Marco Haber (born September 21, 1971 in
Grünstadt) is a retired
German footballer, who played mainly as a
central midfielder.
Football career
Haber joined
1. FC Kaiserslautern at age 18, and made his
first division debut shortly after, on October 14, 1989, playing the entire 1-1 draw at
Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In
the following season, he became an automatic first-choice, leading the side to the national championship, adding the runner-up position in
1993-94.
In 1995, Haber moved to
VfB Stuttgart, where he was regularly used during three seasons, also helping win the
1997 domestic cup. In August and December of the year he joined, he was called for the
national team for two friendlies against
Belgium (2:1) and
South Africa (0:0). In his last season, he played in eight matches (seven complete) as Stuttgart lost the
Cup Winners' Cup to
Chelsea FC.
After an unassuming spell in
Spain's second division with
UD Las Palmas, Haber returned to his country and signed for
SpVgg Unterhaching, being a regular fixture in his first two years.
2001-02 was split between Unterhaching and
FC Hansa Rostock, appearing very rarely in his six-month spell, as relegation was narrowly avoided.
Subsequently, Haber would spend five years in the
Cypriot league, first in
Omonia Nicosia, winning one championship and one
Supercup, then
Anorthosis Famagusta FC (league champion in
2004-05) and
Nea Salamis FC. In the 2007 summer he moved back to Germany, playing one season in the
Regionalliga Süd (third level) with
FSV Oggersheim.
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