Nr 10- Weldmeisterschaft 1990: Wer ist Lothar Matthäus?

WIKIPEDIA:  Lothar Matthäus

• 1990, named European Footballer of the Year 
• 1990 named World Soccer Player of the Year 
• --after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 
• 1991:  named the first ever FIFA World Player of the Year (the only German)
• played in 5  FIFA World Cups (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998  more than any other outfield player)
• holds record for most World Cup matches played by a single player (25 games). 
• won UEFA Euro 1980, 
• played in the 1984, 1988, and 2000 UEFA European Football Championships
• 1999 voted German Footballer of the Year (again, despite age: 38) 
• the most capped German player of all time:  150 appearances (83 for West Germany) in 20 years
• 23 goals for the German national team. 
• One of the FIFA 100  (list of 125 of the greatest living football players chosen by Pelé)
• Diego Maradona said about Matthäus "he is the best rival I've ever had. I guess that's enough to define him" in his book Yo soy el Diego (I am Diego).

A versatile and complete player, Matthäus was renowned for his perceptive passing, positional sense, and well-timed tackling, as well as his explosive shot. During his career, he usually played as a box-to-boxmidfielder, although later in his career he played as a sweeper.