Thomas Hauser (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Hauser | ||
Date of birth | 10 April 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Schopfheim, Germany | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
until 1980 | Sportclub Schopfheim | ||
1980–1982 | FC Basel | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1988 | FC Basel | 84 | (24) |
1988–1989 | Old Boys | 13 | (7) |
1989–1991 | Sunderland | 54 | (9) |
1992–1993 | Cambuur | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Hauser (born 1 April 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played in the 1980s and early 1990s as forward.
Club career
Youth football
Born in Schopfheim, Hauser started his youth football with local team Sportclub Schopfheim, playing there until he left school. In 1980, he transferred to FC Basel and played in their youth team in the highest level of youth football in Switzerland. In 1981 Basel became Swiss youth champions and Hauser was the league top goal scorer.[1]
Basel
Hauser advanced to Basel's first team during the winter break of their 1982–83 season. He signed his first professional contract under head-coach Rainer Ohlhauser. After playing in two test games, Hauser played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the St. Jakob Stadium on 23 April 1983. He scored his first goal for his team in the same game as Basel played a 2–2 draw with St. Gallen.[2] He scored his next goal for the team in the very next match on 30 April, as Basel played an away match draw 1–1 with Winterthur.[3] Aged just 17 years, Hauser trained and played regularly in Basel's first team. In 1983, he won the Uhrencup with Basel, scoring a goal in the semi-final match against FC Grenchen.[4] In the Swiss Cup match against Concordia Basel on 21 September 1985 he scored four goals as Basel won 9–1.[5]
Between the years 1982 and 1988 Hauser played a total of 155 games for Basel scoring a total of 77 goals. 84 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, eight in the Swiss Cup and 63 were friendly games. He scored 24 goals in the domestic league, seven in the cup and the other 46 were scored during the test games.[6]
Hauser was renowned for his goal scoring inconsistency. Sometimes he would score goals with ease and often. For example, in the test match on 6 October 1983 Hauser scored all six goals as his team won 6–3 against SC Ciba-Geigy Rosental.[7] He scored a hat-trick in the test game on 29 June 1984 as Basel won 7–2 against SV Sissach.[8] He scored a hat-trick in the test game on 23 October 1984, as Basel won 9–0 against FC Liestal.[9] Again he scored three the against Kriens on 16 April 1985,[10] and again on 10 September 1985 three against BSC Old Boys.[11] But on the other hand, there were times where he did not score a single goal for months on end (for example from April 1986 to March 1987).[12]
After a turbulent time with a financially troubled FC Basel, and following the club's relegation to the Nationalliga B at the end of the 1987–88 season, Hauser transferred to local rivals BSC Old Boys. He played with them for six months before transferring to Sunderland during the winter break.
Sunderland
Hauser made his debut for
In Sunderland's 1989–90 promotion season Hauser scored six goals including both goals in a crucial 2–1 win against
The 1990–91 season was Hauser's only in the top flight of English football, he made 10 appearances finding the net only once against Southampton F.C. at The Dell in a 3–1 defeat.
After Sunderland's relegation back to Division 2 Hauser started the season promisingly. Although not included in the squad for the opening league game, he did start the next five, the last of those five being a 1–1 draw with
Thomas remains a cult hero amongst the Sunderland fans who saw him battling with opposition defences at Roker Park, and is known as "The German Sub" after coming from the bench for 39 of his 65 appearances.
Personal life
Thomas Hauser is married and has one daughter. He spent some time living in the
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sunderland | 1988–89 | Second Division | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
1989–90 | Second Division | 19 | 6 | 2* | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |
1990–91 | First Division | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
1991–92 | Second Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
Total | 54 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 65 | 11 | ||
Cambuur | 1992–93 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Career total | 56 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 67 | 11 |
- *1 appearance in Zenith Data Systems Cup
Honours
Basel
- Swiss Champion at youth level: 1981
- Uhrencup Winner: 1983, 1986
Sunderland
- Promotion to Football League First Division: 1990
References
- ^ ISSN 1660-0878.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC St. Gallen 2:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "FC Winterthur - FC Basel 1:1 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Coupe Horlogère – Uhren Cup (Switzerland)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- ^ "FC Concordia Basel - FC Basel 1:9 (0:3)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Thomas Hauser - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "FC Basel - SC Ciba-Geigy Rosental 6:3 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "SV Sissach - FC Basel 2:7 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "FC Liestal - FC Basel 0:9 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "SC Kriens - FC Basel 2:8 (0:4)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "BSC Old Boys - FC Basel 2:7 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Thomas Hauser - Alle Spiele". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC Player Profiles - from TheStatCat". Archived from the original on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
Sources
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage