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Olaf Thon

1966 - Today

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Olaf Thon (born 1 May 1966) is a German former professional football player and coach. Mainly a central midfielder, Thon's 19-year professional career was solely associated to Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, having amassed more than 500 official games and 100 goals for both combined. Later in his career, Thon played as a sweeper. Nicknamed The Professor, he also collected more than 50 caps for the Germany national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olaf Thon is the 2,220th most popular soccer player (up from 2,465th in 2019), the 4,191st most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,384th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Olaf Thon ranks 2,220 out of 21,273. Before him are Giuseppe Baldo, Sven Axbom, Mehmet Scholl, Georg Braun, Kurt Schmied, and Tomáš Pospíchal. After him are João Cancelo, Casimiro Torres, Pleun Strik, Fernando Morena, Turgay Şeren, and Chris Waddle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Olaf Thon ranks 160. Before him are Gideon Sa'ar, Paul Gilbert, Julianna Margulies, Jason Patric, Miroslav Đukić, and Teddy Sheringham. After him are Antoine Fuqua, Ergin Ataman, Benedicta Boccoli, Leon Lai, Lyuboslav Penev, and Philip Reeve.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Olaf Thon ranks 4,193 out of 7,253. Before him are Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824), Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen (1803), Mehmet Scholl (1970), Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1767), Heike Drechsler (1964), and Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg (1776). After him are Hermann Osthoff (1847), Johann Georg von Hahn (1811), Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804), George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1591), Rudolf von Bünau (1890), and Ernst Stromer (1871).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Olaf Thon ranks 162. Before him are Loris Karius (1993), Georg Buschner (1925), Paul Janes (1912), Alfred Bickel (1918), Hans Cieslarczyk (1937), and Mehmet Scholl (1970). After him are Karl-Heinz Körbel (1954), Friedel Lutz (1939), İlhan Mansız (1975), Martin Hoffmann (1955), Stefan Kuntz (1962), and Heinz Kubsch (1930).

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