Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus
German association football player, manager, and pundit (born 1961) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Germany
- Born
- 21 March 1961
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1979–2000
Clubs Borussia Mönchengladbach · FC Bayern Munich · Inter Milan · Red Bull New York
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
595
Club league goals
161
International caps
150
International goals
23
League goals / match
0.27
International goals / cap
0.15
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borussia MönchengladbachClub | 1979–1984 | League | 162 | 36 |
| Germany men's national association football teamNational team | 1980–2000 | Full caps | 150 | 23 |
| FC Bayern MunichClub | 1984–2000 | League | 302 | 85 |
| Inter MilanClub | 1988–1992 | League | 115 | 40 |
| Red Bull New YorkClub | 2000 | League | 16 | 0 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×7
Bundesliga
Domestic
- 1984–85 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1985–86 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1986–87 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1993–94 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1996–97 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1998–99 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1999–00 · FC Bayern Munich
- ×1
FIFA World Cup
International
- 1990 · Germany men's national association football team
- ×1
Serie A
Domestic
- 1988–89 · Inter Milan
- ×1
UEFA European Championship
International
- 1980 · Germany men's national association football team
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1990
Career timeline
1979
- Joins Borussia Mönchengladbach — Until 1984
1980
- Senior international debut: Germany men's national association football team — Until 2000
- UEFA European Championship winner — 1980 · Germany men's national association football team
1984
- Joins FC Bayern Munich — Until 1988
1985
- Bundesliga winner — 1984–85 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1986
- Bundesliga winner — 1985–86 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1987
- Bundesliga winner — 1986–87 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1988
- Joins Inter Milan — Until 1992
1989
- Serie A winner — 1988–89 · Inter Milan(provisional)
1990
- Ballon d'Or — 1990
- FIFA World Cup winner — 1990 · Germany men's national association football team
1992
- Joins FC Bayern Munich — Until 2000
1994
- Bundesliga winner — 1993–94 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1997
- Bundesliga winner — 1996–97 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1999
- Bundesliga winner — 1998–99 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
2000
- Bundesliga winner — 1999–00 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
- Joins Red Bull New York — Until 2000
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
57.5
Rank #25
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 23% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence47.7+14.32 points
- Best window
- 1986–1990
- Individual award points in window
- 12
- Award availability in window
- 0.794
- Team honor points in window
- 21
- Peak index
- 25.62
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence74.6+18.65 points
- League goals per match
- 0.271 → 59.12
- International goals per cap
- 0.153 → 45.67
- International caps per year
- 7.14 → 85.86
Individual accoladesFull evidence26.7+5.35 points
- Contemporary award points
- 12
- Award availability coverage
- 0.785
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 15.28
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (1990)
- 12
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence66.9+10.03 points
- Team honor points
- 43
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 1
- FIFA World Cup (1990)
- 12
- Bundesliga (1984–85)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1985–86)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1986–87)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1993–94)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1996–97)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1998–99)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1999–00)
- 3
- Serie A (1988–89)
- 3
- UEFA European Championship (1980)
- 7
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence91.0+9.10 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 22 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 10 → 80
- International career length (years)
- 21 → 100
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Ballon d'Or winners listCC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikidata: Lothar Matthäus (Q36386)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: 2019 Lothar Matthäus.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026