Oliver Rolf Kahn (born 15 June 1969 in Karlsruhe) is
a German football goalkeeper. He started his career
at Karlsruher SC and in 1994 was transferred to
Bayern München, his current club. He is one of the
most successful German players in recent history,
having won seven German championships, five German
cups, the UEFA Cup (1996), the UEFA Champions League
and the Intercontinental Cup (both 2001). His
individual contributions have earned him four
consecutive UEFA Best European Goalkeeper awards and
two German "Footballer of the Year" trophies. He
played for the German national team (from 1994 to
2006), where was starting goalkeeper of the 2002
World Cup squad which reached the Finals and won the
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball for his performance. Kahn
is nicknamed "King Kahn" or "The Titan."
In 2003 Kahn split with his wife Simone, with whom
he has had two children, David and Catharina-Maria.
The divorce occurred after he was romantically
linked to former barmaid Verena Kerth. The affair
with Kerth was widely publicised in German tabloids
when Kahn left his wife whilst she was in the eighth
month of her second pregnancy. Kahn and Kerth have
been in a relationship since then.
