Uli Stielike

Ulrich Stielike (* November 15, 1954 in Ketch ) is a former German football player. Most recently, he was the coach of Al- Sailiya in Doha, Qatar. It was founded in 1980 European Football Championship.

Career

Playing career

Stielike began the age of seven in 1962 for SpVgg 06 ketch in youth playing football. At 17 he was appointed to the youth national team. Many Bundesliga clubs were trying to take him under contract, but he wanted to continue to play for the Ketscher A youth. In February 1973 he took Hennes Weisweiler to Borussia Mönchengladbach. After the DFB national youth team was eliminated in the UEFA youth tournament on June 4, 1973 he made his debut on June 9, 1973 at last season's game against VfB Stuttgart.

From 1973 to 1977 he played for Borussia Monchengladbach as a defender in the Bundesliga and then to 1985 for Real Madrid in the midfield. Of the eight German players who have previously played for this prestigious club, he scored both the majority of assignments as well as the most goals. At the conclusion of his playing career he was with Neuchâtel Xamax Swiss champion twice (1987, 1988). With Mönchengladbach it was 1975, 1976 and 1977 German Champion 1973 DFB Cup winner and 1975 UEFA Cup winners. With Real Madrid, he was three times Spanish Champion (1978, 1979, 1980 ) and 1985 UEFA Cup winners.

In the national team he played from 1975 to 1984 42 times. He made his last international match on September 12, 1984 in Dusseldorf against Argentina (1:3). It was the first international match of Franz Beckenbauer as team manager of the national team. He was European champion in 1980 and 1982 Vice World Champion.

Stielike is next to Lukas Podolski and Uli Hoeness the only German international, who at a World Cup or a European missed a penalty (1982 in the semifinals in a penalty shootout against France). The national team yet reached the final, where they defeated Italy, however.

Coaching career

After his active career as a player Stielike coached the national team of Switzerland and then Neuchâtel Xamax. When SV Waldhof Mannheim, he joined then coach his first job in Germany. Here he was on leave in September 1995. Since one part of SV Waldhof growing in 1996 forgot the timely termination of his contract, this led to an extension of his contract until June 1997. However Stielike waived under the condition the he is entitled annual salary of 454,000 DM that a charity match in aid of children with cancer from the Mannheim was aligned.

9 September 1998 until his dismissal on May 7, 2000 Stielike was assistant team manager Erich Ribbeck in the German national team. His successor was the former HSV player Horst Hrubesch.

From 2000 on, Stielike worked in the junior area of ​​the German Football Association. Among other things, he was responsible for taking care of this perspective team Team 2006 by 2001 to 2003. Thereafter, he was responsible until 2006 for the U20 national team and to 2004 for the U21 national team. His expiring in August 2006 employment relationship, however, was not extended by the competent DFB sporting director Matthias Sammer. Instead Stielikes the earlier the inner circle of the DFB coach has now turn belonging and from 2003 to 2005, again with the management of the team in 2006 entrusted Erich Rutemöller contracted.

As of September 12th, 2006 Stielike worked as coach of the Ivory Coast, and thus followed the Frenchman Henri Michel to. The Ivory Coast was the reigning vice - champion Africa. Due to a serious illness of his son Michael sat Stielike from January 10, 2008 ten days before the start of the African Cup of Nations in 2008, as manager of the Ivorian team from. His son died on 1 February 2008 from pulmonary fibrosis. The Ivory Coast was without the support by Stielike fourth of the tournament. In early March 2008 Stielike took office as the national coach of the Ivory Coast on again. His expiring contract was not renewed.

Stielike was presented on 31 May 2008 as the new coach of FC Sion, in which he signed a contract for three years, but was November 3, 2008 by Sion president Christian Constantin, who has already released eight coaches within two years before Stielike, optional.

In January 2009, Stielike coach in Qatar. There, he handled initially Al -Arabi, in which club from Doha, he signed a contract until 30 June 2010. Subsequently he was until October 2012 Trainer of the local rivals Al- Sailiya SC.

Awards

• Four times best foreign players in the Primera División (1979-1982)