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Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
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Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

b. 1955

German football executive and former football player

Born
25 Sept 1955 · Lippstadt

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 82 years
  1. 25 Sept 1955BornBorn in Lippstadt
  2. 1974 – 1984TeamFC Bayern Munich
  3. 1975TeamGermany national football B team
  4. 1976 – 1986TeamGermany men's national association football team
  5. 1978Took part1978 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1980AwardBallon d'Or
  7. 1980AwardBravo Otto
  8. 1980AwardGerman Footballer of the Year
  9. 1980AwardOnze d'Or
  10. 1981AwardBallon d'Or
  11. 1981AwardBravo Otto
  12. 1981AwardOnze d'Or
  13. 1982Took part1982 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1982AwardBravo Otto
  15. 1983AwardBravo Otto
  16. 1984AwardBravo Otto
  17. 1984AwardGolden Honorary Ring of the City of Munich
  18. 1984 – 1987TeamInter Milan
  19. 1986Took part1986 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1987 – 1989TeamServette FC
  21. 1989AwardCross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1955 – today).

  1. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  2. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  3. 1956Suez Crisis
  4. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  6. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  8. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  10. 1968Prague Spring
  11. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  12. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  13. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  15. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  16. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  17. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  18. 1985Schengen Agreement
  19. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  20. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  21. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  23. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  25. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  27. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  28. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  29. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  30. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  31. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  32. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  33. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  34. 20112011 Norway attacks
  35. 2011Libyan civil war
  36. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  37. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  38. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  39. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  40. 2015Paris Agreement

Biography

Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge (German: [ˌkaʁlˈhaɪnts ˈkalə ˈʁʊmənɪɡə]; born 25 September 1955) is a German football executive and former professional footballer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest German footballers of all time, he also served as the Chairman of Executive Board of FC Bayern München AG, a daughter company of German Bundesliga team Bayern Munich.

As a player, Rummenigge achieved significant success with Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup, two European Cups, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups. He also won two Ballon d'Or awards, in 1980 and 1981. In 2004, Rummenigge was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

A member of the West Germany national team, Rummenigge won the 1980 European Championship and captained the squad that finished runner-up in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups.

Rummenigge is a former chairman of the European Club Association (ECA), serving in that capacity from 2008 until 2017. He also served as representative of the ECA to the UEFA Executive Committee from 2021 to 2024.

Text from the Wikipedia article Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, CC BY-SA 4.0

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