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Mehmet Tobias Scholl (born Mehmet Tobias Yüksel; 16 October 1970) is a German football manager and former player.
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), Euro 1996, and the UEFA Champions League in 2001, as well as eight German Championships (all with Bayern Munich). He retired at the end of the 2006–07 Bundesliga season as one of the most successful German football players of all time.
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 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.
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.
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.
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| Euro 2000 qualifier |
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| 8–2 |
| Euro 2000 |
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| 2–0 |
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In May 2002 and October 2003, he released two successful , 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 track list Complete track list.) among others. The second volume includes songs by Oasis, Wir sind Helden, and The Flaming Lips (complete track list Complete track list.) 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.
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 that here might be no trees left in the near future, thereby giving his statement an ironic touch. He was sued by a Green politician for instigation to murder, although this charge was later dropped and Scholl donated 15,000 DM to charity. When a journalist later asked Scholl which party he would vote for, Scholl answered "Grün natürlich, ich kann sie ja nicht hängenlassen" ("Greens, of course – I cannot leave them hanging, can I").
Scholl is officially without religious confession, but is an avid follower of Buddhism principles.
Since his retirement from football, he has taken up nine-pin bowling (Kegeln), a sport in which he already excelled as a youth.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| Karlsruher SC | 1989–90 | Bundesliga | 1 |
| 1990–91 | 6 | ||
| 1991–92 | 5 | ||
| Bayern Munich | 1992–93 | Bundesliga | 7 |
| 1993–94 | 13 | ||
| 1994–95 | 12 | ||
| 1995–96 | 15 | ||
| 1996–97 | 6 | ||
| 1997–98 | 11 | ||
| 1998–99 | 4 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 10 | ||
| 2000–01 | 16 | ||
| 2001–02 | 7 | ||
| 2002–03 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | 1 | ||
| 2004–05 | 5 | ||
| 2005–06 | 5 | ||
| 2006–07 | 1 | ||
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| Bayern Munich II | 27 April 2009 | 30 June 2010 |
| Bayern Munich II | 1 July 2012 | 30 June 2013 |
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