Thomas Süss (born 6 April 1962) is a former professional German

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who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played as

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. Born in

Rheinfelden (Baden) Rheinfelden ( gsw, Badisch-Rhyfälde, ) is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, and 15 km east of Basel. The population is ...

Süss played his youth football for local club VfR Rheinfelden and advanced to their first team in 1979.

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had been observing Süss and they signed him for the

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season. In the season 1981–82 Nordstern suffered relegation. However, Süss stayed with the club for another season. However, suffering due to financial difficulties, the club could not achieve immediate promotion and were forced to sell money bringing players and Süss was one of these players. Süss then joined

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's first team for their 1983–84 season under team manager

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. Süss played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 10 August 1983 as Basel were defeated 2–4 by

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. Between the years 1983 and 1987 Süss played a total of 167 games for Basel scoring two goals. 97 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, seven in the

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and 63 were friendly games. He scored both his goals during the test games. In the summer of 1987 Süss signed a contract with

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club

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. In the first game of the

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season, on 1 August 1987, Süss made his debut in the home game against 1. FC Köln. He formed the KSC defense together with

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, Oliver Kreuzer, Karl-Heinz Wöhrlin and Wolfgang Trapp in the 1-1 draw. In four seasons at KSC, the defender played 109 first division games (six goals). On June 15, 1991, the last match day of the

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season, the defensive player completed his last competitive game for Karlsruher SC (2–2 against

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). In 1991 he moved to the lower tier

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club no longer plays its home games in Taunusstein, where they were originally located. In the summer of 2007 ''W ...

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* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Süss, Thomas FC Nordstern Basel players FC Basel players Karlsruher SC players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players German men's footballers Men's association football defenders 1962 births Living people People from Rheinfelden (Baden) Footballers from Freiburg (region)