Mehmet Scholl
Encyclopedia
Mehmet Scholl is a former German
football player with Turkish-German ancestry. 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), the Euro 1996
, and the 2001 UEFA Champions League
, as well as eight German Championships
(all with Bayern Munich). His success with Bayern makes him the record holder for Bundesliga titles
, tied with his former teammate Oliver Kahn
. He retired at the end of the 2006–07 Bundesliga
season as one of the most successful German football players of all time.
(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 has played in 468 competitive matches for Bayern, scoring 116 goals.
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. He has scored 98 goals (11 for Karlsruhe, 87 for Bayern) in 392 Bundesliga matches (58 for Karlsruhe, 334 for Bayern). 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.
between 1995 and 2002, scoring eight goals. 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 subbed out 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. Scholl also played in all three of Germany's games at Euro 2000
, scoring Germany's only goal in the tournament.
Mehmet 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
. His frequent injuries also seem to have contributed to his often not playing for the full 90 minutes. He is, in fact, the most substituted player in Bayern Munich history. In 468 matches, he was subbed out 149 times and subbed in 147 times.
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", to persuade Jürgen Klinsmann
to include Scholl in the German squad. Despite the public support, Scholl was not included.
Scholl was the subject of the 2007 career retrospective documentary film "Frei:Gespielt - Mehmet Scholl: Über das Spiel hinaus" by directors Ferdinand Neumayr and Eduard Augustin.
who becomes assistant coach under Jupp Heynckes
and will continue to work as Under-13 head coach. In July 2009 he was appointed as permanent manager of Bayern II and will leave the team on 30 June 2010 for a year, working on his coaching licence.
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|1990–91||27||6||1||0||–||–||–||–||33||6
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|1991–92||28||4||2||1||–||–||–||–||30||5
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|1992–93||rowspan="15"|Bayern Munich
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|1993–94||27||11||2||1||–||–||4||1||33||13
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|1994–95||31||9||1||0||1||0||10||3||43||12
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|1995–96||30||10||2||0||–||–||11||5||43||15
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|1996–97||23||5||3||1||–||–||2||0||28||6
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|1997–98||32||9||6||2||2||0||8||0||48||11
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|1998–99||13||4||2||0||0||0||3||0||18||4
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|1999–00||25||6||3||1||2||0||12||3||42||10
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|2000–01||29||9||1||1||2||1||16||5||48||16
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|2001–02||18||6||3||1||0||0||2||0||23||7
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|2002–03||18||4||4||0||1||0||4||0||27||4
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|2003–04||5||0||2||1||1||0||1||0||9||1
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|2004–05||20||3||2||1||0||0||5||1||27||5
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|2005–06||18||3||3||2||0||0||6||0||27||5
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|2006–07||14||1||1||0||1||0||4||0||20||1
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, 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 last name.
In May 2002 and October 2003, he released two successful mixtape
s, 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 tracklist) among others. The second volume includes songs by Oasis
, Wir sind Helden
, and The Flaming Lips
(complete tracklist) to name a few. Once a month, he co-presents the feature Mehmets Schollplatten in the program Nachtmix of the Bayern 2 radio station, which is the culturally oriented channel of the federal public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk
.
In 1993, Scholl married Susanne Pfannendörfer. Their son Lucas-Julian was born on 5 July 1996. Scholl and his wife separated just three months later, in October that same year. They are now divorced. His second wife Jessica gave birth to a girl named Polli in April 2006.
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 which was to point that in near future there might be no trees left, thereby giving his statement an ironic touch. Even though he made further ironic remarks in this interview ("One thing you'd never do?" "I'd never put a blind man at an advertising pillar and tell him that this is the wall he needs to walk down to get home."), some people did not get the jokes. However, he was sued by a Green politician for instigation to murder and eventually he donated 15,000 DM to charity. Afterwards, Scholl was asked by a journalist which party he would vote for, but he answered: "Of course, green, because I cannot let them down", which is a better pun in German ("Grün natürlich, ich kann sie ja nicht hängenlassen"). Perhaps, rendering Scholl into English thus; 'green naturally - I cannot leave them hanging' conveys a little more of his wit.
Scholl is officially without religious confession, but is an avid follower of Buddhist principles.
Since his retirement from football, he has taken up nine-pin bowling
(Kegeln), a sport in which he already excelled as a youth.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
football player with Turkish-German ancestry. He played most of his career as an attacking midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
for Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
. During his career he won the UEFA Cup in 1996 (scoring a goal in each leg of the final), the Euro 1996
1996 UEFA European Football Championship
The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by England, who won the right to host the tournament ahead of bids from Austria, Portugal and the Netherlands. It was the tenth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first to use the...
, and the 2001 UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
, as well as eight German Championships
German football champions
The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century.Brought to the country by English...
(all with Bayern Munich). His success with Bayern makes him the record holder for Bundesliga titles
German football champions
The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century.Brought to the country by English...
, tied with his former teammate Oliver Kahn
Oliver Kahn
Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former German football goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team. He had his debut game in the professional squad in 1987...
. He retired at the end of the 2006–07 Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
season as one of the most successful German football players of all time.
Club career
Scholl played for SV Nordwest Karlsruhe (from 1976 to 1982) and Karlsruher SCKarlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...
(from 1982 to 1992) before joining Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
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 has played in 468 competitive matches for Bayern, scoring 116 goals.
He was one of the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. 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
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
, and promptly scored his team's fifth goal in the 90th minute. He has scored 98 goals (11 for Karlsruhe, 87 for Bayern) in 392 Bundesliga matches (58 for Karlsruhe, 334 for Bayern). Scholl has been praised for his technical ability, his creative playmaking, his dribbling skills, and his free kicks
Direct free kick
A direct free kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football following a foul. Unlike an indirect free kick, a goal may be scored directly against the opposing side without the ball having first touched another player.-Award:...
. 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.
National team
Scholl played 36 matches for the German national teamGermany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
between 1995 and 2002, scoring eight goals. He was part of Germany's winning team at Euro 96
1996 UEFA European Football Championship
The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by England, who won the right to host the tournament ahead of bids from Austria, Portugal and the Netherlands. It was the tenth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first to use the...
where he played in the quarterfinal, semifinal, and final. In the 69th minute of the final when the Czech Republic
Czech Republic national football team
The Czech Republic national football team represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek...
was leading 1–0, he was subbed out for the then relatively unknown Oliver Bierhoff
Oliver Bierhoff
Oliver Bierhoff is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final...
who went on to score the two goals that turned the match around for Germany, catapulting Bierhoff to national and international fame. Scholl also played in all three of Germany's games at Euro 2000
2000 UEFA European Football Championship
The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organized by UEFA, association football's governing body in Europe....
, scoring Germany's only goal in the tournament.
Mehmet 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
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
, making him one of Germany's most successful players never to have played in a World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
. His frequent injuries also seem to have contributed to his often not playing for the full 90 minutes. He is, in fact, the most substituted player in Bayern Munich history. In 468 matches, he was subbed out 149 times and subbed in 147 times.
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", to persuade Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann is a German football manager and former player who is currently the coach of the United States Men's National Team. As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the German one that...
to include Scholl in the German squad. Despite the public support, Scholl was not included.
Scholl was the subject of the 2007 career retrospective documentary film "Frei:Gespielt - Mehmet Scholl: Über das Spiel hinaus" by directors Ferdinand Neumayr and Eduard Augustin.
Coaching career
On 27 April 2009 he was named as interim head coach for Bayern Munich II. He will replace Hermann GerlandHermann Gerland
Hermann Gerland is a German former football player and manager. He is currently the manager of the reserve team of the German Bundesliga side FC Bayern Munich.- Career :...
who becomes assistant coach under Jupp Heynckes
Jupp Heynckes
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German football coach and former player. As player he belonged to the core of the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and 1970s where he won many national championships and the Cup as well as the UEFA Cup...
and will continue to work as Under-13 head coach. In July 2009 he was appointed as permanent manager of Bayern II and will leave the team on 30 June 2010 for a year, working on his coaching licence.
Career statistics
|-|1989–90||rowspan="3"|Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...
||rowspan="3"|Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
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|1990–91||27||6||1||0||–||–||–||–||33||6
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|1991–92||28||4||2||1||–||–||–||–||30||5
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|1992–93||rowspan="15"|Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
||rowspan="15"|Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
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|1993–94||27||11||2||1||–||–||4||1||33||13
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|1994–95||31||9||1||0||1||0||10||3||43||12
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|1995–96||30||10||2||0||–||–||11||5||43||15
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|1996–97||23||5||3||1||–||–||2||0||28||6
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|1997–98||32||9||6||2||2||0||8||0||48||11
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|1998–99||13||4||2||0||0||0||3||0||18||4
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|1999–00||25||6||3||1||2||0||12||3||42||10
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|2000–01||29||9||1||1||2||1||16||5||48||16
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|2001–02||18||6||3||1||0||0||2||0||23||7
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|2002–03||18||4||4||0||1||0||4||0||27||4
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|2003–04||5||0||2||1||1||0||1||0||9||1
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|2004–05||20||3||2||1||0||0||5||1||27||5
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|2005–06||18||3||3||2||0||0||6||0||27||5
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|2006–07||14||1||1||0||1||0||4||0||20||1
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Honours
- FC Bayern MunichFC Bayern MunichFC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
- BundesligaFußball-BundesligaThe Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
(8): 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06 - German CupDFB-PokalThe DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
(5): 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06 - German League CupDFB-LigapokalThe DFB-Ligapokal, or German League Cup, was a German football competition that took place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top five teams of the previous Fußball-Bundesliga season and the winners of the DFB-Pokal in Germany...
(5): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004 - UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
(1): 2000–01 - UEFA Cup (1): 1995–96
- Intercontinental CupIntercontinental Cup (football)The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
(1): 2001
- Bundesliga
- Germany national football teamGermany national football teamThe Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
- Euro 1996: Champions
Personal life
Scholl was born in KarlsruheKarlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
, the second son of Ergin and Hella Yüksel, a Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
father and a German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
mother. When he was five, his parents divorced, and his mother then married Hermann Scholl from whom Mehmet acquired his last name.
In May 2002 and October 2003, he released two successful mixtape
Mixtape
A Mix Tape or Mixed Tape is a compilation of songs recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto an audio Compact Cassette.A Mix Tape, which usually reflects the musical tastes of its compiler, can range from a casually selected list of favorite songs, to a conceptual mix of songs linked by a...
s, featuring his favourite bands. The compilation's title "Mehmet Scholl kompiliert - Vor dem Spiel ist nach dem Spiel" is a reference to Sepp Herberger
Sepp Herberger
Josef "Sepp" Herberger was a German football player and manager...
'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
The Beta Band
The Beta Band were a British musical group who received much critical acclaim and achieved cult status amongst avid followers of the underground and experimental music scene...
, Sportfreunde Stiller
Sportfreunde Stiller
Sportfreunde Stiller is a German antifascist rock band from Germering, near Munich, in Bavaria.The band was founded in 1996 by Peter "Balboa" Brugger , Florian "Rakete" Weber , and Rüdiger "Rüde" Linhof . They took their original name, Stiller, from their former football manager, Hans Stiller, at...
, Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind....
, and The Notwist
The Notwist
The Notwist are a German indie rock band. Formed in 1989, the band moved through several musical incarnations despite maintaining a relatively stable lineup...
(complete tracklist) among others. The second volume includes songs by Oasis
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
, Wir sind Helden
Wir sind Helden
Wir sind Helden is a German Alternative Rock band from Berlin, established in 2001 in Hamburg. The quartet is composed of lead singer Judith Holofernes and musicians Pola Roy, Mark Tavassol, and Jean-Michel Tourette. The group's style has often been considered similar to that of the Neue Deutsche...
, and The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...
(complete tracklist) to name a few. Once a month, he co-presents the feature Mehmets Schollplatten in the program Nachtmix of the Bayern 2 radio station, which is the culturally oriented channel of the federal public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is a member of ARD.- Legal foundation :...
.
In 1993, Scholl married Susanne Pfannendörfer. Their son Lucas-Julian was born on 5 July 1996. Scholl and his wife separated just three months later, in October that same year. They are now divorced. His second wife Jessica gave birth to a girl named Polli in April 2006.
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
Alliance '90/The Greens
Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...
. He was widely criticized for this quote because most people did not understand his point which was to point that in near future there might be no trees left, thereby giving his statement an ironic touch. Even though he made further ironic remarks in this interview ("One thing you'd never do?" "I'd never put a blind man at an advertising pillar and tell him that this is the wall he needs to walk down to get home."), some people did not get the jokes. However, he was sued by a Green politician for instigation to murder and eventually he donated 15,000 DM to charity. Afterwards, Scholl was asked by a journalist which party he would vote for, but he answered: "Of course, green, because I cannot let them down", which is a better pun in German ("Grün natürlich, ich kann sie ja nicht hängenlassen"). Perhaps, rendering Scholl into English thus; 'green naturally - I cannot leave them hanging' conveys a little more of his wit.
Scholl is officially without religious confession, but is an avid follower of Buddhist principles.
Since his retirement from football, he has taken up nine-pin bowling
Nine-pin bowling
Nine-pin bowling is a bowling game played primarily in Europe. European championships are held each year. Over 90,000 members are on teams in Germany, often playing in officially registered Bundeskegelbahnen to be found in almost every sizable town...
(Kegeln), a sport in which he already excelled as a youth.
Stats
| Games played and goals scored for Bayern Munich (as of 12 May 2007) | |||
| Competition | Games | Goals | Years Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| German Bundesliga Fußball-Bundesliga The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga... | 334 | 87 | 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 |
| UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... | 71 | 12 | 20011 |
| UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... | 17 | 6 | 1996 |
| German Cup DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga... | 37 | 11 | 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 |
| German League Cup | 9 | 1 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 20002 |
| German Supercup DFB-Supercup The DFL-Supercup is a match between the winner of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. In 1997, this was superseded by a league cup called DFB-Ligapokal. In 2008, although not officially sanctioned by the DFB, the match returned as the T-Home Supercup featuring Bundesliga champions FC... | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 469 | 117 | |
tournament. | |||
External links
- Player profile on the Bundesliga's official website
- Mehmet Scholl – International Appearances (RSSSF)