Christian Ziege

Christian Ziege
Christian Ziege
Christian Ziege
Personal information
Date of birth February 1, 1972 (1972-02-01) (age 39)
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Left Midfielder / Defender
Youth career
1978–1981 FC Südstern 08 Berlin
1981–1985 TSV Rudow Berlin
1985–1990 FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1997 Bayern Munich 185 (35)
1997–1999 Milan 39 (4)
1999–2000 Middlesbrough 29 (6)
2000–2001 Liverpool 16 (1)
2001–2004 Tottenham Hotspur 47 (7)
2004–2005 Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 (0)
Total 329 (53)
National team
1991–1993 Germany U-21 12 (3)
1992 Germany Olympic 1 (0)
1993–2004 Germany 72 (9)
Teams managed
2006–2007 Bor. Mönchengladbach U-17 (Head Coach)
2007–2008 Borussia Mönchengladbach (Director of Football)
2008 Borussia Mönchengladbach (Interim Coach)
2008 Borussia Mönchengladbach (Assistant Coach)
2010 Arminia Bielefeld
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Christian Ziege (born February 1, 1972 in Berlin) is a former German football defender and midfielder. With the German national team, Ziege won Euro 96. An attacking left wingback, Ziege was considered a dead-ball specialist.[1]

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Playing career

Club career

At club level, Ziege played for Bayern Munich (1990–97), Milan (1997–99) and Middlesbrough (1999–2000). In summer 2000 Liverpool F.C. made a £5.5m bid which exactly matched a get-out clause in Ziege's contract. Middlesbrough insisted they had received offers in excess of £8m for Ziege, but were forced contractually to allow Ziege to talk to Liverpool, who then signed him.[2] He made his debut for Liverpool in a 3-2 home win over Manchester City on 9 September 2000, replacing Steven Gerrard in the second half. A combination of knee injuries and the improving form of Jamie Carragher,[3] meant he was transferred to Tottenham Hotspur after one year and 32 appearances in all competitions. He came on as a substitute and subsequently scored in the shootout as Liverpool won the 2001 Football League Cup Final, but he was injured for Liverpool's victorious FA Cup and UEFA Cup Finals of that season. He scored two goals during his spell at Liverpool: against Leeds in the league[4] and Stoke in the League Cup.[5]

On 14 March 2002, Liverpool were fined £20,000 by The Football Association for making an illegal approach for Ziege, while the player himself was fined £10,000.[6] Whilst at Spurs he scored in the 2002 Football League Cup Final but he ended up on the losing side. However, by this time Ziege's injury problems were escalating, and by 2004 his contract was terminated by mutual consent so he could return to Germany.

Ziege returned to Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach in June 2004,[7] but announced his retirement in October 2005, having not played since the previous December due to a persistent ankle injury.[8]

Ziege's club career allowed him to play in cross-city derbies in Munich (versus TSV 1860), Liverpool (versus Everton), Milan (versus Inter) and London (versus Arsenal and Chelsea); a unique achievement in the modern game.[citation needed]

International career

Ziege was capped 72 times for Germany, scoring nine goals. Other than the Euro 96 win, he also played for his country at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups (during which he played the final game and sported a rather amusing mohawk), as well as Euro 2000 (he was a member of the Euro 2004 squad, but didn't play).

Statistics

[9]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB Ligapokal Europe Total
1990/91 Bayern Munich Bundesliga 13 1
1991/92 26 2
1992/93 28 9
1993/94 29 3
1994/95 29 10
1995/96 20 9
1996/97 27 7
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
1997/98 Milan Serie A 22 2
1998/99 17 2
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1999/00 Middlesbrough Premier League 29 6
2000/01 Liverpool Premier League 16 1
2001/02 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League 27 5
2002/03 12 2
2003/04 8 0
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB Ligapokal Europe Total
2004/05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 13 0
Country Germany 185 41
Italy 39 4
England 92 14
Total 316 59

[10]

Germany national team
Year Apps Goals
1993 7 0
1994 0 0
1995 6 1
1996 14 2
1997 7 0
1998 7 1
1999 4 3
2000 9 1
2001 9 0
2002 8 1
2003 0 0
2004 1 0
Total 72 9

Managerial career

Following retirement from the game due to injury in October 2005, Ziege picked up his UEFA diploma for coaching. In 2006 he moved into coaching with his last professional club, Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he was named head coach of the club's Under-17 team, succeeding Thomas Schumacher. In 2006-07 the club's U17 team had won ten out of seventeen matches with Ziege in charge when, in March 2007, he was handed the role of Director of Football at the club, as the replacement for the outgoing Peter Pander.[11] At the time of his appointment, with ten matches to go until the end of the season, Mönchengladbach were at the bottom of the Bundesliga, with five points between them and safety. On 15 December 2008 Ziege left Borussia Mönchengladbach. On 26 May 2010 the former head coach, assistant coach and director of football from Borussia Mönchengladbach signed a contract as head coach of Arminia Bielefeld.[12] However, his managerial career got off to a poor start with Bielefeld only picking up three points from a single win from eight games. This being the worst start to a Bielefeld season in twenty-three years. Ziege was released from his post as manager of Arminia on the 6th of November 2010 after a 3-0 defeat away at FC Augsburg.

Career honours

Honours as player

with Bayern Munich

  • Fußball-Bundesliga
    • Winner - 1993-94, 1996–97
    • Runner-up - 1990-91, 1992–93, 1995–96
  • UEFA Cup
    • Winner - 1995-96
  • Liga-Pokal
    • Winner - 1997-98


with AC Milan


with Liverpool


with Tottenham Hotspur

  • Football League Cup
    • Runner-up - 2001-02


with Germany

References

  1. ^ "Football: England must be Gladiators and put them to the sword HOW THEY LINE UP; ENGLAND v GERMANY AT WEMBLEY, TODAY, 3P SAYS TONY ADAMS. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+England+must+be+Gladiators+and+put+them+to+the+sword+HOW...-a065821344. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
  2. ^ "Ziege cleared for Reds". BBC Sport. 2000-08-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/901957.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-30. 
  3. ^ Whatever Happened to: Christian Ziege
  4. ^ "Four-midable Viduka stuns Liverpool". BBC. 4 November 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1006644.stm. Retrieved 2 November 2009. 
  5. ^ "Liverpool blast eight at Stoke". BBC. 29 November 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1045418.stm. Retrieved 2 November 2009. 
  6. ^ "Liverpool handed Ziege fine". BBC Sport. 2002-03-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1872311.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-30. 
  7. ^ "Ziege returns to Bundesliga". BBC Sport. 2004-06-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/3790591.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-30. 
  8. ^ "Injury forces Ziege to end career". BBC Sport. 2005-10-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4315722.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-30. 
  9. ^ ".. Player - Christian Ziege". National Football Teams. http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=2649. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
  10. ^ "Christian Ziege - International Appearances". Rsssf.com. 2004-06-09. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ziege-intl.html. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
  11. ^ "Ziege clinches new Borussia role". BBC Sport. 2007-03-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6433147.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-30. 
  12. ^ "Arminia präsentiert Ziege und Schnitzmeier". Arminia-bielefeld.de. http://www.arminia-bielefeld.de/index.php?id=122&no_cache=1&viewid=10966. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 

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