Markus Schuler (born 1 August 1977) is a German former professional

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who played as

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Career

Born in

Löffingen Löffingen () is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km southwest of Donaueschingen, and 40 km southeast of Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the Li ...

, Schuler began playing youth football at SV Feldberg and FC Löffingen. He played senior football with regional league clubs FC Neustadt and FV Donaueschingen before joining 2. Bundesliga side

SC Fortuna Köln SC Fortuna Köln is a German association football club based in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The club was formed as on 21 February 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 (one of two clubs to ...

in 1998. After Fortuna were relegated in 2000, Schuler moved to

1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05 or simply Mainz 05 (), is a German professional sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top tie ...

where manager

Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German football executive and former Manager (association football), manager and Football player, player. He is widely regarded as one of the best football managers in the world. Klopp has been ...

converted him from a winger to fullback. In 2002, Schuler joined newly promoted

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 19 ...

where he would make his

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

debut. In total, Schuler would play in 182 Bundesliga matches for Hannover and

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

. In 2009, Schuler set the record for most Bundesliga matches played without scoring a goal. Schuler ended his playing career with Arminia, with the club suffering relegations to the 2. and 3. Bundesliga during his latter seasons.

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* * 1977 births Living people People from Löffingen Footballers from Freiburg (region) German men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players Hannover 96 players Arminia Bielefeld players SC Fortuna Köln players {{germany-footy-defender-1970s-stub