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Martin Stocklasa Personal information Full name Martin Stocklasa Date of birth 29 May 1979 Place of birth Grabs, Switzerland Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] Playing position Centre back / Right back Club information Current club FC St. Gallen Number 5 Youth career 1989–1997 USV Eschen/Mauren Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1997–1999 FC Vaduz 0 (0) 1999–2002 FC Zürich 42 (0) 2000–2001 → SC Kriens (loan) 28 (1) 2002–2006 FC Vaduz 123 (10) 2006–2008 Dynamo Dresden 60 (2) 2008–2011 SV Ried 93 (6) 2011- FC St. Gallen 12 (1) National team‡ 1996– Liechtenstein 97 (5[1]) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2011Martin Stocklasa (born 29 May 1979 in Grabs, Switzerland) is a naturalized Liechtenstein football defender, who plays for FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Challenge League.
He has played for FC Zürich, FC Vaduz, Dynamo Dresden and SV Ried. Stocklasa, and his brother, Michael,[2] represent Liechtenstein at the international level[3] and Martin has over 90 caps.
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Club career
Stocklasa started his senior career at FC Vaduz in 1997 and moved to Swiss side FC Zürich in the summer of 1999. He went on to spend the entire 2000-01 season on loan to SC Kriens, another Swiss club, and returned to FC Zürich for one season before eventually returning to his first club, FC Vaduz, in the summer of 2002 and spending four seasons there before moving to Dynamo Dresden. Stocklasa had been linked with a move to English club Leeds United, prior to his joining SV Ried.[4] He joined FC St. Gallen, of the Swiss Challenge League, after leaving SV Ried in 2011.
International career
He has been capped 97[1] times by his country, scoring five goals, and is the team captain.[2][4] He made his international debut for Liechtenstein in their 5–0 defeat to the Republic of Ireland in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 31 August 1996.[1] Stocklasa was the first and currently the only Liechtenstein player to have scored a hat trick in an international game.[2] The achievement came on 17 April 2002, against Luxembourg, in an international friendly.
International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 7 June 2000 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany 
Germany1-1 2-8 Friendly match 2. 17 April 2002 Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg 
Luxembourg1-0 3-3 Friendly match 3. 17 April 2002 Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg Luxembourg2-0 3-3 Friendly match 4. 17 April 2002 Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg Luxembourg3-0 3-3 Friendly match 5. 13 October 2004 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Luxembourg1-0 4-0 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Honours
FC Vaduz
- Liechtenstein Cup: 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
FC Zürich
- Swiss Cup: 2000
SV Ried
- Austrian Cup: 2010–11
Individual
- Liechtensteiner Footballer of the Year: 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2008-2009[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Liechtenstein FA Profile (German)". http://www.lfv.li/nationalmannschaft/mannschaft/portrait-detail.html?tx_soccer_pi1=5.
- ^ a b c "Bend it like Stocklasa". BBC. 2003-03-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/2873409.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ Martin Stocklasa at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b Castles, Duncan (2008-05-11). "Chelsea beat United in race to sign Bosingwa". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/11/chelsea.manchesterunited. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ (German) "Statistik:Liechtensteiner Fussballverband". Liechtensteiner Fussballverband. http://www.lfv.li/nationalmannschaft/statistik.html. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ (German) "Die Bisherigen Fussballer des Jahres". Fussballer des Jahres. http://www.fussballerdesjahres.li/DieBisherigen/tabid/592/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
External links
- Martin Stocklasa at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- Liechtenstein international footballers
- FC Vaduz players
- FC Zürich players
- SC Kriens players
- Dynamo Dresden players
- SV Ried players
- FC St. Gallen players
- Liechtenstein expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Association football defenders
- Footballers of Liechtenstein
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