Oliver Kreuzer

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Oliver Kreuzer
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Kreuzer with Sturm Graz in 2010.
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-11-13) 13 November 1965 (age 57)
Place of birth Mannheim, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
0000–1985 SpVgg Ketsch
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1991 Karlsruher SC 182 (8)
1991–1997 Bayern Munich 150 (8)
1997–2002 FC Basel 136 (21)
Total468(37)
International career
1982 West Germany U16 2 (0)
1982–1984 West Germany U18 4 (1)
1986–1989 West Germany U21 7 (0)
1988 West Germany Olympic 1 (0)
Honours
Bayern Munich
Winner Bundesliga 1994
Runner-up DFB-Supercup 1994
Winner UEFA Cup 1996
Winner Bundesliga 1997
FC Basel
Winner Swiss Super League 2002
Winner Schweizer Cup 2002
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oliver Kreuzer (born 13 November 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Karlsruher SC, Bayern Munich and FC Basel. [1]

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Football career

Kreuzer started his career in 1985 with Karlsruher SC. He went on to make over 150 appearances for the club became something of a cult hero. In 1991, he signed for Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich where he won the League Title in 1994 and 1997 and the UEFA Cup in 1996. He played six years in Munich,

Kreuzer joined Basel's first team for their 1997–98 season under head coach Jörg Berger. After playing in five test games Kreuzer played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Olympique de la Pontaise on 9 July 1997 as Basel were defeated 0–3 by Lausanne-Sport. [2] He scored his first goal for his club on 19 October in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium against Zürich as the two teams drew 3–3. [3]

At the end of the FC Basel 2001–02 season, Kreuzer retired from his active football career at the age of 36. Basel won the domestic double, League champions and Swiss Cup winners, in this season. Between the years 1997 and 2002 Kreuzer played a total of 212 games for Basel scoring a total of 32 goals. 136 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 9 in the Swiss Cup, 17 were in UEFA competitions (UEFA Cup and UIC) and 50 were friendly games. He scored 21 goals in the domestic league, 1 in the Cup, 3 in the European competitions and the other seven were scored during the test games. [4]

Honours

Bayern Munich

Basel

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References

  1. ↑ "Kreuzer, Oliver" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "FC Lausanne-Sport - FC Basel 3:0 (2:0)" (in German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 9 July 1997. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "FC Basel - FC Zürich 3:3 (2:1)" (in German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 19 October 1997. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Oliver Kreuzer - FCB-Statistik" (in German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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