Mario Basler

Mario Basler
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*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 425 (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  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]

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]

  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.