Mario Basler
Mario Basler at the Confederations Cup between Germany and Brazil
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mario Basler | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Neustadt (Weinstraße), West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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1.FC Lokomotive Leipzig (sports director) | ||
| 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 | Werden Bremen | 92 | (36) |
| 1996–1999 | Bayern Munich | 78 | (18) |
| 1999–2003 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 91 | (8) |
| 2003–2004 | Al-Rayyan | 15 | (2) |
| 2006–2010 | ATSV Wattenheim | ||
| 2011 | BCA Oberhausen | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | TuS Rüssingen | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 413 | (85) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–1998 | Germany | 30 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2005 | SSV Jahn Regensburg | ||
| 2008–2010 | SV Eintracht Trier 05 | ||
| 2010–2011 | SV Wacker Burghausen | ||
| 2011–2012 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mario Basler (born 18 December 1968 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße) is a German former football winger and current manager, most recently in charge of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
He currently works as sports director at 1.FC Lokomotive Leipzig.
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 also was known for his creativity.
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 free-kick in the sixth minute of the game. Bayern went on to lose the match 2–1.
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