Horst Steffen

Horst Steffen ( born March 3, 1969 in Krefeld ) is a former German footballer who now works as a coach.

Career as a player

KFC Uerdingen

Steffen played as early as 1975 at the junior level of Bayer 05 Uerdingen and won with the A- youth team to Marcel Witeczek and Ansgar Brinkmann, the German championship in 1987. Began in 1988, the midfielder his professional career at Uerdingen. For the Krefeld he played from 1988 to 1991 a total of 90 league games before he again returned to Krefeld for three years after two seasons with Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

In 1991, Horst Steffen for two seasons to Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he stood in 24 official matches on the court, his only scoring it succeeded in the DFB - Pokal 1992 /93. In his second year, he joined Gladbach only two Bundesliga inserts, which undertook in November 1992, new coach Bernd Krauss sat no longer on the young midfielder under coach Jurgen Gelsdorf. Steffen 1993 Then moved back to Bayer 05 Uerdingen.

MSV Duisburg

After three more years in Uerdingen he signed in 1996 a contract with MSV Duisburg. Here Steffen played three years in the league (36 games) and after descending three years in the second division, where he once stood on the site for MSV total of 40, but remained without a goal.

Overall, Horst Steffen played 207 times in the Bundesliga, scoring 16 goals and was 75 times in the second division on the court, where he scored seven goals.

Career as a coach

Following his professional time Horst Steffen was the coach of the land division SC chapels Erft and went with this in the 2003/04 season in the regional league Lower Rhine. Then he went to the office of the U23 coach at MSV and took over after a year the U19 for one season. In the 2009/10 season, he was Under-17 trainer at Borussia Moenchengladbach. On 1 July 2010 he took over the U19 team of Borussia Mönchengladbach. On September 30, 2013 it undertook the third division Stuttgarter Kickers as the new head coach. He signed a contract until 30 June 2015.

Private

Horst Steffen is the son of former national player Bernhard Steffen. Post-high school he trained as a social specialist staff.

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