Man of the year (soccer)

Every year since 1990 the specialist magazine Kicker has chosen the man of the year in German football .

Previous title holder

year	man	Club / team
1990	Franz Beckenbauer	DFB - team boss
1991	Karl-Heinz Feldkamp	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1992	Erich Ribbeck	FC Bayern Munich
1993	Winfried Schaefer	Karlsruher SC
1994	Volker Finke	Sc freiburg
1995	Berti Vogts	National coach
1996	Thomas Helmer	FC Bayern Munich
1997	Otto Rehhagel	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1998	Otto Rehhagel	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1999	Lothar Matthäus	FC Bayern Munich
2000	Rudi Völler	DFB - team boss
2001	Oliver Kahn	FC Bayern Munich
2002	Michael Ballack	Bayer 04 Leverkusen / FC Bayern Munich
2003	Felix Magath	VfB Stuttgart
2004	Thomas Schaaf	Werder Bremen
2005	Thomas Doll	Hamburger SV
2006	Franz Beckenbauer	Organizing committee for the 2006 World Cup
2007	Ivan Klasnić	Werder Bremen
2008	Franck Ribery	FC Bayern Munich
2009	Felix Magath	FC Schalke 04 / VfL Wolfsburg
2010	Bastian Schweinsteiger	FC Bayern Munich
2011	Joachim Löw	National coach
2012	Jürgen Klopp	Borussia Dortmund
2013	Franck Ribery	FC Bayern Munich
2014	Joachim Löw	National coach
2015	Dirk Schuster	SV Darmstadt 98
2016	Toni Kroos	real Madrid
2017	Christian Streich	Sc freiburg
2018	Fredi Bobic	Eintracht Frankfurt
2019	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool FC

statistics

Most awards by person

• 2 awards: Franz Beckenbauer , Jürgen Klopp , Felix Magath , Otto Rehhagel , Franck Ribéry , Joachim Löw

Most awards by team

• 8 awards: FC Bayern Munich
• 5 Awards: DFB - team manager / national coach
• 3 awards: 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• 2 awards: Werder Bremen , SC Freiburg
• 1 award: Bayer 04 Leverkusen , Borussia Dortmund , Eintracht Frankfurt , FC Liverpool , FC Schalke 04 , Hamburger SV , Karlsruher SC , Organizing Committee of the 2006 World Cup , Real Madrid , SV Darmstadt 98 , VfB Stuttgart , VfL Wolfsburg

See also

• Footballer of the Year (Germany)
• Football coach of the year (Germany)

Web links

• All men of the year on kicker.de