Lothar Matthäus Net Worth 2020

Short introduction
The Franke may be a former footballer who became a eu champion in 1980 and world champion in 1990 as a captain with the German national team. At his club stations Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, he won several other titles. At first, he worked as a trainer after his active career, but now he’s only a TV expert.

Early life
Like most boys at that point , Lothar Matthäus started playing football very early. His first club in his hometown was 1. FC Herzogenaurach there. He also grew up there, although he was born in Erlangen in 1961. He started an apprenticeship as an indoor designer at the age of 18. But already in 1979, he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach within the Bundesliga, where he immediately belonged to the tribe as a midfielder under the then coach Jupp Heynckes.

Career
After these convincing performances within the Bundesliga, Lothar Matthäus was quickly nominated for the German national team and brought to the 1980 European Championships in Rome. There he came within the 3-2 victory over Netherlands within the group phase for his only assignment when he came on within the 73rd minute for the then captain Bernard Dietz.

But his career continued to climb steeply. He fully established himself within the Bundesliga and took part within the 1982 World Cup , where he only made two short appearances. In 1984, following a lost DFB final with Borussia Mönchengladbach, he followed FC Bayern Munich’s reputation. He stayed there until 1988 before moving on to Inter Milan in Italy.

From there, he returned to Bayern Munich for 8 years before adding another season to the ny Metro Stars.

He then ended his career as a lively player and took on various positions as a teacher . His first stop was Rapid Vienna, followed by Partizan Belgard, Hungary, Athletico Paranaense, Maccabi Netanja and last Bulgaria. Since the top of this task in 2011, he has worked exclusively as a TV expert, primarily at the German pay broadcaster sky.

Career highlights
The greatest success was far and away the win of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, when he not only led the German team to the title as captain but also made a decisive contribution to the present success with strong performances and his own goals. within the same year he was also voted (unofficial) world athlete of the year. a gift that no other German player has ever been granted.

At the club level, he won several national titles. These include 7 German championships, 1 Italian, 2 German cup wins and two UEFA Cup titles. In 1980 he did this right at the start of his career with Borussia Mönchengladbach, again in 1991 with Inter Milan. within the Champions League or its predecessor, however, he lost the ultimate twice (1987 and 1999 with FC Bayern Munich), so he lacks this title in his collection.

There also are variety of individual awards, of which only the foremost important are mentioned:

In 1991 he was elected a second time as a world footballer, this point officially by FIFA. In 1990 he was also voted Europe’s athlete of the year, also as Germany’s athlete of the year, which was to be repeated again in 1999.

Since 2001 he has been one among only six honorary captains of the German national team, alongside the late Fritz Walter, Uwe Seeler, Franz Beckenbauer, Jürgen Klinsmann and Philipp Lahm.

Famous quotes
Since he has been publicly since the age of 19, there’s an enormous pool of quotes from Lothar Matthäus. Only the highlights are to be mentioned here.

“We just can’t put the sand in our heads now.”
“We are a well intrigued group.”
“Yes, the rear is that the Achilles’ heel of the body.”
“I hope we’ve a touch bit lucky.”
“A Lothar Matthäus can’t be defeated by his body, a Lothar Matthäus decides his own destiny.”
“I noticed directly that it’s a pain once you continue it.”
Amazing facts
The German record national player 150 appearances holds many other records. He holds the record for many World Cup appearances by a player, with 25 games and 5 World Cup appearances.

In his private life, his life was quite moving. Lothar Matthäus had a complete of 5 different wives with whom he had four children. His last marriage, which has been going since 2014, was with a lady 27 years younger with whom he also had a son.

To date, at the age of 39, when he took part within the European Championship in 2000, he’s the oldest German international. additionally , together with his goal from the year before, he’s the oldest scorer within the DFB selection at 38.

Nevertheless, he’s the sole player who twice awarded a penalty during a DFB final . First on penalties for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1984 against his future club FC Bayern Munich. Then in 1999 with FC Bayern against Werder Bremen, whereupon Bremen and not Bayern won the DFB Cup.