Martin Schneider (footballer)
Martin Schneider (born 24 November 1968, Schweinfurt ) is a former German football player who played 379 Bundesliga games for 1.FC Nuremberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and MSV Duisburg 1987-2000.
Career as a player
Clubs
Schneider began his career at the DJK Schweinfurt. As a 15 - year-old he was first appointed to a DFB youth team and moved to FC Bayern Munich. Eighteen- year-old he signed his first professional contract with 1.FC Nürnberg and was instantly a regular in the Bundesliga. The crew of the FCN with Andy Kopke, Stefan Reuter, Roland Grahammer and Dieter Eckstein finished end of the season a UEFA Cup place. In his first pro season Schneider confirmed his great talent and the kicker nominated him in the ranking of German football in the " Defensive Midfielder " in the category " In another circle ." From 1990 to 1999 he played nine years for Borussia Mönchengladbach. As a hardworking worker bee, he acted mostly unremarkable in defensive midfield and was almost always a regular player. He had a good technique and excellent understanding of the game, was indeed running strong but not quick off the mark and little goal threat, which is why he was denied the big breakthrough. His greatest success was in 1995 with Gladbach winning the DFB Cup, but he was sitting in the final on the bench. After the descent of Borussia he moved to league rivals MSV Duisburg, with whom he 1999/2000 likewise dismounted. Shortly before the end of the season, he had contracted a Kreuzbandriß and then could not go on the old performance after a long break. When his contract expired, he moved to Duisburg in 2001/02 season in his home town of Schweinfurt to second division team FC 05, for which he played only seven games and then filed a motion for sports disability. In the following season, he was a player-coach a few months at Bayern division club TSV Gerbrunn active.
National
Schneider went through all the youth teams of the DFB. 1983/84 he was active for the U-15 national team seven times. For the U-16 national team, he played ten times, the first time on October 10, 1984 in Eskilstuna a 0-0 draw against Sweden. In the summer of 1985 he took part with his year at the U -16 World Cup in China. As of October 1985, he was employed as a younger player 9 times in the older vintage in the U-18 national team and scored in a 3-1 victory over Denmark on 13 November 1985 in Flensburg ( EC Qualification ) a hit. With the year- older players (including Andreas Möller, Oliver Bierhoff, Jürgen Luginger ) while playing at Granatkin tournament in Leningrad, as well as a tournament in Qatar. In the autumn of 1986 he played 3 times in the U- 18 of the DFB. At the games with his contemporary players ( Detlev dam eggs, Marcel Witeczek, Dirk Konerding ) brought him a goal. In the U- 20 World Cup 1987 in Chile, he came to six inserts including the final, which was lost in a penalty shootout against Yugoslavia. His debut in the U- 21 team he gave on April 26, 1988 in Kreuzlingen in the 8-0 victory over Switzerland, to which he contributed a hit.
Private
Martin Schneider operates and maintains the Soccer Dome in Schweinfurt.
Career as a coach
In the season 2002/ 03 Schneider was briefly player-coach of Bayern league climber TSV Gerbrunn. Since 2006, Martin Schneider also serves as player-coach the first team to his home club DJK Schweinfurt, which currently plays in the county league. For the new season 2014/2015 he is the district division FV Karlstadt train.
Achievements
- DFB Cup winner in 1995 with Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Second in the U- 20 World Cup 1987
- Second in the U-16 World Cup 1985