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Oliver Rolf Kahn (German: [ˈɔlivɐ ˈkaːn]; born 15 June 1969) [3] is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975.
Jun 15, 2019 · Here are six things that you may not know about the former goalkeeper. 1. Latvian roots. Oliver Kahn was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, on 15 June 1969 and has Latvian roots. His father, Rolf, was born in the Liepāja, Latvia, in 1943 to a Latvian father and a Baltic German father.
Feb 16, 2022 · “Yes, it’s true. My grandmother is Latvian, and my father was born there,” Oliver Kahn explained in June 2004, before the game between Latvia and Germany at the European Championship in Portugal.
Jun 18, 2004 · Oliver Kahn has revealed that he could have divided loyalties ahead of Germany's game against Latvia on Saturday.
Oliver Kahn is partly of Latvian descent; his father Rolf was born in Liepaja in 1943, where he remains well-known, to a Latvian mother, Erika Alksne, and a Baltic German father, named Rolf.
Jun 19, 2004 · Latvia's ambassador to Berlin has offered Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn honorary Latvian citizenship if he makes a blunder that helps the underdogs in their Euro 2004 match today.
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Jun 19, 2004 · Oliver Kahn may have kept a clean sheet against the birthplace of his father, but it was Latvia who took the plaudits by holding Germany.
Jun 19, 2004 · German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn is faced with a difficult choice in the Euro 2004 game against Latvia tonight: He can either help his team stay in the championships or take up an offer of...
Jun 15, 2021 · Oliver Kahn was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, on 15 June 1969, of German and Latvian heritage (his father, Rolf, was born in Liepāja, Latvia, in 1943). At the age of six, Kahn began playing for his local side Karlsruher SC, a team that both his father and older brother also played for professionally.
