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Oliver Bierhoff

1968 - Today

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Oliver Bierhoff (born 1 May 1968) is a German association football official and former player who played as a striker. He has previously served as the technical director of the Germany national team. A tall, strong and prolific goalscorer, Bierhoff was mostly renowned for his excellent abilities in the air, and as a target man, being able to deliver pin-point headers towards goal. He spent his early career playing for Bayer Uerdingen, Hamburger SV and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga where he had modest success. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Bierhoff is the 535th most popular soccer player (down from 428th in 2019), the 1,683rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,617th in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oliver Bierhoff ranks 535 out of 21,273. Before him are Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Giuseppe Bergomi, Nevio Scala, Antonio Carbajal, Wim Suurbier, and Fernando Redondo. After him are Rajko Mitić, Mikel Arteta, Wojciech Szczęsny, Henri Michel, Duncan Edwards, and Julen Lopetegui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Oliver Bierhoff ranks 44. Before him are Lucy Liu, Gillian Anderson, Eric Bana, Billy Boyd, Sabrina Salerno, and Zvonimir Boban. After him are Owen Wilson, Youri Djorkaeff, Catherine Bell, Lucy Lawless, Helen McCrory, and Lila Downs.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oliver Bierhoff ranks 1,683 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Baptist von Spix (1781), Franz Danzi (1763), Lina Heydrich (1911), Saint Afra (300), Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1797), and John Heartfield (1891). After him are Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875), Wolfram Sievers (1905), Christian Schmidt (1957), Ferdinand Hiller (1811), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), and Robert Prosinečki (1969).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Oliver Bierhoff ranks 40. Before him are Thomas Tuchel (1973), Hans Schäfer (1927), Jürgen Grabowski (1944), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), Jürgen Kohler (1965), and Horst Hrubesch (1951). After him are Klaus Fischer (1949), Ottmar Walter (1924), Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984), Philipp Lahm (1983), Bernd Hölzenbein (1946), and Rainer Bonhof (1952).

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