Philipp Lahm
E185138
German international footballer
association football captain
defender
defensive midfielder
footballer
full-back
human
left-back
right-back
Philipp Lahm is a retired German footballer widely regarded as one of the best full-backs and defensive midfielders of his generation, known for captaining Germany to the 2014 World Cup title.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philipp Lahm canonical | 6 |
| Lahm | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1623007 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philipp Lahm Context triple: [FC Bayern Munich, notablePlayer, Philipp Lahm]
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A.
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus is a legendary German footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, known for captaining West Germany to victory at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and winning the Ballon d'Or the same year.
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B.
Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller is a German professional footballer known for his versatile attacking play and prolific scoring and assisting record for Bayern Munich and the German national team.
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C.
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger is a retired German footballer, widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, known for his long and successful career at Bayern Munich and his key role in Germany’s 2014 World Cup victory.
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D.
Miroslav Klose
Miroslav Klose is a retired German striker renowned as one of the most prolific goalscorers in World Cup history and the all-time leading scorer for the German national team.
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E.
Lukas Podolski
Lukas Podolski is a German former professional footballer known for his powerful left foot, prolific international career with Germany, and key role in their 2014 World Cup triumph.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philipp Lahm Target entity description: Philipp Lahm is a retired German footballer widely regarded as one of the best full-backs and defensive midfielders of his generation, known for captaining Germany to the 2014 World Cup title.
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A.
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus is a legendary German footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, known for captaining West Germany to victory at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and winning the Ballon d'Or the same year.
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B.
Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller is a German professional footballer known for his versatile attacking play and prolific scoring and assisting record for Bayern Munich and the German national team.
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C.
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger is a retired German footballer, widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, known for his long and successful career at Bayern Munich and his key role in Germany’s 2014 World Cup victory.
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D.
Miroslav Klose
Miroslav Klose is a retired German striker renowned as one of the most prolific goalscorers in World Cup history and the all-time leading scorer for the German national team.
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E.
Lukas Podolski
Lukas Podolski is a German former professional footballer known for his powerful left foot, prolific international career with Germany, and key role in their 2014 World Cup triumph.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German international footballer
ⓘ
association football captain ⓘ defender ⓘ defensive midfielder ⓘ footballer ⓘ full-back ⓘ human ⓘ left-back ⓘ right-back ⓘ |
| captainOf |
FC Bayern Munich
ⓘ
Germany national football team ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1983-11-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfRetirement | 2017 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
one of the best defensive midfielders of his generation
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one of the best full-backs of his generation ⓘ |
| familyName |
Philipp Lahm
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lahm
|
| fullName | Philipp Lahm self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Philipp ⓘ |
| hasRole | tournament director ⓘ |
| height | 1.70 m ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defensive positioning
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leadership ⓘ passing accuracy ⓘ tactical intelligence ⓘ versatility ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Bavaria ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
FC Bayern Munich
ⓘ
Germany national football team ⓘ VfB Stuttgart ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
football executive ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
2006 FIFA World Cup
ⓘ
2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2014 FIFA World Cup ⓘ UEFA Euro 2004 ⓘ UEFA Euro 2008 ⓘ UEFA Euro 2012 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Munich ⓘ |
| positionPlayedOnTeam |
defensive midfielder
ⓘ
full-back ⓘ left-back ⓘ right-back ⓘ wing-back ⓘ |
| retiredFromSport | association football ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| shirtNumber |
16
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21 ⓘ |
| sportsDiscipline | association football ⓘ |
| spouse | Claudia Lahm ⓘ |
| tournamentDirectorOf | UEFA Euro 2024 ⓘ |
| winnerOf |
2014 FIFA World Cup
ⓘ
FIFA Club World Cup ⓘ
surface form:
FIFA Club World Cup 2013
UEFA Champions League Final 2013 ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA Champions League 2012–13
UEFA Super Cup ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA Super Cup 2013
multiple Bundesliga titles ⓘ multiple DFB-Pokal titles ⓘ |
| youthClub |
FC Bayern Campus
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surface form:
Bayern Munich youth academy
FT Gern München ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Philipp Lahm Description of subject: Philipp Lahm is a retired German footballer widely regarded as one of the best full-backs and defensive midfielders of his generation, known for captaining Germany to the 2014 World Cup title.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
2013 UEFA Champions League Final
this entity surface form:
Lahm