Olaf Marschall
Olaf Marschall (2009)
Olaf Marschall ( born March 19, 1966 in Torgau ) is a former German football player. One of the strengths of center forward scored especially the head ball game.
His professional career began in the GDR Oberliga and led him over Austria in the German Bundesliga. With the 1 FC Kaiserslautern, he was German champion in 1998. His career trailed off in Qatar in 2002. With the German national team, he participated in the 1998 World Cup in France. Previously, he was already active in the national team of the GDR.
In addition to his successes his career was also marked by numerous injuries.
- 2.1 By Lok Leipzig
- 2.2 With the 1 FC Kaiserslautern
- 2.3 Personal
Club career
The beginning and the first successes in the GDR (1972-1990)
Marshall began playing football in 1972 at the local BSG Chemie Torgau. 1978, 1.86 m wide Striker 1 FC Locomotive Leipzig was transferred. There he was on 22 October 1983, when 17 -year-old, against Dynamo Dresden (2-2 ) made his debut in the GDR Oberliga, as he replaced his coach Harrogate Miller in the 62nd minute for Hans Richter. Under Miller's successor, Hans -Ulrich Thomale he then became a regular player, with his goal tally of the season turned out very differently to season. In 1987, he reached with his club the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup. In 1986 and 1987 he won the Cup with fdgb Leipzig, 1986 and 1988, he was with his club runner up in the DDR - Oberliga.
In Austria at FC Admira Wacker (1990-1993)
From 1990, the Austrian club FC Admira / Wacker Marshal was first foreign station. Among the coaches Thomas Parits and Siggi Held the team could reach the seats six, four and three at this time. Even Marshal services increased from year to year - 1992/93 he was charged with 19 goals behind Vaclav Danek 's second top scorer in the league. 1993 Olaf Marschall returned after 40 goals in three years in the Austrian Bundesliga back to Germany.
Dynamo Dresden (1993 /94)
He went to his Saxon home to Dynamo Dresden and thus followed Siegfried " Siggi " Held, who had been committed there as a coach. In Dynamo Marshal was the same in the first game with his former club, which has since been renamed VfB Leipzig, with a hat-trick successfully ( Result 3:3 ). This feat to achieve three goals in the Bundesliga debut, managed alongside Marshal only four other players. Overall, he scored in his first Bundesliga season 11 goals in 32 games. He was by far the top scorer of his team and reached Dresden in the league, although the team by the DFB with four points deduction had been considered. For financial reasons, the club sold the striker after only one year to the runner- 1 FC Kaiserslautern.
1 FC Kaiserslautern ( 1994-2002 )
With the purchase Marshal for 2.8 million marks the FCK -actuated the hitherto most expensive shopping in the club's history. In his first year in the Palatinate, he scored seven goals in 26 games and finished with his club on the 4th place from. The following season he struggled with injuries and was in his 19 games ( 2 goals) also 8 times only substitute. With Kaiserslautern Olaf Marschall won the 1996 DFB Cup after he had dismounted days earlier with the Palatines from the Bundesliga. As almost the entire trunk of the team was also marshal the club after relegation to the second division faithful and scored 10 goals in 16 games, which he had to take a nearly six-month injury break.
According to the Direct revival followed in 1997 with the team of Otto Rehhagel of sensational winning the German Cup in 1998, at Marshall with 21 goals in just 24 games played a major role. It was in that season behind Ulf Kirsten with a gate residue in the second scorer. Again prevented the injury woes more inserts and a possibly even higher goal tally. At the latest at this time Marshall was then also crowd favorite at the Palatine. His partner in the storm at this time was frequently Jürgen Generic, his former teammate at Lok Leipzig. 1998/99 achieved Olaf Marschall with a bicycle kick goal of the year and made 12 goals. While Marshall in the first round, scoring nine goals and Kaiserslautern was on the 3rd place, get him in the second round only three hits, his club slipped out of the Champions League ranks and finally completed on the 5th Place.
From this point it was no longer running around for the striker. After three regular seasons (1999 /00 to 2001/ 02 he scored in 47 games, only 7 goals) and the loss of the parent course in 2000/ 01 to the striking duo Miroslav Klose / Vratislav Lokvenc was no longer his expiring contract at the end of the season 2001 /02 extended. However, in his final season at FCK, he was once again celebrated hero as he scored the crucial headed goal in the 2nd round of the DFB Cup in derby against SV Waldhof Mannheim at the last minute to 3:2.
At the end of his career played Marshal half a year at Al -Ittihad in Qatar.
He is currently active in the tradition of the team FCK.
Statistics
Awards and achievements
With Lok Leipzig
- Fdgb Cup winners: 1986, 1987
- Finalist in the European Cup Winners' Cup: 1987
With the 1 FC Kaiserslautern
- German Masters: 1998
- DFB Cup winners: 1996
Personally
- Scorer of the goal of the year 1998
- Choice in the " Admira - century Elf " of FC Admira Wacker Mödling
National team career
From 1985 to 1989 he played four times ( no goals ) for the national team of the GDR. He made his debut on February 6, 1985 in a 3-2 victory against East Germany Ecuador.
After the turn he joined in 1994 and 1997 to 1999 for the German national team. In 13 missions he scored three goals. His first game for the DFB, while his only in 1994, he graduated on 12 October in a 0-0 draw in a friendly against Hungary. Marshall came off the bench in this game in the 85th minute for Fredi Bobic. In 1998 he participated with the national team at the World Cup in France. He came here once for use; in the quarterfinals against Croatia, he was with the score at 0-1 in the 79th minute substitute for Dietmar Hamann ( result: 0:3).
Manager and coaching career
Marshal returned in January 2004 back to the Betz mountain to act as Executive Assistant to the then Chairman René C. Jaeggi. From June 2004 to June 2006, he worked as team manager of 1.FC Kaiserslautern. He then completed an internship in the FCK youth center at the " Fröhnerhof " in August 2006 and was assistant coach of Kaiserslautern amateur team. Initially he worked under interim coach Kosta Runjaic, then under Alois Reinhardt, but the end of October already resigned again. Then Marshal was for two months interim coach of the second team, and then left the club. In the meantime, he was, after discharge Kurt Jara as manager of FCK until the end of season 2004/ 05 Co - coach of the first team.
After working with FCK Marshal devoted to the acquisition of the trainer certificate to the Hennes Weisweiler Academy of German Sport University Cologne, under which he completed a two -week internship in Hanover at the 96- team to the then 96 - coach Dieter Hecking. End of June 2007 Marshal finally got the football Teacher Diploma ( UEFA Prolizenz ).
In 2007 he worked as assistant coach Reiner Hollmann at Al -Nasr Sports Club. For the 2011/12 season he was coach of the SG Niedernkirchen / Morbach.
For the 2013/14 season, he took along with Thomas Riedl as coach at the Oberliga SC 07 Idar -Oberstein.
Private
Olaf Marschall is married and has two children. He lives with his family in Lower churches and gives her hobbies as cooking and Exchange.