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Mario Basler
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<h2 id="club-career">Club career</h2> <p>Born in <a href="/facts/Neustadt_an_der_Weinstra%25C3%259Fe/wqYFEuJx">Neustadt an der Weinstraße</a>, Basler started his career with <a href="/facts/1._FC_Kaiserslautern/xGxWrLHQ">1. FC Kaiserslautern</a>, making only one league appearance. In 1993, he joined <a href="/facts/Bundesliga/MfkHshJn">Bundesliga</a> club <a href="/facts/SV_Werder_Bremen/TDIHLtB4">SV Werder Bremen</a>, after previously playing for <a href="/facts/Hertha_BSC/3Bfg2n2o">Hertha BSC</a> and <a href="/facts/Rot-Weiss_Essen/BvgdbD6m">Rot-Weiss Essen</a> in the <a href="/facts/2._Bundesliga/auwUVmMu">2. Bundesliga</a>. With Bremen, Basler won the <a href="/facts/DFB-Pokal/38JfclG0">DFB-Pokal</a> in <a href="/facts/1993%25E2%2580%259394_DFB-Pokal/Tnto3g2b">1994</a> and finished runner-up in the Bundesliga in <a href="/facts/1994%25E2%2580%259395_Bundesliga/BedjYlBS">1995</a>. During the 1994–95 season, he was joint <a href="/facts/Kicker_(sports_magazine)/5qLaSCKa">top-goalscorer in the Bundesliga</a> with 20 goals. </p><p>Basler joined <a href="/facts/FC_Bayern_Munich/99e1qqlf">FC Bayern Munich</a> in 1996, where he won the <a href="/facts/List_of_German_football_champions/uDYblKrm">Bundesliga title</a> in <a href="/facts/1996%25E2%2580%259397_Bundesliga/CVEat0CM">1997</a> and <a href="/facts/1998%25E2%2580%259399_Bundesliga/dRzwnnXJ">1999</a>, and scored the club's winning goal in the <a href="/facts/1997%25E2%2580%259398_DFB-Pokal/0h6kctqG">1998 DFB-Pokal final</a>. Basler also scored the opening goal for Bayern Munich in their <a href="/facts/1999_UEFA_Champions_League_Final/Sl5GenRU">1999 UEFA Champions League Final</a> against <a href="/facts/Manchester_United_F.C./wmNVnVtQ">Manchester United</a> at <a href="/facts/Camp_Nou/n7ako1mR">Camp Nou</a>, Barcelona with a free-kick in the sixth minute of the game. Bayern went on to lose the match 2–1.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>Basler rejoined Kaiserslautern in 1999, reaching the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Europa_League/aQeea4zp">UEFA Cup</a> semi-finals in <a href="/facts/2000%25E2%2580%259301_UEFA_Cup/RtBv37Jg">2001</a> and the final of the <a href="/facts/2002%25E2%2580%259303_DFB-Pokal/H5UdwxwQ">2002–03 DFB-Pokal</a>, where <i>die roten Teufel</i> were beaten by Basler's former club Bayern Munich. </p> <h2 id="international-career">International career</h2> <p>Basler played 30 games for the <a href="/facts/Germany_national_football_team/uPrY0NUd">Germany national team</a> between 1994 and 1998 and scored two goals. He was named in the squad for the <a href="/facts/1994_FIFA_World_Cup/17zzH74g">1994 World Cup</a>, and <a href="/facts/UEFA_Euro_1996/CwIlfpud">Euro 1996</a>, the latter of which Germany won, although Basler didn't make any appearances in the tournament. </p> <h3>International goals</h3> <i>Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Basler goal.</i> List of international goals scored by Mario Basler<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Date</th><th scope="col">Venue</th><th scope="col">Opponent</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">Result</th><th scope="col">Competition</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>2 June 1994</td><td><a href="/facts/Ernst-Happel-Stadion/dAUgsv6p">Ernst-Happel-Stadion</a>, <a href="/facts/Vienna/NSpIURsA">Vienna</a>, Austria</td><td> <a href="/facts/Austria_national_football_team/VNzq7eCS">Austria</a></td><td>5–1</td><td>5–1</td><td>Friendly</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>30 April 1997</td><td><a href="/facts/Weserstadion/pIEjJaqK">Weserstadion</a>, <a href="/facts/Bremen/y56P3Pyk">Bremen</a>, Germany</td><td> <a href="/facts/Ukraine_national_football_team/7R63LV1U">Ukraine</a></td><td>2–0</td><td>2–0</td><td><a href="/facts/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)/ncvgYzHW">1998 FIFA World Cup qualification</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="coaching-career">Coaching career</h2> <p>Basler began his coaching career 2004 as head coach of <a href="/facts/SSV_Jahn_Regensburg/pHEceN7p">SSV Jahn Regensburg</a> but was sacked after few months. In July 2007, he became assistant coach of <a href="/facts/TuS_Koblenz/YLF049h5">TuS Koblenz</a>. After only one year he left <a href="/facts/TuS_Koblenz/YLF049h5">TuS Koblenz</a> to sign a contract as head coach and manager with <a href="/facts/SV_Eintracht_Trier_05/Uv7SoE3P">SV Eintracht Trier 05</a>. On 21 February 2010, he was fired by his club Eintracht Trier.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> He was appointed as manager of <a href="/facts/SV_Wacker_Burghausen/PIgzhjgg">SV Wacker Burghausen</a> in August of the same year. When Burghausen was relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season, Basler was sacked.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>Basler took over as coach of <a href="/facts/Rot-Wei%25C3%259F_Oberhausen/56peN250">Rot-Weiß Oberhausen</a> in October 2011 but resigned from his position on 14 September 2012 after four losses in seven games.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>In February 2015, Basler got the job as sports director for <a href="/facts/1.FC_Lokomotive_Leipzig/Dw2boVn6">1.FC Lokomotive Leipzig</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="coaching-record">Coaching record</h2> <i>As of 20 March 2013</i> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Team</th><th rowspan="2">From</th><th rowspan="2">To</th><th colspan="8">Record</th></tr><tr><th>G</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Win %</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SSV_Jahn_Regensburg/pHEceN7p">Jahn Regensburg</a></td><td>1 July 2004</td><td>20 September 2005</td><td>43</td><td>13</td><td>12</td><td>18</td><td>56</td><td>66</td><td>−10</td><td>030.23</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SV_Eintracht_Trier_05/Uv7SoE3P">Eintracht Trier</a></td><td>8 September 2008</td><td>20 February 2010</td><td>52</td><td>19</td><td>10</td><td>23</td><td>69</td><td>88</td><td>−19</td><td>036.54</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SV_Wacker_Burghausen/PIgzhjgg">Wacker Burghausen</a></td><td>10 August 2010</td><td>14 May 2011</td><td>35</td><td>9</td><td>8</td><td>18</td><td>43</td><td>61</td><td>−18</td><td>025.71</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Rot-Wei%25C3%259F_Oberhausen/56peN250">Rot-Weiß Oberhausen</a></td><td>24 October 2011</td><td>14 September 2012</td><td>32</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>14</td><td>33</td><td>49</td><td>−16</td><td>028.13</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Total</th><td>162</td><td>50</td><td>39</td><td>73</td><td>201</td><td>264</td><td>−63</td><td>030.86</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="honours">Honours</h2> <p>Werder Bremen </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/DFB-Pokal/38JfclG0">DFB-Pokal</a>: <a href="/facts/1993%25E2%2580%259394_DFB-Pokal/Tnto3g2b">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/DFL-Supercup/qKKN7Pa6">DFL-Supercup</a>: <a href="/facts/1993_DFB-Supercup/d64846f6">1993</a>, <a href="/facts/1994_DFB-Supercup/ERUfVCNz">1994</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Bayern Munich </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bundesliga/MfkHshJn">Bundesliga</a>: <a href="/facts/1996%25E2%2580%259397_Bundesliga/CVEat0CM">1996–97</a>, <a href="/facts/1998%25E2%2580%259399_Bundesliga/dRzwnnXJ">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/DFB-Pokal/38JfclG0">DFB-Pokal</a>: <a href="/facts/1997%25E2%2580%259398_DFB-Pokal/0h6kctqG">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/DFB-Ligapokal/gQEczu7U">DFB-Ligapokal</a>: <a href="/facts/1997_DFB-Ligapokal/qpXN9nUE">1997</a>, <a href="/facts/1998_DFB-Ligapokal/DEoAB0jg">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/UEFA_Champions_League/h1ao7NDp">UEFA Champions League</a> runner-up: <a href="/facts/1999_UEFA_Champions_League_Final/Sl5GenRU">1998–99</a></li></ul> <p>Germany </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/UEFA_European_Championship/EFWkyW5j">UEFA European Championship</a>: <a href="/facts/UEFA_Euro_1996/CwIlfpud">1996</a></li></ul> <p>Individual </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Kicker_(sports_magazine)/5qLaSCKa"><i>kicker</i> Torjägerkanone Award</a>: <a href="/facts/1994%25E2%2580%259395_Bundesliga/BedjYlBS">1994–95 Bundesliga top scorer</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kicker_(sports_magazine)/5qLaSCKa">kicker</a></i> <a href="/facts/Bundesliga/MfkHshJn">Bundesliga</a> Team of the Season: 1994–95<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Mario_Basler%3a_Jetzt_geht%2527s_los!/e5e0bvzP">Mario Basler: Jetzt geht's los!</a></i>, Super NES game endorsed by Basler</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Eisenberg: Mario Basler kickt künftig für die TSG". Die Rheinpfalz (in German). 21 June 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019. <a href="https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/gruenstadt/artikel/eisenberg-mario-basler-kickt-kuenftig-fuer-die-tsg/" target="_blank">https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/gruenstadt/artikel/eisenberg-mario-basler-kickt-kuenftig-fuer-die-tsg/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Hackett, Robin (25 July 2012). "Mario Basler: FC Hollywood superstar". ESPN. Retrieved 5 November 2019. <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/columns/story/_/id/1127105/the-mavericks:-mario-basler" target="_blank">https://www.espn.com/soccer/columns/story/_/id/1127105/the-mavericks:-mario-basler</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Jackson, Bobbie (15 March 2023). "Real Madrid v Liverpool: The greatest comebacks in Champions League history". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 March 2023. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64882764" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64882764</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Trainerwechsel beim SVE" (in German). SV Eintracht Trier 05. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2010. <a href="https://archive.today/20120729170110/http://www.eintracht-trier.com/6496.html" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20120729170110/http://www.eintracht-trier.com/6496.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Burghausen setzt Basler vor die Tür" (in German). Kicker. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011. <a href="https://www.kicker.de/burghausen-setzt-basler-vor-die-tuer-552497/artikel" target="_blank">https://www.kicker.de/burghausen-setzt-basler-vor-die-tuer-552497/artikel</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Basler tritt in Oberhausen zurück" (in German). Kicker. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012. <a href="https://www.kicker.de/basler-tritt-in-oberhausen-zurueck-574877/artikel" target="_blank">https://www.kicker.de/basler-tritt-in-oberhausen-zurueck-574877/artikel</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Ex-Nationalspieler: Basler wird Geschäftsführer bei Lok Leipzig" (in German). spiegel.de. 21 January 2015. <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/mario-basler-wird-neuer-geschaeftsfuehrer-bei-lok-leipzig-a-1014166.html" target="_blank">http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/mario-basler-wird-neuer-geschaeftsfuehrer-bei-lok-leipzig-a-1014166.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Deutscher Supercup, 1993, Finale". dfb.de. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020. <a href="https://www.dfb.de/supercup/das-spiel/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F1972324" target="_blank">https://www.dfb.de/supercup/das-spiel/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F1972324</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Deutscher Supercup, 1994, Finale". dfb.de. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020. <a href="https://www.dfb.de/supercup/das-spiel/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F1972325" target="_blank">https://www.dfb.de/supercup/das-spiel/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F1972325</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Bundesliga Historie 1994/95" (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121018190450/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199495/startseite.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20121018190450/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199495/startseite.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>