Stephan Lichtsteiner

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Stephan Lichtsteiner
Personal information
Full name Stephan Lichtsteiner
Date of birth January 16, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth Adligenswil, Switzerland
Height 1.81m
Position Defender
Club information
Current club Lille
Number 26
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
2001-2005
2005-
Grasshopper Zürich
Lille
79 (4)
42 (1)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12/11/06.

Stephan Lichtsteiner (born January 16, 1984) is a Swiss footballer. Having represented Switzerland at every junior level, Lichtsteiner has played in the 1999 European Under-16 Football Championship and the 2004 Under-21 Championship.

Born in Adligenswil, Lichtsteiner began his career at Grasshopper Zurich in 2001/02, and come the next year he became a first-team member, helping the Swiss team gain the league title. During the 2004/05 season he sealed a transfer to Lille OSC as one of five Swiss players to enter Ligue 1 during the summer of 2005.

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Lille OSC - Current Squad

1 Sylva | 2 Debuchy | 3 Zywiecki | 4 Tavlaridis | 5 Schmitz | 6 Le Postollec | 7 Cabaye | 8 Bastos | 9 Audel | 10 Gygax | 11 Youla | 12 Bodmer | 13 Fauvergue | 14 Odemwingie | 16 Malicki | 17 Makoun | 18 Robail | 19 Franquart | 20 Tafforeau | 21 Chalme | 22 Vitakić | 23 Keïta | 24 Robail | 21 Chalme | 25 Plestan | 26 Lichtsteiner | 27 Mirallas | 28 Owona | 29 Dumont | 30 Pichon

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