Mario Basler (born 18 December 1968) is a German football manager and former professional player who mainly played as a

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. He is currently at TSG Eisenberg as a player and advisor. 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.

Club career

Born in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Basler started his career with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, making only one league appearance. In 1993, he joined

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club SV Werder Bremen, after previously playing for Hertha BSC and Rot-Weiss Essen in the

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. With Bremen, Basler won the DFB-Pokal in

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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

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and

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, and scored the club's winning goal in the 1998 DFB-Pokal final. Basler also scored the opening goal for Bayern Munich in their

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against Manchester United at Camp Nou, Barcelona with a free-kick in the sixth minute of the game. Bayern went on to lose the match 2–1. Basler rejoined Kaiserslautern in 1999, reaching the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 2001 and the final of the

2002–03 DFB-Pokal The 2002–03 DFB-Pokal was the 60th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 28 August 2002 and ended on 31 May 2003. In the final, Bayern Munich defeated 1. FC ...

, where ''die roten Teufel'' were beaten by Basler's former club Bayern Munich.

International career

Basler played 30 games for the Germany national team between 1994 and 1998 and scored two goals. He was named in the squad for the 1994 World Cup, and

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, the latter of which Germany won, although Basler didn't make any appearances in the tournament.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Basler goal.''

Coaching career

Basler began his coaching career 2004 as head coach of

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but was sacked after few months. In July 2007 he became assistant coach of TuS Koblenz. After only one year he left TuS Koblenz to sign a contract as head coach and manager with SV Eintracht Trier 05. On 21 February 2010, he was fired by his club Eintracht Trier. He was appointed as manager of

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in August of the same year. When Burghausen was relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season, Basler was sacked. Basler took over as coach of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in October 2011 but resigned from his position on 14 September 2012 after four losses in seven games. In February 2015, Basler got the job as sports director for

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Coaching record

Honours

Werder Bremen * DFB-Pokal: 1993–94 * DFL-Supercup: 1993,

Bayern Munich *

: 1996–97, 1998–99 * DFB-Pokal: 1997–98 * DFB-Ligapokal:

, 1998 *

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runner-up: 1998–99 Germany *

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: 1996 Individual * ''kicker'' Torjägerkanone Award: 1994–95 Bundesliga top scorer * '' kicker''

Team of the Season: 1994–95

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Basler, Mario 1968 births Living people People from Neustadt an der Weinstraße German footballers Germany international footballers German expatriate footballers Association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players FC Bayern Munich footballers Hertha BSC players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Rot-Weiss Essen players SV Werder Bremen players Kicker-Torjägerkanone Award winners 1994 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1996 players UEFA European Championship-winning players Al-Rayyan SC players German football managers SSV Jahn Regensburg managers SV Wacker Burghausen managers SV Eintracht Trier 05 managers 3. Liga managers Qatar Stars League players Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate