var playerInfo={"DC9241C78561BCD0":"Marco Streller","C99F63DD4716E450533B17E1817DB7B9":"1981-6-18","776ABA890334BE6B3BFB7EFC5D96F457":"VfB Stuttgart","4ADA354908754559E53E3FA7C013DA37":"9","C377723034B3384C":"512","7DECC0B2C7F83A01B36F8F67FA49C295":"2007-6-21","2299C98649C2E7A9E5F02ED855F2A9FC":"VfB Stuttgart,Koln,FC Thun,Concordia","E17A5F6F92350E090E8BE67DDCE16BA0":"<P><STRONG>Profile<BR><\/STRONG><BR>A tall left-footed striker who has found the net frequently for Switzerland in the build-up to UEFA EURO 2008&#8482;, Marco Streller will be on familiar terrain during the group stage as St. Jakob-Park is the stadium in which he plays regularly for his club FC Basel 1893.<BR><BR>Basel-born, he began career with local club and shot to prominence with 13 goals during autumn of 2003\/04 campaign, earning himself debut for Switzerland and move to VfB Stuttgart.<BR><BR>Career stalled in Germany with serious injury and lack of first-team opportunities then semi-revived through loan spell at 1. FC K&#246;ln in 2006.<BR><BR>First international strike was vital away-goal decider in 2006 FIFA World Cup play-off v Turkey in Istanbul (4-4 on aggregate).<BR><BR>Appeared at finals but missed penalty in second-round shoot-out defeat v Ukraine (in Cologne, his then home stadium).<BR><BR>Returned to Stuttgart and won 2006\/07 Bundesliga; frequent substitute and back-up striker to first-choice pair of Cacau and Mario Gomez.<BR><BR>Came back to Basel in summer 2007; won domestic double &#8211; injured in spring but returns to score in cup final (4-1 v AC Bellinzona).<BR><BR><STRONG>Did you know?<\/STRONG><BR><BR>Streller&#39;s only UEFA European Championship appearance before this summer&#39;s tournament was his debut &#8211; a qualifier for the 2004 event against the Republic of Ireland in Basel. He then missed the finals in Portugal due to a broken leg.<\/P>","F4AE865DDB6B58D9":"Marco Streller","031D6804B38B16BF":"10188","97B41D9FF6388BC00A2A0187557FA1F5":"","38FCF119BEE99893":"Basel","BFE43781BF2A8A9E3EADFCC3CC1AF971":"0","5E5612EA3A8A833D":"196cm","3D0CAED1D8820318D15DE014CB00C4C7":"Switzerland","2B1A74B80063A830":"1","C497EA9EA23AEEDCAF9AD5DB76B19323":"","9085EF0B5B518612":"83kg","e_index":6};