Marco Streller

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Personal information
Marco Streller
Full name	Marco Streller
Date of birth	20 April 1979
Place of birth	Sion, Switzerland
Height	185cm
Position	striker
Club information
Current club	VfB Stuttgart
Youth clubs
1988-97 1997-98	FC Aesch FC Arlesheim
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2000-01 2001-02 2002 2002-03 2003 2004-06 2006-	FC Basel Concordia Basel FC Basel FC Thun FC Basel VfB Stuttgart FC Köln	1 (0) 30 (16) 3 (0) 16 (8) 16 (13) 28 (4) 14 (3)
National team**
2003-	Switzerland	13 (3)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2006.

Marco Streller (born 18 June 1981 in Basel) is a Swiss football striker who currently, as of May 2006, plays for VfB Stuttgart.

He currently has 8 caps for the Swiss national team, and has been called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was in the squad for the 2004 European Football Championship, but pulled out due to injury.

He's is considered partly responsible for Switzerland's defeat at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, having opted to go first on penalties against the Ukraine and missing his shot.

VfB Stuttgart - Current Squad
1 Hildebrand \| 2 Beck \| 3 Osorio \| 5 Babbel \| 6 Meira \| 7 Meißner \| 8 Bierofka \| 9 Streller \| 10 Tomasson \| 11 Hitzlsperger \| 12 Gerber \| 13 Pardo \| 14 Farnerud \| 15 Boka \| 17 Delpierre \| 18 Cacau \| 19 Hilbert \| 21 Magnin \| 22 Gentner \| 23 Heinen \| 24 Nehrig \| 25 da Silva \| 30 Ikeng \| 31 Stolz \| 33 Gomez \| 35 Tasci \| 41 Langer \| Manager: Armin Veh

	Switzerland squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Zuberbühler \| 2 Djourou \| 3 Magnin \| 4 Senderos \| 5 Margairaz \| 6 Vogel \| 7 Cabanas \| 8 Wicky \| 9 Frei \| 10 Gygax \| 11 Streller \| 12 Benaglio \| 13 Grichting \| 14 D. Degen \| 15 Džemaili \| 16 Barnetta \| 17 Spycher \| 18 Lustrinelli \| 19 Behrami \| 20 Müller \| 21 Coltorti \| 22 Yakın \| 23 P. Degen \| Coach: Kuhn