Mario Basler

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Mario Basler
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Basler in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-12-18) 18 December 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Neustadt (Weinstraße), West Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Team information
Current team
 TSG Eisenberg (player and advisor)
Youth career
1974–1984 VfL Neustadt
1984–1987 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1989 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1 (0)
1989–1991 Rot-Weiss Essen 54 (6)
1991–1993 Hertha BSC 74 (17)
1993–1996 Werder Bremen 92 (36)
1996–1999 Bayern Munich 78 (18)
1999–2003 1. FC Kaiserslautern [1] 91 (8)
2003–2004 Al-Rayyan 15 (2)
Total425(87)
International career
1994–1998 Germany 30 (2)
Managerial career
2004–2005 Jahn Regensburg
2007–2008 TuS Koblenz (assistant)
2008–2010 Eintracht Trier
2010–2011 Wacker Burghausen
2011–2012 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
2012–2013 BC Augsburg
2015–2016 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (sporting director)
2017 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt
2019– TSG Eisenberg (advisor)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1996 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Basler (born 18 December 1968) is a German football manager and former professional player who mainly played as a right midfielder. He is currently at TSG Eisenberg as a player and advisor. [2]

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A dead-ball specialist, Basler scored numerous goals from free-kicks and two directly from corner kicks during his career, colloquially known as Olympic goals. He was also known for his creativity. [3]

Club career

Born in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Basler started his career with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, making only one league appearance. In 1993, he joined Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen, after previously playing for Hertha BSC and Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2. Bundesliga. With Bremen, Basler won the DFB-Pokal in 1994 and finished runner-up in the Bundesliga in 1995. During the 1994–95 season, he was joint top-goalscorer in the Bundesliga with 20 goals.

Basler joined FC Bayern Munich in 1996, where he won the Bundesliga title in 1997 and 1999, and scored the club's winning goal in the 1998 DFB-Pokal final. Basler also scored the opening goal for Bayern Munich in their 1999 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United at Camp Nou, Barcelona with a free-kick in the sixth minute of the game. Bayern went on to lose the match 2–1. [4]

Basler rejoined Kaiserslautern in 1999, reaching the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 2001 and the final of the 2002–03 DFB-Pokal, where die roten Teufel were beaten by Basler's former club Bayern Munich.

International career

Basler played 30 games for the Germany national team between 1994 and 1998 and scored two goals. He was named in the squad for the 1994 World Cup, and Euro 1996, the latter of which Germany won, although Basler didn't make any appearances in the tournament.

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Basler goal.
List of international goals scored by Mario Basler
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 June 1994 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, AustriaFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 5–15–1Friendly
230 April 1997 Weserstadion, Bremen, GermanyFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2–02–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

Coaching career

Basler began his coaching career 2004 as head coach of SSV Jahn Regensburg but was sacked after few months. In July 2007, he became assistant coach of TuS Koblenz. After only one year he left TuS Koblenz to sign a contract as head coach and manager with SV Eintracht Trier 05. On 21 February 2010, he was fired by his club Eintracht Trier. [5] He was appointed as manager of SV Wacker Burghausen in August of the same year. When Burghausen was relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season, Basler was sacked. [6]

Basler took over as coach of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in October 2011 but resigned from his position on 14 September 2012 after four losses in seven games. [7]

In February 2015, Basler got the job as sports director for 1.FC Lokomotive Leipzig. [8]

Coaching record

As of 20 March 2013
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Jahn Regensburg 1 July 200420 September 2005431312185666−10030.23
Eintracht Trier 8 September 200820 February 2010521910236988−19036.54
Wacker Burghausen 10 August 201014 May 20113598184361−18025.71
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 24 October 201114 September 20123299143349−16028.13
Total162503973201264−63030.86

Honours

Basler in 2005 Mario Basler.JPG
Basler in 2005

Werder Bremen

Bayern Munich

Germany

Individual

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Mario Basler" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
  2. ↑ "Eisenberg: Mario Basler kickt künftig für die TSG". Die Rheinpfalz (in German). 21 June 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Hackett, Robin (25 July 2012). "Mario Basler: FC Hollywood superstar". ESPN. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Jackson, Bobbie (15 March 2023). "Real Madrid v Liverpool: The greatest comebacks in Champions League history". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Trainerwechsel beim SVE" (in German). SV Eintracht Trier 05. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Burghausen setzt Basler vor die Tür" (in German). kicker.de. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Basler tritt in Oberhausen zurück" (in German). kicker.de. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Ex-Nationalspieler: Basler wird Geschäftsführer bei Lok Leipzig" (in German). spiegel.de. 21 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Deutscher Supercup, 1993, Finale". dfb.de. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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