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My Take
I love how Thomas Hassler completely upended my idea of what a top attacking midfielder should look like. At 166 cm he was tiny by football standards, yet his left foot did the talking, and the fact that he was twice named German Footballer of the Year, in 1989 and 1992, tells me peers and pundits saw something special. What strikes me most is the breadth of his career: a century of appearances spread across Koln, Karlsruher, 1860 Munich and Roma, plus stints at Juventus and Dortmund. A Berliner nicknamed Icke who simply went wherever the game took him.
Overview
Thomas Jürgen "Icke" Häßler (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmas ˈhɛslɐ]; born 30 May 1966) 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Thomas Häßler
- Name (Japanese)
- トーマス・ヘスラー
- Reading
- とーます・へすらー
- Born
- May 30, 1966 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Horse
- Origin
- West Berlin, Allied-occupied Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 166 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1989 German Footballer of the Year
- 1992 German Footballer of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Allied-occupied Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.