Olaf Marschall (born 19 March 1966) is a German former professional

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Marschall's career started in the GDR at BSG Chemie Torgau and was soon transferred to 1. FC Lok Leipzig. There, he rose to stardom, becoming one of the most prolific scorers in the East German top-flight in the turbulent late 1980s and collecting caps for the East German football squad. Marschall was regarded as a strong header which deft ballhandling skills, allowing him to play center-striker, hole and offensive midfield with equal effectiveness. He scored 43 goals in 135 Oberliga matches. In the wake of the German reunification he joined Austrian outfit ''SCN Admira/Wacker'' in 1990 to stay on in Austria's

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, until he joined

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to help the East German outfit escape relegation from the German

in 1993–94. In 1994, he joined

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in sev ...

and established himself as one of the elite scorers in the Bundesliga. He won the

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in 1996 and in 1998 the Bundesliga title. Marschall was the Bundesliga second-leading goal-scorer in the 1997–98 season, as he led Kaiserslautern to the title.

International career

Looking back on a remarkable scoring record in 1997–98, Marschall was nominated for the German squad and took part in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In the latter stages of his career, the slower-footed, but still header-strong Marschall was occasionally used as a defender. He played with

until 2002, scoring 60 goals in 176 Bundesliga games.

Post-retirement

Having retired as a player in 2002, he was part of the management of the then Bundesliga side

. Ahead of 2006–07 he joined Al-Nasr Sports Club Dubai to work as assistant-manager under manager

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. Marschall is now the first scout with the German club

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marschall goal.''

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References

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