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{{Short description|German footballer (born 1968)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Oliver Bierhoff

| image = 2018-11-30 DFB presentation of the new head coach of the National Womens Team StP 6868 LR10 by Stepro.jpg

| caption = Bierhoff in 2018

| full_name = Oliver Bierhoff{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/member-associations/germany |title=German Football Association |publisher=FIFA |access-date=1 December 2022}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|5|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany

| height = 1.91 m

| currentclub =

| position = Striker

| years1 = 1986–1988

| caps1 = 31

| goals1 = 4

| clubs1 = Bayer Uerdingen

| years2 = 1988–1989

| caps2 = 34

| goals2 = 6

| clubs2 = Hamburger SV

| years3 = 1989–1990

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 0

| clubs3 = Borussia Mönchengladbach

| years4 = 1990–1991

| caps4 = 33

| goals4 = 23

| clubs4 = Austria Salzburg

| years5 = 1991–1995

| caps5 = 117

| goals5 = 48

| clubs5 = Ascoli

| years6 = 1995–1998

| caps6 = 86

| goals6 = 57

| clubs6 = Udinese

| years7 = 1998–2001

| caps7 = 91

| goals7 = 36

| clubs7 = AC Milan

| years8 = 2001–2002

| caps8 = 18

| goals8 = 4

| clubs8 = Monaco

| years9 = 2002–2003

| caps9 = 26

| goals9 = 7

| clubs9 = Chievo

| totalcaps = 444

| totalgoals = 185

| nationalyears1 = 1988–1990

| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U21

| nationalyears2 = 1996–2002

| nationalcaps2 = 70

| nationalgoals2 = 37

| nationalteam2 = Germany

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|GER}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Championship}}

{{Medal|W|1996 England|}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}}

{{medal|RU|2002 Korea/Japan|}}

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/oliver-bierhoff|title=AC Milan Hall of Fame: Oliver Bierhoff|website=acmilan.com|access-date=2 April 2015}}

He spent his early career playing for Bayer Uerdingen, Hamburger SV and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga where he had modest success. After a season in the Austria Bundesliga for Austria Salzburg, he was signed by Ascoli in Serie A. Ascoli were relegated in his first season and Bierhoff played three seasons with them in the Serie B.

Bierhoff was signed by an Udinese team led by Alberto Zaccheroni in 1995 where he had great success and earned his first call-up to the Germany national team. Bierhoff scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final, a career-defining performance that vaulted him into the international limelight.

He finished the 1997–98 season as Serie A top scorer. He was subsequently signed by AC Milan in 1998, winning the Serie A title in his first season with the club, scoring 19 goals in the league and 21 in all competitions. He set a Serie A record for most headed goals in a single season, with 15. After three years at AC Milan, Bierhoff had brief stints at Monaco and Chievo before retiring from playing in 2003.

Club career

The son of a German utility magnate, Bierhoff played for nine different clubs, in four different countries. He scored a total of 102 goals in Serie A, one of the highest totals for a non-Italian in the league's history. In the 1997–98 season, he was the Serie A top scorer with 27 goals for Udinese.

Bierhoff, however, was never a success in the Bundesliga. After failing to shine in Germany, he got his chance in the Austrian Bundesliga. That gave him the chance at Ascoli in Italy. But it was at Udinese, under Alberto Zaccheroni, that Bierhoff found success and won his place in fame and in the Germany national team. He then transferred to AC Milan in 1998, winning the Serie A title in his first season with the club, scoring 19 goals in the league and 21 in all competitions, including the match-winning goal in the final, title-deciding match of the season, a 2–1 away win over Perugia.{{cite web|url=http://www.pianetamilan.it/amarcord/tbt-23-maggio-1999-perugia-milan-1-2-scudetto-e-paratissima-di-abbiati/?intcm|title=#TBT – 23 maggio 1999: Perugia-Milan 1-2, Scudetto e paratissima di Abbiati|publisher=PianetaMilan.it|language=it|date=23 May 2017|access-date=23 May 2017|archive-date=19 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054158/http://www.pianetamilan.it/amarcord/tbt-23-maggio-1999-perugia-milan-1-2-scudetto-e-paratissima-di-abbiati/?intcm|url-status=dead}} During the 1998–99 season, he set a Serie A record for most headed goals in a single season, with 15.{{cite news |url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/serie-a-pavoletti-record-nessuno-come-lui-gol-testa-AE7IJqfF |title=Serie A: Pavoletti da record, nessuno come lui nei gol di testa |work=ilsole24ore.com |language=it |date=27 August 2018 |access-date=13 September 2019}} After three seasons there, he moved to Ligue 1 side Monaco in 2001 for one year, before moving back to Serie A to play for ChievoVerona, where he retired at the end of the 2002–03 season. In his last game, he scored a hat-trick for Chievo in a 3–4 defeat to Juventus.{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=65770&cc=5739|title=Juventus 4–3 Chievo Verona|publisher=ESPN FC|date=24 May 2003|access-date=23 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216115834/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=65770&cc=5739|archive-date=16 February 2010|url-status=dead}}

International career

file:Oliver Bierhoff.jpg

Bierhoff debuted for the Germany national team in a friendly against Portugal on 21 February 1996. In his second appearance on 27 March 1996, he scored his first two international goals in his country's 2–0 win over Denmark. Bierhoff was not initially going to be selected by coach Berti Vogts for Germany's UEFA Euro 1996, but Vogts's wife convinced him to take Bierhoff, saying, "he'll repay you." Bierhoff would come on as a substitute in the final against the Czech Republic with Germany 1-0 down, and scored both the equaliser and the golden goal in extra time to win the tournament.{{Cite book |last=Hesse |first=Uli |title=Tor!: The Story of German Football |publisher=When Saturday Comes |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-9561011-3-6 |edition=Revised & Updated |pages=266–269 |language=en}}{{cite news|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=UK|author=Lawton, Matt|title=Bierhoff back for more glory|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/4773162/Bierhoff-back-for-more-glory.html|date=7 October 2000|access-date=23 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216115834/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/4773162/Bierhoff-back-for-more-glory.html|archive-date=16 February 2010|url-status=dead}}

In an important qualification match on 20 August 1997, Germany trailed Northern Ireland, 0–1, with 20 minutes left when the manager of the national team, Berti Vogts, sent in Thomas Häßler and Oliver Bierhoff. Within seven minutes the former provided Bierhoff with three assists, meaning Bierhoff had scored the fastest hat-trick in the history of the Germany national team.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_80000/newsid_85600/85622.stm|title=Key player – Oliver Bierhoff|work=BBC Sport|date=3 May 1998|access-date=20 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216115834/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_80000/newsid_85600/85622.stm|archive-date=16 February 2010|url-status=live}}

In 1998, he was appointed captain of the national team after the retirement of Jürgen Klinsmann.{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.ca/soccer/world/news/1998/09/01/bierhoff_captain/|title=Vogts names Bierhoff Germany's captain|date=1 September 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426215018/http://sportsillustrated.ca/soccer/world/news/1998/09/01/bierhoff_captain/|archive-date=26 April 2014|access-date=26 April 2014|website=Sports Illustrated|publisher=CNN}}

Style of play

A large and prolific striker, Bierhoff was a strong, physical, aggressive, and powerful player, who played mainly as a target man in the centre-forward role. Although he was not particularly skilful with his feet from a technical standpoint, or a particularly good ball-player, he possessed good movement inside the box as well as strong hold-up play, but he was known in particular for his excellent aerial ability; in addition to his height, strength, and elevation, he was able to execute headers with power and precision, having scored several critical goals with his head throughout his career, for both club and country, which led him to be regarded as one of the best players in the world with his head and as a specialist in the air. In addition to scoring goals, Bierhoff was also capable of providing assists to his teammates with his head through knock-downs.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/sep/12/newsstory.sport11 |title=Chelsea face hero with feet of clay |work=The Guardian |last1=Kuper |first1=Simon |date=12 September 1999 |access-date=3 June 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/01/news/01iht-thom.t.html|title=Germany Wins Euro 96 With a 'Golden Goal'|work=The New York Times|last=Thomsen|first=Ian|date=1 July 1996|access-date=3 June 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/04/sports/world-cup-98-germany-stays-resolute-to-end-which-is-when-the-rally-comes.html |title=WORLD CUP '98; Germany Stays Resolute to End, Which Is When the Rally Comes |work=The New York Times |last1=Cohen |first1=Roger |date=4 July 1998 |access-date=3 June 2019}}{{cite news |url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/sport/germes/germes/germes.html |title=La Germania ringrazia il solito Bierhoff |work=La Repubblica |language=it |date=29 June 1998 |access-date=3 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dnamilan.com/campioni-rossoneri/oliver-bierhoff.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116174655/http://www.dnamilan.com/campioni-rossoneri/oliver-bierhoff.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 January 2017 |title=Oliver Bierhoff |publisher=DNAMilan.com |language=it |last1=Bonifazi |first1=Enrico |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=3 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/luca-waldschmidt-marco-richter-proving-pleasant-surprises-for-germanys-u21s/a-49328934 |title=Luca Waldschmidt, Marco Richter proving pleasant surprises for Germany's U21s |publisher=DW.com |date=24 June 2019 |access-date=15 July 2022}} Although he was less adept at scoring with his feet, he also possessed a powerful shot.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/germany/squad/newsid_1782000/1782917.stm|title=Oliver Bierhoff|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 May 2002|access-date=15 January 2018}}

Managerial career

Bierhoff was a manager of the Germany national football team from 2004 until December 2017, a new position created as part of Jürgen Klinsmann's acceptance of the coaching job. Essentially the duties revolve around the public relations aspect of the team as opposed to coaching responsibilities.{{cite web |author1=Tommaso Maschio |date=13 March 2015 |title=UFFICIALE: Germania, Bierhoff fino al 2020. Coordinerà il settore giovanile |url=http://m.tuttomercatoweb.com/europa/ufficiale-germania-bierhoff-fino-al-2020-coordinera-il-settore-giovanile-657030 |access-date=2 April 2015 |website=tuttomercatoweb.com |language=it}} On 1 January 2018, a structural reform in the German Football Association took place and Bierhoff was named the technical director of the Germany national team (officially Direktor Nationalmannschaften und Akademie, "director national teams and football development").{{Cite news |date=2017-10-20 |title=Oliver Bierhoff wird Superminister |url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article169850661/Oliver-Bierhoff-wird-Superminister.html |access-date=2019-04-25 |work=Welt |publisher=Axel Springer SE |language=de}}{{Cite web |date=10 April 2019 |title=Germany technical director Oliver Bierhoff admits to mistakes in handling of Mesut Ozil's international retirement |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/germany-technical-director-oliver-bierhoff-admits-to-mistakes-in-handling-of-mesut-ozils-international-retirement-6425301.html |access-date=26 April 2019 |work=First Post}} After another early World Cup exit in 2022, Bierhoff had his contract terminated by the DFB, which was supposed to run until 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/oliver-bierhoff-loest-vertrag-mit-dem-dfb-auf-247052/ |title=Oliver Bierhoff löst Vertrag mit DFB auf |website=DFB |language=de |date=5 December 2022}}

Personal life

Bierhoff married Klara Szalantzy on 22 June 2001, Szalantzy was a model of Hungarian ancestry from Munich and former girlfriend of basketball player Dražen Petrović. She was behind the wheel in the fatal car crash that claimed Petrović's life.{{cite web |date=27 August 2011 |title=Forever Shattered - Crash that killed Drazen Petrovic 18 years ago crushed the dreams of one broken passenger |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/crash-killed-drazen-petrovic-18-years-crushed-dreams-broken-passenger-article-1.948653 |access-date=10 July 2013 |work=New York Daily News}} Bierhoff and his wife had a daughter on 27 January 2007. He is a Roman Catholic.

Bierhoff features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series; he features in the FIFA 14 Ultimate-Team Legends.{{cite web |title=FIFA 14 Ultimate Team Legends: Oliver Bierhoff |url=http://www.futhead.com/14/players/12511/bierhoff/ |access-date=2 April 2015 |website=futhead.com}}

He is a member of the AC Milan Hall of Fame.

Bierhoff was one of several celebrities in 2015 who endorsed the tabloid newspaper Bild{{'}}s petition against anti-Islamisation group PEGIDA.{{cite news |date=6 January 2015 |title=Germany Pegida protests: 'Islamisation' rallies denounced |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30694406 |access-date=6 January 2015}}

=Education=

Bierhoff took a correspondence course and graduated in 2002 with a degree in business economics from the University of Hagen.{{cite web |last=Miles |first=Grant |date=9 October 2013 |title=Top FIVE footballers that graduated at University |url=http://www.sportsgazette.co.uk/section.php?aid=801&sid=3 |access-date=27 July 2017 |website=Sports Gazette}}{{dead link|date=March 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cite web |date=3 August 2015 |title=Oliver Bierhoff - Manager, Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. |url=https://www.boardroominsiders.com/executive-profiles/1001134/Deutscher-Fu%C3%9Fball-Bund-e.V./Oliver-Bierhoff |access-date=27 July 2017 |website=Boardroom Insiders}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{WorldFootball.net|oliver-bierhoff}}

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes DFB-Pokal, Austrian Cup, Coppa Italia, Coupe de France}}

!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue}}

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Bayer Uerdingen

|1986–87

|Bundesliga

|19

344colspan="2"|—4{{efn|name=UC}}2colspan="2"|—279
1987–88

|Bundesliga

|12

110colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—131
colspan="2"|Total

!31

454colspan="2"|—42colspan="2"|—4010
rowspan="3"|Hamburger SV

|1988–89

|Bundesliga

|24

631colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—277
1989–90

|Bundesliga

|10

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—110
colspan="2"|Total

!34

641colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—387
Borussia Mönchengladbach

|1989–90

|Bundesliga

|8

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—80
Austria Salzburg

|1990–91

|Austrian Bundesliga

|33

2333colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—3626
rowspan="5"|Ascoli

|1991–92

|Serie A

|17

220colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—192
1992–93

|Serie B

|35

2021colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—3721
1993–94

|Serie B

|32

1720colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—3417
1994–95

|Serie B

|33

910colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—349
colspan="2"|Total

!117

4871colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—12449
rowspan="4"|Udinese

|1995–96

|Serie A

|31

1721colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—3318
1996–97

|Serie A

|23

1310colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—2413
1997–98

|Serie A

|32

2732colspan="2"|—4{{efn|name=UC}}2colspan="2"|—3931
colspan="2"|Total

!86

5763colspan="2"|—42colspan="2"|—9662
rowspan="4"|AC Milan

|1998–99

|Serie A

|34

1932colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—3721
1999–2000

|Serie A

|30

1131colspan="2"|—6{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}21{{efn|Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana}}04014
2000–01

|Serie A

|27

651colspan="2"|—10{{efn|name=UCL}}2colspan="2"|—429
colspan="2"|Total

!91

36114colspan="2"|—1641011944
Monaco

|2001–02

|Division 1

|18

44132colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—257
Chievo

|2002–03

|Serie A

|26

720colspan="2"|—2{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in UEFA Cup}}0colspan="2"|—307
colspan="3"|Career total

!444

18542173226810516212

{{notelist}}

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/14090/Oliver_Bierhoff.html |title=Bierhoff, Oliver |publisher=national-football-teams.com |access-date=3 June 2019}}

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="7"|Germany

|1996

116
199787
1998178
199986
200083
200171
2002116
colspan="2"|Total7037

:Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bierhoff goal{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bierhoff-intl.html | title = Oliver Bierhoff – Goals in International Matches | website = RSSSF | access-date =23 December 2010}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Oliver Bierhoff

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1rowspan="2"|27 March 1996rowspan="2"|Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germanyrowspan="2"|{{fb|Denmark}}align="center"|1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–0rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|2align="center"|2–0
align="center"|34 June 1996Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany{{fb|Liechtenstein}}align="center"|3–0align="center"|9–1Friendly
align="center"|4rowspan="2"|30 June 1996rowspan="2"|Wembley Stadium, London, Englandrowspan="2"|{{fb|Czech Republic}}align="center"|1–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1 (a.e.t.)rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 1996
align="center"|5align="center"|2–1
align="center"|64 September 1996Górnik Stadium, Zabrze, Poland{{fb|Poland}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–0Friendly
align="center"|730 April 1997Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany{{fb|Ukraine}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–0FIFA World Cup 1998 qualifying
align="center"|8rowspan="3"|20 August 1997rowspan="3"|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Irelandrowspan="3"|{{fb|Northern Ireland}}align="center"|1–1rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–1rowspan="3"|FIFA World Cup 1998 qualifying
align="center"|9align="center"|2–1
align="center"|10align="center"|3–1
align="center"|11rowspan="2"|11 October 1997rowspan="2"|Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germanyrowspan="2"|{{fb|Albania}}align="center"|2–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–3rowspan="2"|FIFA World Cup 1998 qualifying
align="center"|12align="center"|4–3
align="center"|1315 November 1997Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany{{fb|South Africa}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|3–0Friendly
align="center"|14rowspan="2"|30 May 1998rowspan="2"|Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germanyrowspan="2"|{{fb|Colombia}}align="center"|1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–1rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|15align="center"|2–0
align="center"|16rowspan="2"|5 June 1998rowspan="2"|Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germanyrowspan="2"|{{fb|Luxembourg}}align="center"|5–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|7–0rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|17align="center"|6–0
align="center"|1821 June 1998Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France{{fb|Yugoslavia}}align="center"|2–2align="center"|2–2FIFA World Cup 1998
align="center"|1925 June 1998Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France{{fb|Iran}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–0FIFA World Cup 1998
align="center"|2029 June 1998Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France{{fb|Mexico}}align="center"|2–1align="center"|2–1FIFA World Cup 1998
align="center"|2114 October 1998Stadionul Republican, Chişinău, Moldova{{fb|Moldova}}align="center"|3–1align="center"|3–1UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
align="center"|22rowspan="3"|4 June 1999rowspan="3"|BayArena, Leverkusen, Germanyrowspan="3"|{{fb|Moldova}}align="center"|1–0rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|6–1rowspan="3"|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
align="center"|23align="center"|4–0
align="center"|24align="center"|6–1
align="center"|25rowspan="2"|4 September 1999rowspan="2"|Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finlandrowspan="2"|{{fb|Finland}}align="center"|1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
align="center"|26align="center"|2–0
align="center"|278 September 1999Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany{{fb|Northern Ireland}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|4–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
align="center"|28rowspan="2"|3 June 2000rowspan="2"|Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germanyrowspan="2"|{{fb|Czech Republic}}align="center"|2–1rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–2rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|29align="center"|3–2
align="center"|307 June 2000Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany{{fb|Liechtenstein}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|8–2Friendly
align="center"|3115 August 2001Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary{{fb|Hungary}}align="center"|5–2align="center"|5–2Friendly
align="center"|3213 February 2002Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany{{fb|Israel}}align="center"|5–1align="center"|7–1Friendly
align="center"|3327 March 2002Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany{{fb|USA}}align="center"|3–1align="center"|4–2Friendly
align="center"|34rowspan="3"|9 May 2002rowspan="3"|Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germanyrowspan="3"|{{fb|Kuwait}}align="center"|2–0rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|7–0rowspan="3"|Friendly
align="center"|35align="center"|4–0
align="center"|36align="center"|6–0
align="center"|371 June 2002Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan{{fb|Saudi Arabia}}align="center"|7–0align="center"|8–0FIFA World Cup 2002

Honours

Ascoli

  • Anglo-Italian Cup runner-up: 1994–95{{cite web |title=White lays on fillip for County |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/white-lays-on-fillip-for-county-1612045.html |website=The Independent |access-date=31 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116122745/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/white-lays-on-fillip-for-county-1612045.html |archive-date=16 November 2023 |language=en |date=20 March 1995 |url-status=live}}

AC Milan

  • Serie A: 1998–99{{cite web|title=Oliver Bierhoff Forward|url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/oliver-bierhoff.html|website=eurosport.yahoo.com|publisher=Eurosport|access-date=2 April 2015}}

Germany{{cite web|title=Bierhoff: We have to play our own game|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=7/news=bierhoff-we-have-to-play-our-own-game-2403505.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711210830/http://www.fifa.com//worldcup/news/y=2014/m=7/news=bierhoff-we-have-to-play-our-own-game-2403505.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2014|website=fifa.com|publisher=FIFA|access-date=2 April 2015|date=11 July 2014}}

Individual

  • Serie A top scorer: 1997–98
  • Serie B top scorer: 1992–93{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital2tops.html|title=Italy – Serie B Top Scorers|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 April 2015}}
  • Goal of the Year (Germany): 1996{{cite web|url=https://www.sportschau.de/sendung/tdm/archiv/chronik90er/juni1996tdm100.html|title=Juni 1996 - Bierhoff|language=de|publisher=Sportschau|access-date=11 December 2018}}
  • Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1998{{cite web|title=(West) Germany – Footballer of the Year|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/duitpoy.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 April 2015}}
  • FIFA XI (reserve): 1998[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-xi.html FIFA XI´s Matches - Full Info]
  • AC Milan Hall of Fame

References

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External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130514061658/http://www.history-of-soccer.org/oliver-bierhoff.html Oliver Bierhoff] at history-of-soccer.org Retrieved 30 June 2013
  • [https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/oliver-bierhoff/einsaetze/borussia-moenchengladbach/0/0/ For 89–90 season with Mönchengladbach]

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