Lothar Matthäus

**Lothar Herbert Matthäus** (born 21 March 1961) is a former German football player. He has played for the German national team. He currently holds a record for the most appearances for the German team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Borussia Mönchengladbach|1979–80|Bundesliga|28|4|2|0|–|11|2|41|6||
|1980–81|Bundesliga|33|10|5|2|—|—|38|12|||||
|1981–82|Bundesliga|33|3|5|4|—|4|1|42|8||||
|1982–83|Bundesliga|34|8|5|2|—|—|39|10|||||
|1983–84|Bundesliga|34|11|6|4|—|—|40|15|||||
|rowspan="5"|Bayern Munich|1984–85|Bundesliga|33|16|6|0|—|5|1|44|17||
|1985–86|Bundesliga|23|10|5|2|—|3|0|31|12||||
|1986–87|Bundesliga|31|14|3|1|—|7|4|41|19||||
|1987–88|Bundesliga|26|17|4|3|—|4|1|34|21||||
|rowspan="5"|Inter Milan|1988–89|Serie A|32|9|7|3|—|5|0|44|12||
|1989–90|Serie A|25|11|2|2|0|0|2|0|29|13|||
|1990–91|Serie A|31|16|3|1|—|12|6|46|23||||
|1991–92|Serie A|27|4|5|1|—|2|0|34|5||||
|rowspan="9"|Bayern Munich|1992–93|Bundesliga|28|8|0|0|—|—|28|8|||
|1993–94|Bundesliga|33|8|3|1|—|4|1|40|10||||
|1994–95|Bundesliga|16|5|2|0|—|6|0|24|5||||
|1995–96|Bundesliga|19|1|0|0|—|7|0|26|1||||
|1996–97|Bundesliga|28|1|3|0|—|2|0|33|1||||
|1997–98|Bundesliga|25|3|3|0|2|0|5|0|35|3|||
|1998–99|Bundesliga|25|1|5|0|2|0|12|1|44|2|||
|1999–2000|Bundesliga|15|1|2|0|0|0|9|0|26|1|||
|MetroStars|2000|Major League Soccer|16|0|2|0|5|0|—|23|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="21"|Germany|1980|1|0|
|1981|1|0|||
|1982|10|0|||
|1983|7|0|||
|1984|10|0|||
|1985|7|1|||
|1986|15|2|||
|1987|6|1|||
|1988|10|4|||
|1989|3|1|||
|1990|15|7|||
|1991|7|3|||
|1992|4|0|||
|1993|11|0|||
|1994|15|3|||
|1995|0|0|||
|1996|0|0|||
|1997|0|0|||
|1998|8|0|||
|1999|13|1|||
|2000|7|0|||

- _Scores and results list West Germany's and Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Matthäus goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|30 April 1985|Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague, Czech Republic||3–0|5–1|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|5 February 1986|Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi, Avellino, Italy||2–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|3|17 June 1986|Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico||1–0|1–0|1986 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|4|25 March 1987|Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|5|2 April 1988|Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West Germany||1–0|1–0|Four Nations Tournament (1988)||||||||
|6|4 June 1988|Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|7|21 June 1988|Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany||1–0|1–2|UEFA Euro 1988||||||||
|8|31 August 1988|Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland||3–0|4–0|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|9|4 October 1989|Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, West Germany||6–1|6–1|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|10|25 April 1990|Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany||1–1|3–3|Friendly||||||||
|11|10 June 1990|San Siro, Milan, Italy||1–0|4–1|1990 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|12|3–1|||||||||||||
|13|15 June 1990|San Siro, Milan, Italy||3–1|5–1|1990 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|14|1 July 1990|San Siro, Milan, Italy||1–0|1–0|1990 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|15|29 August 1990|Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|16|19 December 1990|Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany||4–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|17|27 March 1991|Waldstadion (Frankfurt), Frankfurt, Germany||2–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|18|1 May 1991|Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||
|19|18 December 1991|Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany||1–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||
|20|10 July 1994|Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States||1–0|1–2|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|21|14 December 1994|Stadionul Republican, Chişinău, Moldova||3–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||
|22|18 December 1994|Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany||2–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||
|23|28 July 1999|Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico||2–0|2–0|1999 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|Team|From|To|Record||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Rapid Wien|6 September 2001|14 May 2002|||
|Partizan|22 December 2002|14 December 2003|||
|Hungary|14 December 2003|11 January 2006|||
|Atlético Paranaense|11 January 2006|20 March 2006|||
|Maccabi Netanya|13 June 2008|29 April 2009|||
|Bulgaria|23 September 2010|19 September 2011|||

## Honours

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000
- DFB-Pokal: 1985–86, 1997–98
- DFB-Ligapokal: 1997, 1998, 1999
- DFB-Supercup: 1987
- UEFA Cup: 1995–96
- UEFA Champions League runner up: 1986–87, 1998–99

**Inter Milan**
- Serie A: 1988–89
- UEFA Cup: 1990–91

**MetroStars**
- MLS Eastern Division Champion: 2000

**Germany**
- FIFA World Cup: 1990
- UEFA European Championship: 1980
- U.S. Cup: 1993

**Individual**
- Ballon d'Or: 1990
- IFFHS World's Best Player: 1990
- World Soccer Awards Player of the Year: 1990
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 1991
- FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 1990
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988
- Onze d'Or: 1990
- Onze de bronze: 1991
- Onze de Onze: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
- Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1990, 1999
- Goal of the Year (Germany): 1990, 1992
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94
- Pirata d'Oro (Inter Milan Player of the Year): 1991
- MLS All-Star: 2000
- FIFA XI: 1996, 1997, 2001
- FIFA 100
- Golden Foot legends award: 2012
- IFFHS Legends
- Inter Milan Hall of Fame: 2018
- Bayern Munich All-time XI
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team: 2020
- IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team: 2021
- IFFHS World Team of the Century: 1901-2000
- IFFHS European Team of the Century: 1901-2000

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Lothar Matthäus
- **image**: 2019 Lothar Matthäus.jpg
- **caption**: Matthäus in 2019
- **full name**: Lothar Herbert Matthäus
- **birth place**: Erlangen, West Germany
- **height**: 1.74 m
- **position**: Midfielder, sweeper (association football), sweeper
- **youthyears1**: 1971–1979
- **youthclubs1**: 1. FC Herzogenaurach
- **years1**: 1978–1979
- **clubs1**: 1. FC Herzogenaurach
- **caps1**: 22
- **goals1**: 20
- **years2**: 1979–1984
- **clubs2**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **caps2**: 162
- **goals2**: 36
- **years3**: 1984–1988
- **clubs3**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps3**: 113
- **goals3**: 57
- **years4**: 1988–1992
- **clubs4**: Inter Milan
- **caps4**: 115
- **goals4**: 40
- **years5**: 1992–2000
- **clubs5**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps5**: 189
- **goals5**: 28
- **years6**: 2000
- **clubs6**: New York Red Bulls, MetroStars
- **caps6**: 16
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2018
- **clubs7**: 1. FC Herzogenaurach
- **caps7**: 1
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 618
- **totalgoals**: 181
- **nationalyears1**: 1979
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national under-18 football team, West Germany U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 1979–1983
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national under-21 football team, West Germany U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 15
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national football B team, West Germany B
- **nationalyears3**: 1979–1981
- **nationalcaps3**: 4
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalteam4**: Germany national football team, West Germany/Germany
- **nationalyears4**: 1980–2000
- **nationalcaps4**: 150
- **nationalgoals4**: 23
- **manageryears1**: 2001–2002
- **managerclubs1**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **manageryears2**: 2002–2003
- **managerclubs2**: FK Partizan, Partizan
- **manageryears3**: 2003–2006
- **managerclubs3**: Hungary national football team, Hungary
- **manageryears4**: 2006
- **managerclubs4**: Clube Atlético Paranaense, Atlético Paranaense
- **manageryears5**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs5**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg (assistant)
- **manageryears6**: 2008–2009
- **managerclubs6**: Maccabi Netanya
- **manageryears7**: 2010–2011
- **managerclubs7**: Bulgaria national football team, Bulgaria