Uwe Wassmer (born 22 January 1966) is a German former professional

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who played as a striker during the 1980s and 1990s.

Career

Wassmer was born in

Wehr, Baden-Württemberg Wehr () is a town in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 9 km north of Bad Säckingen, and 18 km east of Lörrach Lörrach () is a city in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to t ...

. He began his career in Switzerland with

FC Aarau FC Aarau is a Swiss professional football club based in Aarau. Founded in 1902, the club competes in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football after being relegated from the Swiss Super League. History FC Aarau was form ...

in 1985 and spent three years with the club before joining

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

of Germany. After just one season with Schalke, he returned to Switzerland to play for

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...

. He spent just one season at Basel, also, and went back to FC Aarau for the second time in his career where he was part of the side that won the Swiss national title in 1992–93. In 1993, he signed for

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions ...

where he went on to play over 100 matches, scoring 30 goals. On 22 September 1996, while playing for Freiburg, Wassmer set a Bundesliga record in a game against

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

, by scoring just 13 seconds after his introduction, making it the fastest goal ever scored by a substitute.

Waldhof Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of ove ...

signed him in 1999 and he retired in the Summer of 2000. On 1 July 2003, he became

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of amateur Swiss team Dottingen SV. During the 2003–04 season, his team were promoted to the regional league but were relegated after just one season. In August 2008, he was appointed manager of German side SC Riegel.

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* * 1966 births Living people People from Waldshut (district) Footballers from Freiburg (region) German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players FC Aarau players FC Schalke 04 players FC Basel players SC Freiburg players SV Waldhof Mannheim players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-forward-1960s-stub