Ballon d'Or winners 1990-2000: Where are they now?

Matthias Sammer (1996)

Then

One of the greatest defensive midfielders/sweepers to ever play the game, Matthias Sammer perhaps surprisingly won the Ballon d’Or award in 1996 thanks to his superb performances for both club (Borussia Dortmund) and country in 1996.

Sammer won the Bundesliga, DFL Super Cup and the UEFA Euro 1996, before going on to win a historic Champions League title in 1997. Sammer had an extremely successful international career for East German as well as unified Germany even winning the best player award in Euro 1996.

Sammer had his most successful spell at club level in Borussia Dortmund where he finally called time on his career in 1999.

Now

After his playing career, Sammer immediately took over as manager of BVB from 2000-2004 guiding them to a Bundesliga title in 2002. Following his managerial stint at Dortmund, Sammer had a one year spell at VFB Stuttgart leaving the club in June 2005.

He was soon appointed as the technical director of the German football association in 2006 and following an extremely successful 5-year spell on the national board, he controversially accepted the Sporting Director position at Bayern Munich in 2012.

In early 2016, Sammer had a "minute circulatory disorder in the brain" and had to take a break from his work. During his recovery, he gained a new perspective on his work and family life and asked FC Bayern to release him from his position as sporting director which they granted.