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Lothar Matthäus

1961 - Today

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Lothar Herbert Matthäus (German pronunciation: [ˈloːtaʁ maˈtɛːʊs] ; born 21 March 1961) is a German football pundit and former professional player and manager. He captained West Germany to victory in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was awarded the Ballon d'Or. In 1991, he was named the first FIFA World Player of the Year, and remains the only German to have received the award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lothar Matthäus has received more than 4,211,370 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Lothar Matthäus is the 31st most popular soccer player (up from 41st in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Germany (up from 414th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Soccer Player.

Lothar Matthäus is most famous for being a German football player and manager. He played in the German Bundesliga for Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and 1. FC Köln, and was captain of the West German national team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the European Championship in 1980.

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  • 76

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  • 10.93

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  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Lothar Matthäus ranks 31 out of 21,273. Before him are Rivellino, Cesare Maldini, Carlos Alberto Torres, Sócrates, Raymond Kopa, and Just Fontaine. After him are Mircea Lucescu, Didi, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Vavá, Roberto Baggio, and Ronaldinho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Lothar Matthäus ranks 5. Before him are Diana, Princess of Wales, Barack Obama, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and Ilham Aliyev. After him are George Clooney, Stephen Hillenburg, Nadia Comăneci, Eddie Murphy, Joko Widodo, Michael J. Fox, and Enya.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lothar Matthäus ranks 275 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Wilhelm Pieck (1876), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Michael Ende (1929), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), and Wilhelm Frick (1877). After him are Adolf Dassler (1900), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), Max Horkheimer (1895), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Anton Drexler (1884), and Athanasius Kircher (1602).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Lothar Matthäus ranks 3. Before him are Franz Beckenbauer (1945), and Gerd Müller (1945). After him are Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Uwe Seeler (1936), Oliver Kahn (1969), Paul Breitner (1951), Rudi Völler (1960), Andreas Brehme (1960), Fritz Walter (1920), and Bert Trautmann (1923).

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