Thomas Häßler

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Thomas Häßler
Full name	Thomas Häßler
Date of birth	May 30, 1966 (age 40)
Place of birth	West Berlin, Germany
Nickname	Icke
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1990 1990-1991 1991-1994 1994-1998 1998-1999 1999-2003 2003-2004	FC Cologne Juventus AS Roma Karlsruher SC Borussia Dortmund 1860 Munich SV Salzburg	149 (17) 32 (1) 88 (11) 118 (28) 18 (2) 115 (21) 19 (1)
National team
1988-2000	Germany	101 (11)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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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.

1 Club Career
2 International Career
3 Coaching Career
4 Other Information

[edit] Club Career

Häßler played for FC Cologne (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 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 FC Cologne. 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] 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.

	West Germany squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Champions (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

	Germany squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
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

	Germany Squad - 1996 European Football Championship (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

	Germany squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
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