Full name Ulrich Stielike 1962–1972 SpVgg Ketsch Position Midfielder Name Uli Stielike Date joined 1977 | Role Footballer Children Michael Stielike Height 1.76 m | |
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Date of birth (1954-11-15) 15 November 1954 (age 61) Team coached South Korea national football team (Manager, since 2014) Similar People Ki Sung‑yueng, Lee Chung‑yong, Cha Du‑ri, Choi Kang‑hee, Park Chu‑young | ||
Playing position Place of birth Ketsch, West Germany Current team South Korea (manager) | ||
South korea football manager uli stielike embark on new journey
Ulrich "Uli" Stielike (born 15 November 1954) is a German former footballer. Usually a central midfielder or sweeper, Stielike was well known for his stamina and footballing intelligence. Stielike is one of a small handful of players (Rainer Bonhof and Manfred Kaltz are others) to have played in all 3 European club finals (the European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup), the World Cup Final and the European Championship Final.
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- South korea football manager uli stielike embark on new journey
- Uli stielike jump starts new journey with training camp
- Club career
- International career
- Managerial career
- Managerial statistics
- Club
- International
- Individual
- References
Uli stielike jump starts new journey with training camp
Club career
Stielike was a West Germany youth international for hometown club SpVgg Ketsch when he got signed by UEFA Cup runner-up Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973, first coming to action as a full back for the then two times German Bundesliga champion. Playing in defending midfield for his club, afterwards, he was part of the Mönchengladbach team that won the Bundesliga titles in 1975, 1976 and 1977, the UEFA Cup in 1975 and gained a runner-up medal in the European Cup in 1977 following a 1–3 against Liverpool F.C. in Rome. In five seasons he amassed 109 Bundesliga matches.
Ahead of the 1977–78 season, Stielike moved on to join Real Madrid to become a reliable fan-favourite in his eight years with Los merengues. His first three seasons at Santiago Bernabéu all ended in Real winning La Liga. In 1980 and 1982, he was part of the side winning Copa del Rey, in 1985 he added the Copa de la Liga, and finished off his Madrid years with the UEFA Cup triumph of the same summer.
Following representatives votes of Spanish paper Don Balón, Stielike was four times 'Best Foreign Player' in La Liga between 1978 and 1981.
In 1985, Stielike joined Neuchâtel Xamax and won two Swiss Super League trophies in 1987 and 1988 with the club.
Stielike retired from his playing career in 1988. He appeared for Mönchengladbach, Real and Xamax in 83 matches in the European cup competitions.
International career
Stielike was capped in 42 internationals with West Germany from 1975 to 1984 with whom he won 1980 UEFA European Football Championship and the runner-up medal at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Stielike did not feature for his country in the 1978 FIFA World Cup after the German Football Association under Hermann Neuberger had temporarily decided to force their coaches not to select players playing their club football outside the Bundesliga. A central figure for the defence of Real Madrid in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, Stielike could just partially live up to those expectations in his duties for West Germany. Early hopes had been that he could be the ideal successor of legendary sweeper Franz Beckenbauer, with whom he played in a few internationals in the 1970s. Stielike played in the now legendary semi-final match of the 1982 world cup, which ended in a 3–3 draw, resulting in penalties. A poignant scene in the penalty shooutout showed the young Pierre Littbarski consoling a tearful Stielike, who missed a penalty, burying his head in Littbarski's shirt, as West Germany's goalkeeper, Harald Schumacher saved Didier Six's penalty to even the score, with the Germans eventually winning 5–4 on penalties. West Germany lost 3–1 to Italy in the 1982 World Cup final.
Stielike's final appearance for his country took place against Argentina (1–3) in September 1984 in Beckenbauer's first match in charge of West Germany. Over those years Stielike scored three, the latest in a 3–2 win over Bulgaria in Varna in February 1984. Shortly after that, he was part of Jupp Derwall's squad for the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship.
Managerial career
After his retirement from his playing career, Stielike was the coach of the Switzerland national football team from 1989 to 1991 as successor of Daniel Jeandupeux and predecessor of Roy Hodgson.
From 1994 to 1996, Stielike also had managerial spells at club level with UD Almería in Spain and SV Waldhof Mannheim in the 2nd Bundesliga, Germany.
In 1998, Stielike had been interviewed by Egidius Braun, the then chairman of the German Football Association, following a vacancy occurred through the resignation of Berti Vogts from the head coaching job of Germany in 1998. He believed Braun would offer him the succession of Vogts, consequently heading into an interview with Kicker (Sports magazine) in this (mistaken) belief. After further talks with Braun had disclosed that Stielke would only be appointed assistant coach rather than head coach, Stielike had to retract some remarks (e.g. concerning Andreas Möller).
From 9 September 1998 to 7 May 2000, Stielike had been the assistant to then Germany coach Erich Ribbeck. Shortly before 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, which ended in a disaster for the Germans, Stielike stepped down from his role as assistant due to differences in some respects with Ribbeck. He was replaced by Horst Hrubesch for the tournament.
Stielike spent six years working with different youth teams (i.e. the U21 side until 2004) of Germany and manager of Germany national under-20 football team of 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
On 14 September 2006, Stielike penned a contract with to take over the Ivory Coast national football team in succession of Frenchman Henri Michel, subsequent to the elimination of the team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Stielike stepped down as Les Éléphants coach on 7 January 2008 due to his son's alarming ill health. On 1 February, Michael Stielike, 23, died after failing to receive a lung transplant, with his health gradually deteriorating until he was eventually put on life support.
On 31 May 2008, he agreed to coach Swiss side FC Sion, but was fired on 3 November 2008. On 5 January 2009 he then signed a contract with Al-Arabi Sports Club.
On 5 September 2014, Stielike was named as the manager of the South Korea national football team, signing a four-year contract that would run until the 2018 World Cup. In his first game in charge, South Korea defeated Paraguay 2–0 in a friendly match. His side began its 2015 AFC Asian Cup campaign with a 1–0 win over Oman. This was continued with two wins with the same scoreline over Kuwait and hosts Australia. South Korea qualified to the knockout stage as group winners with nine points and faced Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals. Though the game remained 0–0 for the first 90 minutes, two goals from Son Heung Min in extra time helped South Korea reach the semi-finals. South Korea played in the semi-finals against Iraq and won the match 2–0. South Korea finished the tournament as runners-up after losing to Australia 2–1 in the final. Despite the loss the team's public image, which was damaged after 2014 World Cup, was restored. The team received praise for having one of the strongest defensive lines in the tournament, conceding no goals until the final.
Stielike's team got off to a good start in the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, not conceding a single goal and winning all their eight matches in Group G. However South Korea's third round Group A matches did not go as well and Stielike became the subject of criticism over team selection and tactics after a 1-0 loss to Iran on 11 October 2016 and another 1-0 loss on 23 March 2017 to China (only their second loss to China in 32 matches). A 3-2 loss to Qatar on 13 June 2017 was South Korea's third defeat in its first eight matches in Group A. It was the first time that South Korea had lost to Qatar in 32 years. Such run of results led to Stielike's sacking by the Korea Football Association (KFA) on 15 June 2017. After their 3-2 loss to Qatar on 13 June 2017, South Korea remained second in Group A, seven points behind already-qualified Iran but just one point ahead of third-placed Uzbekistan, with all the teams having played eight matches each in Group A. South Korea were to play Iran and then Uzbekistan in their final two Group A matches.