Mehmet Scholl (born Mehmet Yüksel on 16 October 1970) is a former German footballer and manager with Turkish-German ancestry. He played most of his career as an attacking midfielder for Bayern Munich. During his career he won the UEFA Cup in 1996 (scoring a goal in each leg of the final), the Euro 1996, and the UEFA Champions League in 2001, as well as eight German Championships (all with Bayern Munich). His success with Bayern makes him the record holder for Bundesliga titles, tied with his former teammate Oliver Kahn. He retired at the end of the 2006–07 Bundesliga season as one of the most successful German football players of all time.Scholl was the subject of the 2007 career retrospective documentary film Frei:Gespielt – Mehmet Scholl: Über das Spiel hinaus by directors Ferdinand Neumayr and Eduard Augustin.
German soccer player, winning eight German Championship titles with Bayern Munich until 2006, which is a league record. He also won the UEFA Champions Leauge in 2001.
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Has shot 97 goals in 378 Bundesliga matches (for Karlsruhe from 1990 to 1992, for Bayern Munich from 1992 to date).
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Member of the winning German team at the 1996 European Championship.
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Son of a Turkish father and a German mother. After his parents had divorced, he acquired his stepfather's surname Scholl.
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Sparked heavy criticism after being quoted with the words "Hängt die Grünen, solange es noch Bäume gibt." (Hang the Greens as long as there are still trees) on Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995). He later apologized to German Green Party.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Vatertage - Opa über Nacht
2012
Juan Carlos Castillo
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lommbock
2017
post-production
Himself
Willkommen Österreich
2014
TV Series
Himself
Gottschalk Live
2012
TV Series
Himself - per Liveschaltung
Frei: Gespielt - Mehmet Scholl - Über das Spiel hinaus
2007
Documentary
Himself
Die Harald Schmidt Show
2002-2003
TV Series
Himself
2000 UEFA European Football Championship
2000
TV Mini-Series
Himself
The Treble
1999
Video documentary
Himself - 1999 Champions League Final
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Unsere Besten
2006
TV Series
Himself
Ja gut, ich sach mal...
2004
Video
Himself
Sauna-Report Deutschland - Die nackte Lust am Schwitzen
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
German Television Award
German Television Awards
Best Sports Program (Beste Sportsendung)
Known for movies
Frei: Gespielt - Mehmet Scholl - Über das Spiel hinaus (2007) as Himself
The Treble (1999) as Himself - 1999 Champions League Final
2000 UEFA European Football Championship (2000) as Himself
$3 Million
