Marco Streller was born on 18 June 1981 and is a Swiss former footballer who played as a striker and is best known for his years with FC Basel and the Switzerland national team.
16 Facts About Marco Streller
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Marco Streller was the sporting director of FC Basel from June 2017 until June 2019.
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Marco Streller then played three seasons for FC Arlesheim in the 2.
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Marco Streller started his professional football career with local club FC Basel under manager Christian Gross in 2000.
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Marco Streller scored 16 goals in 30 starts in the Nationalliga B with Concordia, which made his home club and Gross sit up and take notice.
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Marco Streller scored eight goals in just 16 games for Thun and was recalled to Basel, being promised first team football.
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Stuttgart therefore allowed Marco Streller to rejoin his boyhood heroes FC Basel on a free transfer in June 2007.
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Marco Streller made 62 appearances, of which 32 were in der domestic League, three in the Cup and 17 in the Champions League and Europa League.
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Marco Streller totaled 18 goals in these matches, of which ten were scored in the Super League, one in the Champions League and two in the Europa League.
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Under trainer Paulo Sousa Marco Streller totaled 40 appearances, 24 League, one Cup, five Champions League, as well 10 in test games.
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Between the years 2000 to 2004 and again from 2007 to 2015 Marco Streller played a total of 418 games for Basel scoring a total of 185 goals.
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Marco Streller scored 111 goals in the domestic league, nine in the domestic cup, 24 in European competitions and the other 41 were scored during the test games.
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Marco Streller was in the squad for the UEFA Euro 2004, but pulled out due to injury.
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Marco Streller played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and during the tournament's final stage he missed a spot-kick during his side's penalty shootout against Ukraine, who emerged victorious.
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Marco Streller was bashed about announcing such a move in front of the tournament not only by the Swiss press.
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Ottmar Hitzfeld, designated Swiss manager from July 2008, convinced Marco Streller to continue his international career.