Marco Streller
Marco Streller ( 2008)
Marco Streller ( born June 18, 1981 in Basel ) is a Swiss football player. It is used in storm and is since 2007 the Swiss first division club FC Basel under contract.
Association
Streller played in his youth at FC Aesch, later he played at FC Arlesheim. He began his professional career in 2000 at FC Basel, under coach Christian Gross, in his first season he came only once used. The following season he was loaned to the Swiss second division club Concordia Basel, where he drew attention to himself in 30 games with 16 hits. Streller was brought back out of FC Basel, but after only three appearances for rest of the club he was loaned out again in January 2002 and that the first division side FC Thun. For the 2003/ 04 season he returned to FC Basel, where he obtained 13 goals in just 16 games. With this performance, he attracted the interest of several clubs in the German Bundesliga. Streller finally signed a four year contract with VfB Stuttgart, with a presumed transfer fee of three million euros to Basel flowed. Streller scored on March 14, 2004 in his first match in the starting lineup against VfB 1860 München in the 35th minute, his first Bundesliga goal. But he was soon stopped by a serious injury and he lost by only 3 goals in 28 Bundesliga inserts his place with the Swabians. To give him back more match practice, the VfB - makers decided to borrow it.
On 11 January 2006, the striker was loaned out to 1 FC Köln, but returned for the 2006/07 season again to VfB back, with whom he was German champion this season. Since he was usually only reserve player in Stuttgart, Streller returned to the 2007/08 season for FC Basel back. There he found back to its former strength and scored in his first season after his return from Germany 12 hits in 23 games. At the end of the season he had won with FC Basel both the Championship and the Cup competition, and thus the double. But even in Basel, he had to struggle with injuries and could not, therefore, all games of the second round contest.
In the seasons 2009/10 and 2010/11 Marco Streller was with FC Basel Swiss champion again. Since the season 2011/12 Marco Streller is the new captain of FC Basel and replaced in this function Franco Costanzo, who has left the club.
At the end of the 2012/13 season with FC Basel Streller was the sixth time Swiss champion and the team was in the Cup final, which they lost in a penalty shoot only. In the UEFA Europa League 2012/13 he managed with FC Basel to the semi-finals where he performed against the reigning UEFA Champions League winners FC to Chelsea. However, they lost the Home and Away match and eliminated in the total score of 2-5 from. In a long season with a total of 76 games ( 36 in Super League, 6 in Cup, 20 in the Champions League and Europa League, including 14 test matches ), he had a total of 62 missions, 32 of them in the Super League, 3 in the Cup and 17 inserts in the Champions and Europa League.
National
In the years 2003-2011 Marco Streller was as a striker in the squad for the Swiss team.
Before a test match of the national team against Germany, Streller injured in training hard, broke his tibia and fibula and was consequently made for a long time.
At the last qualifying match for the 2006 World Cup on 16 November 2005 Streller scored in the Barragepartie against the Turkish national team for his home country the decisive second goal after he had inflicted a penalty. With his goal ultimately the qualification was achieved despite the 2:4 away defeat in the overall comparison. This was Streller's first goal in the jersey of the Swiss.
In the first knockout round defeat of the Swiss national team at the 2006 World Cup in Germany against the selection of the Ukraine Streller missed the first of three penalty kicks awarded in the penalty shootout.
In the match against the German national team on 7 February 2007 he was able to make the score 1:3 draw. Despite the Torerfolge Streller had to fight to the European Championship 2008, at a regular place in the national team. His strongest opponent as a second striker alongside Alexander Frei of Basel was his teammate Eren Derdiyok. Both were finally nominated in the banns of Switzerland for Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.
After whistles and abusive calls in the pre-season games Streller was on 31 May 2008 that he would no longer play after the European Championships in 2008 for the national team. But the resignation was announced by the resignation already on 17 June. Streller was doing retuned from the new national coach Ottmar Hitzfeld.
During the 2008 European Championship Streller came to an insert in the opening match against the Czech Republic. Due to problems in the groin region it remained only the role of the spectator in the two remaining games. At the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa Streller was unable to attend because he tore a muscle drew upon the left thigh on 26 May 2010.
Since the Swiss national team was criticized after the 0-0 draw in the European Championship qualifying match for Euro 2012 against Bulgaria violent, Marco Streller gave along with his strike partner Alex Frei on 5 April 2011 for the immediate resignation of the national team known.
Achievements
FC Basel
- Swiss champion (6 ): 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2012/13
- Swiss Cup Winner (3): 2008, 2010 and 2012
- Uhrencupsieger: 2008, 2011, 2013
VfB Stuttgart
- German Masters: 2007
National
- World Cup participants: 2006
- EM participants: 2008