Matthias Sammer
German association football player, coach and executive (born 1967) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Germany
- Born
- 5 September 1967
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1985–1999
Clubs Dynamo Dresden · VfB Stuttgart · Inter Milan · Borussia Dortmund
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
302
Club league goals
88
International caps
74
International goals
14
League goals / match
0.29
International goals / cap
0.19
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo DresdenClub | 1985–1990 | League | 102 | 39 |
| East Germany national football teamNational team | 1986–1990 | Full caps | 23 | 6 |
| Germany men's national association football teamNational team | 1990–1997 | Full caps | 51 | 8 |
| VfB StuttgartClub | 1990–1992 | League | 63 | 20 |
| Inter MilanClub | 1992–1993 | League | 22 | 8 |
| Borussia DortmundClub | 1993–1999 | League | 115 | 21 |
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
- ×3
Bundesliga
Domestic
- 1991–92 · VfB Stuttgart
- 1994–95 · Borussia Dortmund
- 1995–96 · Borussia Dortmund
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1996–97 · Borussia Dortmund
- ×1
UEFA European Championship
International
- 1996 · 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
- 1996
Career timeline
1985
- Joins Dynamo Dresden — Until 1990
1986
- Senior international debut: East Germany national football team — Until 1990
1990
- Senior international debut: Germany men's national association football team — Until 1997
- Joins VfB Stuttgart — Until 1992
1992
- Bundesliga winner — 1991–92 · VfB Stuttgart(provisional)
- Joins Inter Milan — Until 1993
- Joins Inter Milan — Until 1992
1993
- Joins Borussia Dortmund — Until 1999
1995
- Bundesliga winner — 1994–95 · Borussia Dortmund(provisional)
1996
- Ballon d'Or — 1996(provisional)
- UEFA European Championship winner — 1996 · Germany men's national association football team
- Bundesliga winner — 1995–96 · Borussia Dortmund(provisional)
1997
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1996–97 · Borussia Dortmund(provisional)
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
49.2
Rank #46
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 13% 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
- 1993–1997
- 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 evidence68.7+17.18 points
- League goals per match
- 0.291 → 63.28
- International goals per cap
- 0.189 → 52.84
- International caps per year
- 6.17 → 73.89
Individual accoladesFull evidence25.9+5.18 points
- Contemporary award points
- 12
- Award availability coverage
- 0.811
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 14.8
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (1996)
- 12
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence45.8+6.87 points
- Team honor points
- 24
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 1
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1996–97)
- 8
- Bundesliga (1991–92)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1994–95)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1995–96)
- 3
- UEFA European Championship (1996)
- 7
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence56.6+5.67 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 15 → 71
- Documented elite seasons
- 4 → 36
- International career length (years)
- 12 → 78
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: Matthias Sammer (Q57183)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0602-009, 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - PSV Schwerin 2-1.jpgCC BY-SA 3.0 de · retrieved 27 October 2026