Markus Schuler (born 1 August 1977) is a German former professional

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who usually played as

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Career

Born in

Löffingen Löffingen is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km southwest of Donaueschingen, and 40 km southeast of Freiburg. Sons and daughters of the town * Rene D Egle (born 196 ...

, Schuler began playing youth football at SV Feldberg and FC Löffingen. He played senior football with regional league clubs FC Neustadt and FV Donaueschingen before joining 2. Bundesliga side

SC Fortuna Köln SC Fortuna Köln is a German association football club based in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The club was formed as on 21 February 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 (one of two clubs to ...

in 1998. After Fortuna were relegated in 2000, Schuler moved to 1. FSV Mainz 05 where manager

Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Liverpool. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world. Klopp spent most of his playing c ...

converted him from a winger to fullback. In 2002, Schuler joined newly promoted

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...

where he would make his

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debut. In total, Schuler would play in 182 Bundesliga matches for Hannover and

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

. In 2009, Schuler set the record for most Bundesliga matches played without scoring a goal. Schuler ended his playing career with Arminia, with the club suffering relegations to the 2. and 3. Bundesliga during his latter seasons.

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* * 1977 births Living people People from Löffingen Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) German footballers Association football fullbacks 1. FSV Mainz 05 players Hannover 96 players Arminia Bielefeld players SC Fortuna Köln players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Footballers from Baden-Württemberg {{germany-footy-defender-1970s-stub