Michael Fuß

Michael Fuß (born 21 May 1977 in Berlin[1]) is a German footballer.

Michael Fuß
Personal information
Full name Michael Mert Fuß
Date of birth (1977-05-21) 21 May 1977
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Türk Spor
Youth career
SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin
Türkiyemspor Berlin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1999 Hertha Zehlendorf
1999–2000 Türkiyemspor Berlin 34 (66)
2000–2001 Tennis Borussia Berlin 21 (2)
2001–2002 1. SC Göttingen 05
2002–2003 1. SC Feucht
2003–2004 Türkiyemspor Berlin 14 (15)
2004–2009 Tennis Borussia Berlin 142 (85)
2009–2010 Berliner AK 07 22 (16)
2010–2012 BFC Viktoria 1889 32 (41)
2012–2013 SV Blau Weiss Berlin ? (45)
2013–2015 Tennis Borussia Berlin 62 (53)
2016– 1. FC Neukölln 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2016

Club career

Fuß started his career at Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin[2] and later joined the youth squad of Türkiyemspor Berlin.[3]

After coming through the ranks of Hertha BSC, he switched to city rivals Hertha Zehlendorf before moving to Türkiyemspor Berlin where he scored a Verbandsliga record[4] 66 goals in 34 league games,[2] helping the club to become Berlin-Liga champions of the 1999–2000 season.[1] Fuß left Türkiyemspor for Tennis Borussia Berlin in the then third-tier Regionalliga Nord, scoring only twice in 21 games. After spells at 1. SC Göttingen 05 and 1. SC Feucht, Fuß returned to Türkiyemspor and then spent five years at Tennis Borussia and had a trial at FC Energie Cottbus[2][5] before signing for Berliner AK 07, scoring 16 goals from 22 appearances. From 2010 until 2012, he played for BFC Viktoria 1889, before joining SV Blau Weiss Berlin,[2] becoming the tier-8-Bezirksliga Berlin's top goalscorer with 45 goals.[6] In 2013, aged 36, Fuß returned to Tennis Borussia Berlin,[6][7] and was the 2013–14 Berlin-Liga season top-scorer with 24 goals in 26 games. The following season, he was again the Berlin-Liga's top-scorer with 29 goals from all 34 league games, helping TeBe to become league champions. Fuß made only two further appearances in the first half of the 2015–16 NOFV-Oberliga season, before moving to 1. FC Neukölln in Berlin's Landesliga.

Personal life

During his time at Türkiyemspor Fuß converted to Islam and in the course of his circumcision ceremony took on the Turkish name "Mert".[2][3]

References
  1. "Portrait – Michael Fuß". Tennis Borussia Berlin (in German). 25 July 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  2. Stier, Sebastian (7 September 2012). "Treffen der unerfüllten Träume". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. "Der Spieler der Hinrunde". Tennis Borussia Berlin (in German). 7 February 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  4. Rembe, Patrick (24 November 2000). "Zum Heulen: Alemannia verpasst die Sensation gegen TeBe-Profis". Berliner Morgenpost (in German).
  5. Vollrath, Klaus-Dieter (8 August 2008). "Wird dieser Fuß Cottbus zum Verhängnis?". Bild (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  6. Glennon, Stephen (23 August 2013). "Michael Fuß: Immer auf der Jagd". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  7. "Dann kommt der Fuss, ja und dann krachts". Tennis Borussia Berlin (in German). 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
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