Oliver Kahn

Oliver Kahn (born June 15, 1969 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is a German football goalkeeper. He stars for the German national team (since 1995) and Bayern M?nchen (since 1994). He is known as King Kahn or Kahn, the Titan for his prowess in the game.

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Kahn started his career at Karlsruher SC, and was transferred to Bayern Munich in 1994 for the (then) huge sum of 4.8 million Deutschmark, roughly 2.5 million Euro. Although suffering a rupture of his cruciate ligament in the next season, he developed into a most formidable goalkeeper.

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In 2002, he won the adidas Golden Ball for best player and the Yashin Award for top goalkeeper of the . He also started for his country at and .

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He and his wife Simone split in 2004 after he was romantically linked to former barmaid Verena Kerth; he and Kerth have been in a relationship since then.

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June 15: June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining....

1969: 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday...

Karlsruhe: Karlsruhe (population 282,595 in December 2003) is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-W?rttemberg, located near the French-German border....

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