borussia Dortmund	115	(21)
Total		291	(84)
National team
1986–1990	East Germany	23	(6)
1990–1997	Germany	51	(8)
Teams managed
2000–2004	Borussia Dortmund
2004–2005	VfB Stuttgart
Honours Player Dynamo Dresden Winner DDR-Oberliga 1989 Runner-up DFV-Supercup 1989 Winner DDR-Oberliga 1990 Winner FDGB Pokal 1990 VfB Stuttgart Winner Bundesliga 1992 Borussia Dortmund Winner Bundesliga 1995 Winner DFB-Supercup 1995 Winner Bundesliga 1996 Winner DFB-Supercup 1996 Winner UEFA Champions League 1997 Runner-up UEFA Super Cup 1997 Winner Intercontinental Cup 1997  Germany Runner-up European Championship 1992 Winner European Championship 1996 Coach Borussia Dortmund Winner Bundesliga 2002 Runner-up UEFA Cup 2002 Runner-up DFB-Ligapokal 2003
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Matthias Sammer (born September 5, 1967 in Dresden) is a retired German football player and coach who is now working as technical director of the DFB (German Football Association). He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper.

With Borussia Dortmund, he was named European Footballer of the Year in 1996, the year he led Germany to victory in the European Championship. Sammer retired with 74 total caps, 23 for East Germany and 51 for the unified side.

Career

Sammer played for his hometown club Dynamo Dresden from 1987 to 1990, the club his father, Klaus had played for and managed. He was one of the first notable East German players to join a Western club after the German re-unification when he signed with VfB Stuttgart in 1990 (the first being Andreas Thom, who joined Bayer Leverkusen from BFC Dynamo). He then went on to play with Italian club Internazionale (1992–1993), and Borussia Dortmund (1993–1998). He won two East German championships with Dynamo Dresden (1989, 1990), and three German championships, (1992 with VfB Stuttgart, 1995 and 1996 with Borussia Dortmund). During his time in Dortmund he also won the UEFA Champions League in 1997. Sammer also scored the last ever goal for the East Germany football team before re-unification.

After a serious knee injury forced him to retire in 1998, Sammer became head coach for Borussia Dortmund in 2000, leading the team to another German championship in 2002. His team reached the UEFA Cup final the same year but lost 2:3 against Feyenoord. Sammer coached VfB Stuttgart for the 2004-05 season, but left after only one year with the club.

On 1 April 2006, he was appointed technical director of German Football Association (DFB), on a five year contract. The position is new in the DFB. It includes responsibility for the national youth teams, focusing on young talents between the ages of eleven and eighteen, as well as incorporating the latest developments in sports science into the DFB's training theories. Sammer is also expected to work on a tactical system for all of Germany's national sides in close co-operation with national coach Joachim Löw.

Statistics

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Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
East Germany			League		FDGB-Pokal		League Cup		Europe		Total
1985/86	Dynamo Dresden	DDR-Oberliga	18	8	4	6	-	-	6	2	28	14
1986/87			20	7	3	2	-	-	-	-	23	9
1987/88			19	8	3	1	-	-	2	0	21	8
1988/89			25	6	3	1	-	-	10	0	38	7
1989/90			20	9	5	4	-	-	2	0	27	13
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB Ligapokal		Europe		Total
1990/91	Stuttgart	Bundesliga	30	11	3	1	-	-	-	-	33	12
1991/92			33	9	3	1	-	-	3	1	35	11
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
1992/93	Internazionale Milano	Serie A	11	4	1	0	-	-	-	-	12	4
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB Ligapokal		Europe		Total
1992/93	Borussia Dortmund	Bundesliga	17	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	10
1993/94			29	4	2	0	-	-	8	0	39	4
1994/95			28	4	1	1	-	-	7	0	36	5
1995/96			22	3	3	1	-	-	6	0	31	4
1996/97			21	0	1	0	-	-	5	0	27	0
1997/98			3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
Country	East Germany		102	38	18	14	-	-	20	2	140	54
	Germany		183	41	14	3	1	0	30	1	228	45
	Italy		11	4
Total			296	83

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East Germany national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1986	1	0
1987	0	0
1988	6	1
1989	11	2
1990	5	3
Total	23	6

Germany national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1990	1	0
1991	3	0
1992	9	1
1993	6	0
1994	12	2
1995	6	2
1996	11	3
1997	3	0
Total	51	8

International goals

Scores and results table. Germany's goal tally first:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
East Germany
1.	August 31, 1988	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin, East Germany	Greece	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2.	September 6, 1989	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland	Iceland	1–0	3–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying
3.	October 8, 1989	Stadion an der Gellertstraße, Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	Soviet Union	2–1	2–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying
4.	April 11, 1990	Stadion an der Gellertstraße, Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	Egypt	2–0	2–0	Friendly
5.	September 12, 1990	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	2–0	Friendly
6.	September 12, 1990	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	2–0	2–0	Friendly
Germany
1.	December 16, 1992	Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre, Brazil	Brazil	1–2	1–3	Friendly
2.	June 2, 1994	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	1–0	5–1	Friendly
3.	June 8, 1994	Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada	Canada	1–0	2–0	Friendly
4.	October 8, 1995	Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany	Moldova	3–0	6–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
5.	October 8, 1995	Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany	Moldova	6–0	6–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
6.	June 4, 1996	Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany	Liechtenstein	5–0	9–1	Friendly
7.	June 16, 1996	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	Russia	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 1996
8.	June 23, 1996	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	Croatia	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 1996

Honours

As a Player

Dynamo Dresden

• DDR-Oberliga: 1988–89, 1989–90
• FDGB-Pokal: 1989–90

VfB Stuttgart

• Fußball-Bundesliga: 1991–92

Borussia Dortmund

• Fußball-Bundesliga: 1994–95, 1995–96
• DFB-Supercup: 1995, 1996
• UEFA Champions League: 1996-97
• Intercontinental Cup: 1997
• European Super Cup: Runner-up 1997

International

• UEFA European Championship: 1996, Runner-up 1992
• U.S. Cup: 1993

Awards

• German Footballer of the Year: 1995, 1996
• European Footballer of the Year: 1996

As a Manager

Borussia Dortmund

• Fußball-Bundesliga: 2001-02
• DFB-Ligapokal: Runner-up 2003
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 2002

Personal life

Sammer is married and has three children, Sarah, Marvin, and Leon. He lives in Munich, Germany.

References

1. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=14708
2. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/sammer-intl.html

External links

• Bundesliga stats at fussballdaten.de
• FC Inter Milan stats at archivio.inter.it

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Name	Sammer, Matthias
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Date of birth	September 5, 1967
Place of birth	Dresden, East Germany
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