Olaf Thon

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Personal information
Olaf Thon
Full name	Olaf Thon
Date of birth	May 1, 1966 (1966-05-01) (age 42)
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Central Defender/ Midfielder
Youth clubs
	STV Horst-Emscher FC Schalke 04
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983–1988 1988–1994 1994–2002	FC Schalke 04 FC Bayern München FC Schalke 04	157 (56) 148 (30) 166 (10)
National team
1984–1998	Germany	052 0(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Olaf Thon (born May 1, 1966 in Gelsenkirchen) is a former German footballer with two of Germany‘s most successful clubs. Olaf Thon represented Germany at three World Cups and in the German hosted 1988 European Football Championship where Germany were defeated in the semi-finals. He did not play many games under Berti Vogts due to a disagreement with the then manager of the German National Football Team, this meant he missed out on appearing at the 1994 Fifa World Cup and the 1992 European Football Championship and 1996 European Football Championship.

He played first from 1972 to 1980 in the youth crews of the STV Horst-Emscher and changed then to the FC Schalke 04. On 24 August 1984 Thon made his first appearance in the Bundesliga against Borussia Mönchengladbach, which Schalke lost with 1:3. His main role on the field was as a midfield player who later operated as a Central Defender.

[edit] Honors and awards

Fifa World Cup Winner: 1990
Fifa World Cup Runner-up: 1986
UEFA Cup winner: 1997
German football champions Winner: 1989, 1990, 1994
German Cup Winner: 2001, 2002
Premiere Ligapokal Winner: 2001
German football champions Runner up: 1991, 1993, 2001

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Career stats at fussballdaten.de (German)

v • d • e West Germany squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel • 3 Brehme • 4 Förster • 5 Herget • 6 Eder • 7 Littbarski • 8 Matthäus • 9 Völler • 10 Magath • 11 Rummenigge • 12 Stein • 13 Allgöwer • 14 Berthold • 15 Augenthaler • 16 Thon • 17 Jakobs • 18 Rahn • 19 Allofs • 20 Hoeneß • 21 Rolff • 22 Immel • Coach: Beckenbauer

v • d • e West Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1988

1 Immel • 2 Buchwald • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Herget • 6 Borowka • 7 Littbarski • 8 Matthäus • 9 Völler • 10 Thon • 11 Mill • 12 Illgner • 13 Wuttke • 14 Berthold • 15 Pflügler • 16 Eckstein • 17 Dorfner • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Sauer • 20 Rolff • Coach: Beckenbauer

v • d • e West Germany squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd Title)

1 Illgner • 2 Reuter • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Augenthaler • 6 Buchwald • 7 Littbarski • 8 Häßler • 9 Völler • 10 Matthäus • 11 Mill • 12 Aumann • 13 Riedle • 14 Berthold • 15 Bein • 16 Steiner • 17 Möller • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Pflügler • 20 Thon • 21 Hermann • 22 Köpke • Coach: Beckenbauer

v • d • e Germany squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Köpke • 2 Wörns • 3 Heinrich • 4 Kohler • 5 Helmer • 6 Thon • 7 Möller • 8 Matthäus • 9 Kirsten • 10 Häßler • 11 Marschall • 12 Kahn • 13 Jeremies • 14 Babbel • 15 Freund • 16 Hamann • 17 Ziege • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Reuter • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Tarnat • 22 Lehmann • Coach: Vogts