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Which team did Olaf Thon play for in May 1984?
Olaf Thon Olaf Thon ( born 1 May 1966 ) is a German former professional football player and coach . Mainly a central midfielder , Thons 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 . Club career . Thon made his professional debuts at the age of only 17 , with local powerhouse FC Schalke 04 . His impact was immediate , as he scored 14 goals in 38 games to help the Gelsenkirchen side return to the Bundesliga in 1984 , as runners-up . Also during that season , he scored a hat-trick against Bayern Munich in the DFB-Pokal , in a 6–6 home thriller in the semi-final stage ; the Bavarians eventually won the replay and the tournament . On 24 August 1984 , Thon made his first appearance in the German top level , a 1–3 loss at Borussia Mönchengladbach . During that and the following three seasons , he only scored once in single digits , rarely missing a match for the team . In the summer of 1988 , Thon signed with national giants FC Bayern Munich , as a replacement for F.C . Internazionale Milano-bound Lothar Matthäus . He scored eight in 32 games in his first season , helping the side to the league conquest , which also befell the following year , with the player posting an equal scoring record . Thon returned to his first club Schalke in 1994 , at the age of 28 , after winning another league title , although he spent most of the season injured and Matthäus had already returned to Bayern . During his second spell , he played almost exclusively as a sweeper and , in his third year , played in a total of 46 official games , helping his club to the seasons UEFA Cup final , where he scored his attempt in the penalty shootout win against Inter ( 1–1 on aggregate ) ; Schalke could only finish 12th in the domestic league , however . In his later years , Thon suffered extensively with injuries , only appearing in nine matches in his last two seasons combined . He retired in June 2002 at the age of 36 , with Bundesliga totals of 443 games and 82 goals . Subsequently , he worked as marketing manager for the club , until August 2009 . On 1 February 2010 , Thon was appointed head coach of VfB Hüls , beginning to work on 3 April . International career . Thon made his debut for Germany ( then West Germany ) on 16 December 1984 , playing the second half of a 3–2 win in Malta for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers . Subsequently , he was selected for the squads at three FIFA World Cups , helping the nation win the tournament in the 1990 edition in Italy : after only six minutes against Colombia in the group stage ( 1–1 ) , he played the entire semifinal against England , also scoring in his penalty shootout attempt ( 1–1 after 120 minutes ) . Thon also represented Germany at the UEFA Euro 1988 played on home soil , scoring through a rare header against Denmark ( 2–0 group stage win ) , and playing all the matches and minutes for the eventual semifinalists . Due to either injuries or run-ins with national team manager Berti Vogts , the player missed the 1994 World Cup and the Euro 1992 and 1996 tournaments , ending his 14-year international career with 52 caps ( three goals ) . His last international match came against Iran in Germanys last group stage game during the 1998 FIFA World Cup . Career statistics . Ref . Honours . Club . Schalke 04 - UEFA Cup : 1996–97 - DFB-Pokal : 2000–01 , 2001–02 Bayern Munich - Bundesliga : 1988–89 , 1989–90 , 1993–94 - DFB-Supercup : 1990 International . - Germany - FIFA World Cup : 1990 ; runner-up : 1986