Who are the The first 2 sport icons in Germany?
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michael Schumacher and michael Ballack
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Miroslav Klose from Germany
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Great Britain (gold medal - 1900,1908,1912 * World Cup 1966)\nUruguay (gold medal 1924,1928 * World Cup 1930, 1950)\nItaly (gold medal 1936 * World Cup 1934, 1938, 1982)\nGermany (East germany gold medal 1976 * West germany World Cup 1954, 1974, 1990)\nFrance (gold medal 1984 * World Cup 1998)\nArgentina (gold medal 2004 * World Cup 1978, 1986)
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I think its Oliver Kahn (Germany) ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T PLAY YET IN ANY OF THE MATCHES.... (but i remember that whenever he used to catch the ball... he would hold it like it was sth precious!!)
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Podolski or klose or Schweinsteiger.
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Bastian Schweinsteiger plays for Bayern Munchen(Munich) along with Oliver Kahn and Michael Ballack.
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Franz Beckenbauer, 1974 as captain and 1990 as coach.
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jan koller strike player of b.Dortmund & Czech Football player with 6 ft 7½ in (202 cm)
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Willi Landgraf (b. August 29, 1968 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German soccer player, currently playing for the amateurs of Schalke 04.\n\nHe is the record holder of games played in the Second Bundesliga with 505 games. He notably never played a single game in the Bundesliga. Most of Landgraf's games were for Rot-Weiß Essen and for Alemannia Aachen.\n\nLandgraf was well-known for his honest, blue-collar approach to soccer and was regarded as a great fan favourite even of fans who did not follow his teams.\n\nAt age 37, he seemed to finally achieve his dream of playing his first Bundesliga match, when his club Alemannia Aachen promoted. However, Landgraf (who had been benched most of the season because his younger rival outplayed him) declined to hang on as a "mercy player" and went to the amateurs of Schalke 04, and intends to make his trainer's license.
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The record is 5 held by 4 players:\n\nGermany '74\nRobert Gadocha (POL) \n\nSpain '82\nPierre Littbarski (GER)\n\nMexico '86\nDiego Maradona (ARG)\n \nUSA '94 \nThomas Hässler (GER)          \n\nI couldn't find where assists were kept prior to Germany 1974.
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baggio, baekenbauer, cantona, pele, maradonna, zoff n many more
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Ja, er ist überbewertet ... was hat er schon für den deutschen Fußball getan??? ... er hat auch den 1.FC Köln nicht vor dem Abstieg retten können!\n\nLukas Podolski ist ein bestimmt ein guter Fußballer - aber er wird von den Medien zu einer Art "Popstar" gemacht. Ich finde das nicht gut - auch nicht für ihn. Er soll in Ruhe Fußball spielen und viele Tore machen.\n\nGrüße aus Österreich!
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Jan Lehmans or Jans Lehman. It was Oliver Kahn in 2002 but he got replaced cause he was getting old. That pissed alot of Germans off.
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Germany.(home ground advantage,crowd support,last year runners,ballack)
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Stephen Appiah (captain)\n\nAlex Techie-Mensah \n\nI think these 2 players will excel in Germany
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i'll add beckham,kaka,ronaldhino, to germany team and there is my dream team.
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http://www.answers.com/topic/michael-ballack\n\nFull name Michael Ballack \nDate of birth September 26, 1976 \nPlace of birth Görlitz, Germany \nNickname Balla \nCurrent club Bayern München \n \nMichael Ballack (born September 26, 1976 in Görlitz, then East Germany) is a German football captain.\n\n\nPersonal life\nMichael Ballack is 6'2 1/2" (189 cm) tall and weighs 176 lbs (80 kg). He is currently unmarried but does have a partner Simeone. With Simeone, he has three children- Louis (born August 16, 2001); Emilio (born September 19, 2002) and Jordi (born March 17, 2005). Michael Ballack has Abitur German A-Levels which he received in 1995. His hobbies are Travelling, Tennis, Golf, Movies and Music.\n\n\nBallack is known for being a versatile and well-conditioned player, equally at home in attack and defence, able to play in almost any position in the midfield. He made his name as an attacking midfielder with an eye for goal, but Bayern München have recently employed him in a deeper role, where he has been able to direct play. He is regarded as one of the most lethal headers in the world but is equally competent with his powerful left and right feet. These attributes have earned him the German player of the year award on three occasions (2002, 2003, 2005), a feat surpassed only by German legend Franz Beckenbauer, who won the award four times. Accordingly, many experts consider him the most complete footballer in the world today. As of 2005, he is one of the prime German sports icons and the captain of the German national team that is seeking World Cup glory on its home soil.\n\nMichael Ballack started his career with BSG Motor "Fritz Heckert" Karl-Marx-Stadt. ('BSG' stands for Bundessozialgericht.) His parents sent him to train with the side when he was seven years old, and he immediately caught the attention of coach Steffen Hänisch, who had played second-division football himself in the GDR. What particularly impressed Hänisch was Ballack's delicate touch, which the coach would have attributed to many years' worth of training if the boy hadn't been so young. Also unusual for his age was Ballack's ability to use both feet with equal authority.\n\nFollowing Euro 2004, Jürgen Klinsmann replaced Rudi Völler at the helm of the national team and made Ballack the side's captain. He'll thus be the man to lead the team - on and off the pitch - in its attempt to reach the ultimate goal, winning the World Cup on home soil in the summer of 2006. In a warm-up in his home country Ballack scored the forth goal in the 4-1 thrasing of the USAin late March 2006 to prepare for the World Cup in Germany.\n\nIn his first 60 internationals, Ballack found the net 29 times.