About Thomas Häßler
Thomas Jürgen "Icke" Häßler is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. At club level, he made a century of appearances for four teams: 1. FC Köln, Karlsruher SC and 1860 Munich in Germany and Roma in Italy, and spent a season apiece with Juventus, Borussia Dortmund and SV Salzburg. Häßler also appeared over 100 times for the Germany national team. In the first leg of the third round, Häßler scored twice in his team's 3–1 win over Brøndby IF in Copenhagen. However, shortly after this win Häßler received the first big injury in his career when he broke his leg in a league match against Fortuna Düsseldorf. For the first time in his career, Häßler was confronted with a possible relegation. He was a member of the teams which won the 1990 FIFA World Cup (as West Germany) and UEFA Euro 1996.
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