Marc Keller
Marc Keller ( born January 14, 1968 in Colmar, France ) is a former French footballer.
Career as a player
Association
A native of the southern Alsace Keller came as a 18 -year-old at that French second division side FC Mulhouse in 1986. With Mulhouse came in 1989, the rise in the Division 1, but this was followed by the immediate re descent. In 1991, the basement for RC Strasbourg, who was still playing at this time also second-rate. After climbing 1992 Keller played four years of Strasbourg in Division 1 and was among the favorites of the public in Meinau Stadium. Overall, he completed 151 games in the D1, in which he scored 26 goals.
In the summer of 1996 he moved to the other side of the Rhine for Karlsruher SC in the Bundesliga. There proved to be a trained striker, who has been mainly used on the right wing, as a great gain and was able to convince both in the Bundesliga (61 inserts, 13 goals in two seasons) as well as in the UEFA Cup.
After the descent of the KSC in 1998 graduated from the cellar for some years in England until 2001 when he ended his active career.
National
Keller played six times for the French national team. He made his debut on 15 November 1995 when he was on as a substitute in a 2-0 win in qualifying for the European Football Championship 1996, against Israel, in injury time for Christian Karembeu. At that very tournament, however, the basement was absent. After almost a year of abstinence Keller announced on November 9, 1996 his comeback to the national team. In the 0-1 defeat in Copenhagen against Denmark, Keller came on in the 80th minute for Zinedine Zidane. On 3 June 1997 Keller made his first goal for the national selection of the French. In the friendly match in Lyon, against Brazil, he came off the bench to start the second half for Robert Pires and made in the 60th minute the goal for a 1-1 draw. His last international match made Keller on March 25, 1998, when he appeared as a substitute in the 0-1 defeat in Moscow against Russia, in the 63rd minute for Christian Karembeu.
Career as a functionary
After ending his playing career, he worked as a manager at RC Strasbourg and from 2006 as sports director at AS Monaco. Today he is president of the club Racing Strasbourg.