Thomas Hauser (footballer) played for which team from 1988 to 1991?
Thomas Hauser ( footballer ) Thomas Hauser ( born 1 April 1965 ) is a German former professional footballer who played in the 1980s and early 1990s as forward . Club career . Youth football . Born in Schopfheim , Hauser started his youth football with local team Sportclub Schopfheim , playing there until he left school . In 1980 , he transferred to FC Basel and played in their youth team in the highest level of youth football in Switzerland . In 1981 Basel became Swiss youth champions and Hauser was the league top goal scorer . Basel . Hauser advanced to Basels first team during the winter break of their 1982–83 season . He signed his first professional contract under head-coach Rainer Ohlhauser . After playing in two test games , Hauser played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the St . Jakob Stadium on 23 April 1983 . He scored his first goal for his team in the same game as Basel played a 2–2 draw with St . Gallen.<ref He scored his next goal for the team in the very next match on 30 April , as Basel played an away match draw 1–1 with Winterthur.<ref Aged just 17 years , Hauser trained and played regularly in Basels first team . In 1983 , he won the Uhrencup with Basel , scoring a goal in the semi final match against FC Grenchen . In the Swiss Cup match against Concordia Basel on 21 September 1985 he scored four goals as Basel won 9–1.<ref Between the years 1982 and 1988 Hauser played a total of 155 games for Basel scoring a total of 77 goals . 84 of these games were in the Nationalliga A , eight in the Swiss Cup and 63 were friendly games . He scored 24 goals in the domestic league , seven in the cup and the other 46 were scored during the test games . Hauser was renowned for his goal scoring inconsistency . Sometimes he would score goals with ease and often . For example , in the test match on 6 October 1983 Hauser scored all six goals as his team won 6–3 against SC Ciba-Geigy Rosental.<ref He scored a hat-trick in the test game on 29 June 1984 as Basel won 7–2 against SV Sissach.<ref He scored a hat-trick in the test game on 23 October 1984 , as Basel won 9–0 against FC Liestal.<ref Again he scored three the against Kriens on 16 April 1985,<ref and again on 10 September 1985 three against BSC Old Boys.<ref But on the other hand , there were times where he did not score a single goal for months on end ( for example from April 1986 to March 1987 ) . After a turbulent time with a financially troubled FC Basel , and following the clubs relegation to the Nationalliga B at the end of the 1987–88 season , Hauser transferred to local rivals BSC Old Boys . He played with them for six months before transferring to Sunderland during the winter break . Sunderland . Hauser made his debut for Sunderland coming on as a substitute for Marco Gabbiadini in a 2–0 League win at Roker Park against Hull City on 25 February 1989 in front of a crowd of 14,719 , following a £200,000 transfer from BSC Old Boys . He went on to make four further substitute appearances until making his full debut against Chelsea F.C . in a 2–1 loss on 21 March 1989 . Hausers first goal came at Boundary Park in a 2–2 draw with Oldham Athletic , he scored one week later in a 2–1 victory against Shrewsbury Town at Roker Park . In Sunderlands 1989–90 promotion season Hauser scored six goals including both goals in a crucial 2–1 win against Brighton and Hove Albion on 24 February 1990 at Roker Park . In scoring the equaliser in a 2–2 draw at Roker Park against Port Vale F.C . on 30 December 1989 and only six minutes after coming off the bench against Hull City at Boothferry Park on New Years Day 1990 , Hauser can lay claim to having scored Sunderland#s last goal of the 80s and first goal of the 90s . Later that season Hauser went on to feature for Sunderland in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium coming on as a substitute for Eric Gates in front of a crowd of 72,873 on 28 May 1990 . When Hauser replaced Gates he became the first non-British born player to represent Sunderland at Wembley . The 1990–91 season was Hausers only in the top flight of English football , he made 10 appearances finding the net only once against Southampton F.C . at The Dell in a 3–1 defeat . After Sunderlands relegation back to Division 2 Hauser started the season promisingly . Although not included in the squad for the opening league game , he did start the next five , the last of those five being a 1–1 draw with Blackburn Rovers at Roker Park which would prove to be Hausers last league start for Sunderland . His final start , and indeed goal for Sunderland came in the League Cup in a 2–1 defeat at home to Huddersfield Town in front of only 8,161 . Hausers final appearance for Sunderland came on Boxing Day 1991 replacing Paul Hardyman in a 1–0 defeat to Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park . Thomas remains a cult hero amongst the Sunderland fans who saw him battling with opposition defences at Roker Park , and is known as The German Sub after coming from the bench for 39 of his 65 appearances . Personal life . Thomas Hauser is married and has one daughter . He spent some time living in the Netherlands working for Celtic Glasgow as a scout . Today he lives in Basel and is youth team trainer together with Louis Crayton ( ex-FCB Goalkeeper ) for BSC Old Boys . Career statistics . - *1 appearance in FA Cup and 1 in Zenith Data Systems Cup Honours . Basel - Swiss Champion at youth level : 1981 - Uhrencup Winner : 1983 , 1986 Sunderland - Promotion to Football League First Division : 1990 Sources . - Die ersten 125 Jahre . Publisher : Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag , Basel . - Verein Basler Fussballarchiv Homepage