Thomas Häßler

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Thomas Häßler
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Häßler
Date of birth	May 30, 1966 (1966-05-30) (age 42)
Place of birth	West Berlin, West Germany
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1990 1990-1991 1991-1994 1994-1998 1998-1999 1999-2003 2003-2004	1. FC Köln Juventus AS Roma Karlsruher SC Borussia Dortmund 1860 Munich SV Salzburg	149 (17) 032 0(1) 088 (11) 118 (28) 018 0(2) 115 (21) 019 0(1)
National team
1988-2000	Germany	101 (11)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  West Germany
Men's Football
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Team Competition

Thomas Häßler (born May 30, 1966 in West Berlin) is a former German football (soccer) midfielder currently assistant coach with both FC Cologne and Nigeria.

With the German national team, Häßler won the 1990 World Cup and Euro 96.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Coaching career 4 Honours 5 Other Information

[edit] Club career

Häßler played for Köln (1984-90), Juventus (1990-91), AS Roma (1991-94), Karlsruher SC (1994-98), Borussia Dortmund (1998-99), 1860 Munich (1999-2003), and SV Salzburg (2003-04).

Overall, he chalked up an entertaining 607 games and a total of 91 goals throughout a football career in which he was voted Germany's footballer of the year in 1989 and 1992.

[edit] International career

For Germany, Häßler was capped 101 times, scoring 11 goals. Other than the two major tournament wins, he also played for his country at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, Euro 92, and Euro 2000.

He also won a bronze medal for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was the dominant figure of the Euro 92, displaying performances that were reminiscent of Diego Maradona's 1986 World Cup exploits. He displayed a specialty for scoring spectacular free kicks, tireless stamina and dazzling dribbling sprees.

[edit] Coaching career

Häßler is an assistant coach at second division side Köln. It was announced in February 2007 that he would also take on the job of assistant coach to Berti Vogts who had earlier in the month been appointed as coach of Nigeria.

[edit] Honours

Indvidual

• German Footballer of the Year: 1989,1992
• FIFA World Player of the Year: 3rd, 1992

[edit] Other Information

Häßler's nickname is "Icke" – awarded to him for his pronunciation of "Ich" (German for "I") in typical Berlin dialect. He founded the music label MTM Music in March 1996.

Preceded by Jürgen Klinsmann	German Footballer of the Year 1989	Succeeded by Lothar Matthäus
Preceded by Stefan Kuntz	German Footballer of the Year 1992	Succeeded by Andreas Köpke

v • d • e West Germany squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd Title) 1 Illgner • 2 Reuter • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Augenthaler • 6 Buchwald • 7 Littbarski • 8 Häßler • 9 Völler • 10 Matthäus • 11 Mill • 12 Aumann • 13 Riedle • 14 Berthold • 15 Bein • 16 Steiner • 17 Möller • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Pflügler • 20 Thon • 21 Hermann • 22 Köpke • Coach: Beckenbauer

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1992 Runners-up 1 Illgner • 2 Reuter • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Binz • 6 Buchwald • 7 Möller • 8 Häßler • 9 Völler • 10 Doll • 11 Riedle • 12 Köpke • 13 Thom • 14 Helmer • 15 Frontzeck • 16 Sammer • 17 Effenberg • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Schulz • 20 Wörns • Coach: Vogts

v • d • e Germany squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Illgner • 2 Strunz • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Helmer • 6 Buchwald • 7 Möller • 8 Häßler • 9 Riedle • 10 Matthäus • 11 Kuntz • 12 Köpke • 13 Völler • 14 Berthold • 15 Gaudino • 16 Sammer • 17 Wagner • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Kirsten • 20 Effenberg • 21 Basler • 22 Kahn • Coach: Vogts

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1996 Winners (3rd title) 1 Köpke • 2 Reuter • 3 Bode • 4 Freund • 5 Helmer • 6 Sammer • 7 Möller • 8 Scholl • 9 Bobic • 10 Häßler • 11 Kuntz • 12 Kahn • 13 Basler • 14 Babbel • 15 Kohler • 16 Schneider • 17 Ziege • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Strunz • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Eilts • 22 Reck • Coach: Vogts

v • d • e Germany squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Köpke • 2 Wörns • 3 Heinrich • 4 Kohler • 5 Helmer • 6 Thon • 7 Möller • 8 Matthäus • 9 Kirsten • 10 Häßler • 11 Marschall • 12 Kahn • 13 Jeremies • 14 Babbel • 15 Freund • 16 Hamann • 17 Ziege • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Reuter • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Tarnat • 22 Lehmann • Coach: Vogts

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 2000 1 Kahn • 2 Babbel • 3 Rehmer • 4 Linke • 5 Bode • 6 Nowotny • 7 Scholl • 8 Häßler • 9 Kirsten • 10 Matthäus • 11 Rink • 12 Lehmann • 13 Ballack • 14 Hamann • 15 Wosz • 16 Jeremies • 17 Ziege • 18 Deisler • 19 Jancker • 20 Bierhoff • 21 Ramelow • 22 Butt • Coach: Ribbeck