Mehmet Tobias Scholl (born Mehmet Tobias Yüksel; 16 October 1970) is a German football manager and former player.
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| Full name | Mehmet Tobias Scholl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Mehmet Tobias Yüksel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Karlsruhe, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1982 | SV Nordwest Karlsruhe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1989 | Karlsruher SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Karlsruher SC (A) | 28 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1992 | Karlsruher SC | 58 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2007 | Bayern Munich | 334 | (87) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 420 | (105) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Germany U21 | 5 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Germany Olympic | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2002 | Germany | 36 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Bayern Munich U13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Bayern Munich II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Bayern Munich II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He played most of his career as an attacking midfielder for Bayern Munich. During his career he won the UEFA Cup in 1996 (scoring a goal in each leg of the final), Euro 1996, and the UEFA Champions League in 2001, as well as eight German Championships (all with Bayern Munich). He retired at the end of the 2006–07 Bundesliga season as one of the most successful German football players of all time.
Club career
editScholl played for SV Nordwest Karlsruhe (from 1976 to 1982) and Karlsruher SC (from 1982 to 1992) before joining Bayern Munich in July 1992. He stayed at Bayern for the rest of his career, wearing the number 7 shirt. Scholl retired from professional football after the 2006–07 season. In 15 seasons at Bayern he played in 468 competitive matches for Bayern, scoring 116 goals – 88 of these appearances were in European cup competitions (18 goals).[1]
He was one of the Bundesliga's most successful players, winning the championship eight times. Aged 19, he made his Bundesliga debut on 21 April 1990, coming on for Karlsruher SC in the 78th minute of their away match against 1. FC Köln, and promptly scored his team's fifth goal in the 90th minute.[2] He scored 98 goals (11 for Karlsruhe, 87 for Bayern) in 392 Bundesliga matches (58 for Karlsruhe, 334 for Bayern).[3] Scholl has been praised for his technical ability, his creative playmaking, his dribbling skills, and his free kicks. In early 2001, he was voted Player of the Year 2000 by the professional players of the First and Second Bundesliga, and in May 2005, fans voted him one of the eleven greatest Bayern players of all time.[4]
International career
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Scholl played 36 matches for the German national team between 1995 and 2002, scoring eight goals.[5] He was part of Germany's winning team at Euro 96 where he played in the quarterfinal, semifinal, and final. In the 69th minute of the final when the Czech Republic was leading 1–0, he was substituted for the then relatively unknown Oliver Bierhoff who went on to score the two goals that turned the match around for Germany, catapulting Bierhoff to national and international fame.[6] Scholl also played in all three of Germany's games at Euro 2000, scoring Germany's only goal in the tournament against Romania.[7]
Scholl repeatedly suffered injuries throughout his career, preventing him from maintaining a regular spot on the national team and eventually prompting him to retire from the national team prior to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, making him one of Germany's most successful players never to have played in a World Cup.
Among German football fans, Scholl was one of the most popular footballers because of his character and his unique skills. Before the 2006 World Cup Campaign, more than 100,000 people signed an online petition, "Mehmet für Deutschland",[8] to persuade Jürgen Klinsmann to include Scholl in the German squad. Despite the public support, Scholl was not included.
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.[9]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 29 May 1996 | Windsor Park, Belfast |  Northern Ireland |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 4 June 1999 | BayArena, Leverkusen |  Moldova |
5–0 | 6–1 | Euro 2000 qualifier |
| 3. | 14 November 1999 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo |  Norway |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 7 June 2000 | Dreisamstadion, Freiburg |  Liechtenstein |
2–1 | 8–2 | |
| 5. | 12 June 2000 | Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège |  Romania |
1–1 | 1–1 | Euro 2000 |
| 6. | 16 August 2000 | Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover |  Spain |
1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 7. | 2–0 | |||||
| 8. | 15 November 2000 | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen |  Denmark |
1–2 | 1–2 |
Coaching career
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On 27 April 2009, he was named as interim head coach for Bayern Munich II.[10] He replaced Hermann Gerland who became assistant coach under Jupp Heynckes and continued to work as under-13 head coach. In July 2009 he was appointed as permanent manager of Bayern II and left the team on 30 June 2010 for a year, working on his coaching licence.[11] Scholl returned to Bayern Munich II as head coach.[12] In January 2013, Scholl announced that he would leave the team at the end of the 2012–13 season because he wanted to focus on his job as a TV pundit and that it conflicted with his work as coach.[13]
Personal life
editScholl was born in Karlsruhe, the second son of Ergin and Hella Yüksel, a Turkish father and a German mother. When he was five, his parents divorced, and his mother then married Hermann Scholl from whom Mehmet acquired his surname.
In May 2002 and October 2003, he released two successful mixtapes, featuring his favourite bands. The compilation's title "Mehmet Scholl kompiliert – Vor dem Spiel ist nach dem Spiel" is a reference to Sepp Herberger's famous expression "nach dem Spiel ist vor dem Spiel" ("after the game is before the game"). In an interview, Scholl said he chose this title because he listens to this music before the game, after the game, in the car on the way to the stadium, and in the car when leaving the stadium. The first volume includes songs by The Beta Band, Sportfreunde Stiller, Jimmy Eat World, and The Notwist (complete track list[14]) among others. The second volume includes songs by Oasis, Wir sind Helden, and The Flaming Lips (complete track list[15]) to name a few. Once a month, he co-presents the feature Mehmets Schollplatten[16] in the program Nachtmix of the Bayern 2 radio station, which is the culturally oriented channel of the federal public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk.
As a young player, Scholl was quoted with the words "hängt die Grünen, solange es noch Bäume gibt" ("hang the Greens while there still are trees"), seemingly expressing his dislike for the German Green Party. He was widely criticized for this quote because most people did not understand his point that here might be no trees left in the near future, thereby giving his statement an ironic touch. He was sued by a Green politician for instigation to murder, although this charge was later dropped and Scholl donated 15,000 DM to charity. When a journalist later asked Scholl which party he would vote for, Scholl answered "Grün natürlich, ich kann sie ja nicht hängenlassen" ("Greens, of course – I cannot leave them hanging, can I").[17]
Scholl is officially without religious confession, but is an avid follower of Buddhist principles.[17]
Since his retirement from football, he has taken up nine-pin bowling (Kegeln), a sport in which he already excelled as a youth.[18]
Career statistics
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edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Karlsruher SC | 1989–90 | Bundesliga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1990–91 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 6 | ||||
| 1991–92 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 12 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 1992–93 | Bundesliga | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 7 | ||
| 1993–94 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 33 | 13 | |||
| 1994–95 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 12 | ||
| 1995–96 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 5 | 43 | 15 | |||
| 1996–97 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | |||
| 1997–98 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 11 | ||
| 1998–99 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 42 | 10 | ||
| 2000–01 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 48 | 16 | ||
| 2001–02 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | ||
| 2002–03 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2004–05 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 5 | ||
| 2005–06 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
| 2006–07 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Total | 334 | 87 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 88 | 18 | 469 | 117 | ||
| Career total | 392 | 98 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 88 | 18 | 530 | 129 | ||
International
edit| Country | Season | Competitive | Friendlies | Total | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Germany | |||||||||
| 1994–95 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | [9] | ||
| 1995–96 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | [9] | ||
| 1996–97 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | [9] | ||
| 1997–98 | — | — | — | [9] | |||||
| 1998–99 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | [9] | ||
| 1999–2000 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | [9] | ||
| 2000–01 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | [9] | ||
| 2001–02 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [9] | |||
| Career total | 19 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 36 | 8 | [9] | ||
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 24 May 2013
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Bayern Munich II | 27 April 2009[10] | 30 June 2010[11] | 41 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 19.51 |
| Bayern Munich II | 1 July 2012[12] | 30 June 2013[13] | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 55.26 |
| Totals | 79 | 29 | 20 | 30 | 106 | 92 | +14 | 36.71 | ||
Honours
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Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- DFB-Pokal: 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- DFB-Ligapokal: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004
- UEFA Champions League: 2000–01
- UEFA Cup: 1995–96
- Intercontinental Cup: 2001
Germany
Individual
- ESM Team of the Year: 1995–96, 2000–01
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1997–98, 2000–01[20][21]
- Goal of the Month (Germany): January 2000, December 2000, February 2003
- Bravo Otto: 1996, 1997, 2000
- Bayern Munich All-time XI
References
edit- ^ Marcel Haisma (31 July 2008). "Mehmet Scholl – Matches in European Cups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "1. FC Köln – Karlsruher SC, 21.04.1990". dfb.de (in German). 31 July 2000. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (31 October 2013). "Mehmet Scholl – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Fans name greatest Reds of all time". fcbayern.de. 1 June 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- ^ "Spielerinfo Scholl". dfb.de (in German). Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- ^ "Spielbilanz". dfb.de (in German). Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (19 December 2002). "Mehmet Scholl – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Mehmet für Deutschland!" (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Mehmet Scholl". German Football Association (in German). Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ a b ""Psychologische Barriere" muss aufgelöst werden". kicker (in German). 27 April 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Bayerns Drittliga-Team: Gerland statt Scholl" [Bayern's 3rd League team: Gerland instead of Scholl]. Abendzeitung (in German). 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Scholl kehrt zurück". kicker (in German). 18 December 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ a b Andreas Burkert; Benedikt Warmbrunn (25 January 2013). "Mehmet Scholl gibt Amt als Bayern-Trainer ab". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ Complete track list.
- ^ Complete track list.
- ^ "Achim 60 und Mehmet an den Plattentellern". br.de (in German). 21 April 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Von jetzt an gehe ich kegeln". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 18 May 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ "Einfach normal sein". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 6 March 2008. Archived from the original on 10 March 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- ^ "Mehmet Scholl". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1997/98" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 2000/01" (in German). kicker.
Further reading
edit- "Seven up for serial champion Mehmet". fcbayern.de. 2 May 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- "Scholl hangs up international boots". BBC Sport. 24 April 2002. Retrieved 7 March 2006.
- Bidwell, Nick (May 2001). "FC Hollywood's leading man". World Soccer. 41 (8): 18.
- "Scholl scoops award". BBC Sport. 9 February 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2006.
- "Mehmet Scholl und Martin Driller ganz vorne". kicker online (in German). 9 February 2001. Archived from the original on 23 February 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2006.
External links
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- Player profile Archived 26 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine on the Bundesliga's official website
- Mehmet Scholl at fussballdaten.de (in German)