Mario Basler

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Mario Basler (born December 18, 1968) is a former German football (soccer) player in midfielder role, currently as a coach of the German team ATSV Wattenheim.

In the Bundesliga, he played for the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich, after having played for Hertha BSC Berlin and Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2. Bundesliga before.

He won the national championship with Bayern Munich in 1997 and 1999.

He was top-scorer of the Bundesliga in 1995 and was a squad-member of the Euro 1996 winning German National Team (Basler's shirt number was 13), but because of an injury he didn't take part in the final tournament in England. He scored twice in 30 appearances for Germany. He also scored the first goal for Bayern Munich in their 1999 UEFA Champions League final against Manchester Utd at Camp Nou, Barcelona. It was a well taken free-kick in the 6th minute of the game. Bayern went on to lose the match 2-1 after Man Utd made a fantastic recovery late on in the game.

[edit] Career sketch

• 1974 - 1984 VfL Neustadt (FRG)
• 1984 - 1989 1. FC Kaiserslautern (FRG)
• 1989 - 1991 SC Rot-Weiß Essen (FRG - GER)
• 1991 - 1993 Hertha BSC (GER)
• 1993 - 1996 SV Werder Bremen (GER)
• 1996 - 1999 FC Bayern München (GER)
• 1999 - 2003 1. FC Kaiserslautern (GER)
• 2003 - 2004 Al Rayyan Sports Club (QTR).

	Germany squad - 1994 World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Illgner | 2 Strunz | 3 Brehme | 4 Kohler | 5 Helmer | 6 Buchwald | 7 Möller | 8 Häßler | 9 Riedle | 10 Matthäus | 11 Kuntz | 12 Köpke | 13 Völler | 14 Berthold | 15 Gaudino | 16 Sammer | 17 Wagner | 18 Klinsmann | 19 Kirsten | 20 Effenberg | 21 Basler | 22 Kahn | Coach: Vogts