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Marco Streller 
Personal information Date of birth 18 June 1981 Place of birth Basel, Switzerland Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club FC Basel Number 9 Youth career 1988–1997 FC Aesch 1997–2000 FC Arlesheim Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2000–2004 FC Basel 20 (13) 2001–2002 → Concordia Basel (loan) 30 (16) 2002–2003 → FC Thun (loan) 16 (8) 2004–2007 VfB Stuttgart 55 (9) 2006 → 1. FC Köln (loan) 14 (3) 2007– FC Basel 118 (54) National team‡ 2000–2002 Switzerland U-21 13 (0) 2003–2011 Switzerland 37 (12) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2011, 24:00 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 April 2011, 24:00 (UTC)Marco Streller (born 18 June 1981 in Basel) is a Swiss international footballer who plays as a striker for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.[1]
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Club career
Streller started his professional football career with local club FC Basel in 2000, but played just one game in his debut season. For the next season he was loaned to feeder club FC Concordia Basel. He scored 16 goals in 30 starts in the Challenge League with Concordia that season, which made his home club sit up and take notice. They called him back in 2002, but after playing just three games was loaned out again in January of the following year to FC Thun. He scored eight goals in just 16 games for Thun and was subsequently recalled to Basel, being promised first team football.
During the 2003–04 Swiss Super League season, he scored 13 goals in 16 games, thus gathering the interest of a handful of Bundesliga clubs including VfB Stuttgart. Stuttgart eventually signed him ahead of the 2004–05 season. During his debut on 14 March 2004 he also scored his first goal for the VFB. But after returning from an injury he scored just four goals in 28 matches in his two years in Stuttgart. Therefore and to gain match practice, he was loaned out to 1. FC Köln for their second half of the 2006 season. After returning from Köln, where he made 14 starts, Streller scored five goals in 27 games as Stuttgart won the Championship, but he still failed to impress the board.
Stuttgart therefore allowed Streller to rejoin his boyhood heroes FC Basel on a free transfer in June 2007.[2] This was his fourth spell at the club and it turned out to be very successful. He was Basel's top goal-scorer during the 2007–08 season with twelve league goals and 16 goals in all competitions. In the last game of the season Valentin Stocker and Marco Streller scored the two goals in Basels 2–0 home win over BSC Young Boys and Basel won the championship.[3]
Streller missed the start of the 2008–09 season season after returning from UEFA Euro 2008 injured. He playing his first game of the season in a 1–0 Swiss Cup win over FC Schötz on 20 September 2008. During the 2008–09 Swiss Super League season Streller played 23 league games, scoring six goals, but Basel finished just third in the League table, qualifying for the Europa League. In the 2009–10 season Stocker played 29 League games, scoring 21 goals, and Basel won the Double. In the 2010–11 season Basel were able to defend the League Title, thus Streller won his fourth Swiss League Medal.[4]
For the 2011–12 Swiss Super League season trainer Thorsten Fink named Marco Streller as team captain.[5]
International career
A full international since 2003, Streller played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was previously in the squad for the 2004 European Football Championship, but pulled out due to injury. During a 2006 WC qualifier against Turkey, he was lashed at and kicked by Turkey player Alpay Özalan. At the tournament's final stage he missed a spot-kick during his side's penalty shootout against Ukraine, who emerged victorious.
His substitution in the last friendly game before the Euro 2008, against the Principality of Liechtenstein, was accompanied by catcalls from Swiss supporters, being dissatisfied with Streller's performance in that game. As a consequence, Streller announced his international retirement after the Euro 2008, citing he does not have "the full support of the fans". He was bashed about announcing such a move in front of the tournament not only by the Swiss press. Ottmar Hitzfeld, designated Swiss manager from July 2008, convinced Streller to continue his international career.
Streller scored Switzerland's second goal in a 4–1 victory against Wales in a Euro 2012 qualifier on 13 October 2010.
On 5 April 2011, he stepped down from the national team with his fellow Alexander Frei, after being sharply criticised by home fans following a 0–0 draw with Bulgaria for the Euro 2012 qualifier.[6]
Honours
Basel
- Swiss Super League: 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Swiss Cup: 2007–08, 2009–10
- Uhren Cup: 2008, 2011
Stuttgart
- German Cup runner up: 2006–07
- German League: 2006–07
References
- ^ "Marco Streller" (in German). fussballdaten.de. http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/strellermarco/. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
- ^ "Streller wieder ein Basler" (in German). tagesanzeiger.ch. 20 June 2007. http://sc.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/fussball/763684.html. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
- ^ "Der FC Basel ist Schweizer Meister" (in German). Tagesanzeiger. 10 May 2008. http://sc.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/fussball/869171.html. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
- ^ "FC Basel ist Schweizer Meister" (in German). football.ch. 25 May 2011. http://www.fussball.ch/FC+Basel+ist+Schweizer+Meister/493501/detail.htm. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (3 July 2011). "Marco Streller neuer FCB-Captain" (in German). FC Basel 1893. http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/26141/16/7. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Swiss pair Frei and Strellar announce retirements". BBC News. 5 April 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/12971409.stm. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
External links
- Marco Streller at FC Basel (German)
- Marco Streller at Swiss Football League Website (German)
- Soccerway profile
Sporting positions Preceded by
Franco CostanzoFC Basel captain
2011–presentSucceeded by
IncumbentSwitzerland Squad Switzerland squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Zuberbühler • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Margairaz • 6 Vogel (c) • 7 Cabanas • 8 Wicky • 9 Frei • 10 Gygax • 11 Streller • 12 Benaglio • 13 Grichting • 14 D. Degen • 15 Džemaili • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Lustrinelli • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Coltorti • 22 Yakin • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn
Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 Benaglio • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Lichtsteiner • 6 Huggel • 7 Cabanas • 8 Inler • 9 Frei (c) • 10 Yakin • 11 Streller • 12 Derdiyok • 13 Grichting • 14 Gygax • 15 G. Fernandes • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Zuberbühler • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Jakupović • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 Degen • Coach: KuhnFC Basel – current squad 1 Sommer · 3 Park · 5 Ajeti · 6 Dragović · 7 Schürpf · 8 Huggel · 9 Streller · 10 Yapi · 11 Chipperfield · 13 A. Frei · 14 Stocker · 15 Voser · 16 T. Xhaka · 17 Shaqiri · 18 Herzog · 19 Abraham · 20 F. Frei · 21 Kusunga · 23 Colomba · 24 Cabral · 26 Buess · 27 Steinhöfer · 28 Andrist · 29 Kováč · 30 Tembo · 31 Zoua · 33 Wieser · 34 G. Xhaka · 35 Pak · Coach: Vogel
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Basel-Stadt
- Swiss footballers
- FC Basel players
- FC Concordia Basel players
- FC Thun players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- 1. FC Köln players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- Switzerland international footballers
- Swiss expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Swiss Super League players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
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