Christian Ziege

Christian Ziege

Ziege with Mönchengladbach in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-02-01) 1 February 1972
Place of birth	West Berlin, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 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	(38)
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	(56)
National team
1991–1993	Germany U21	12	(3)
1992	Germany Olympic	1	(0)
1993–2004	Germany	72	(9)
Teams managed
2006–2007	Borussia Mönchengladbach U17 (Head Coach)
2007–2008	Borussia Mönchengladbach (Director of Football)
2008	Borussia Mönchengladbach (Interim Coach)
2008	Borussia Mönchengladbach (Assistant Coach)
2010	Arminia Bielefeld
2011	Germany U19
2011–	Germany U18
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Christian Ziege (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪsti̯an ˈt͡siːɡə]; born 1 February 1972) 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] He currently coaches Germany's U-18 national side.

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]

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).

Managerial career

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Following retirement asa player, 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 manager 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.^[9] At the time of his appointment, with ten matches to go until the end of the season, Borussia Mönchengladbach were at the bottom of the Bundesliga, with five points between them and safety. On 5 October 2008, Ziege dismissed Jos Luhukay and became interim manager.^[10] The interim job lasted until 19 October 2010 when Hans Meyer became the new permanent manager.^[11] On 15 December 2008 Ziege left Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Arminia Bielefeld and German junior national teams

On 26 May 2010 Ziege signed a contract as manager of Arminia Bielefeld.^[12] However, his managerial career got off to a poor start with Arminia Bielefeld only picking up three points from a single win from eight games. This being the worst start to an Arminia Bielefeld season in twenty-three years. Ziege was released from his post as manager of Arminia Bielefeld on 6 November 2010 after a 2–0 defeat against FC Augsburg.^[13]

From April 2011, Ziege works for the DFB.^[14] He first coached the German U-19, before taking over the U-18 side in August of the same year.^[14][15]

Career statistics

Playing career statistics

^[16]

International career statistics

Appearances and goals

^[17]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 September 1995	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Georgia	2–1	4–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
2.	4 June 1996	Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany	Liechtenstein	5–1	9–1	Friendly
3.	9 June 1996	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	Czech Republic	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1996
4.	25 March 1998	Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany	Luxembourg	7–0	7–0	Friendly
5.	8 September 1999	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	Northern Ireland	2–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
6.	8 September 1999	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	Northern Ireland	3–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
7.	8 September 1999	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany	Northern Ireland	4–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
8.	23 February 2000	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–1	1–2	Friendly
9.	27 March 2002	Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany	United States	1–1	4–2	Friendly

Managerial record

As of 11 March 2013

Career honours

Honours as player

with Bayern Munich

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

with AC Milan

• Serie A
  • Winner – 1998–99

with Liverpool

• Football League Cup
  • Winner – 2000–01

with Tottenham Hotspur

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

with Germany

• UEFA European Football Championship
  • Winner – 1996
• FIFA World Cup
  • Runner-up – 2002

References

External links

• LFChistory.net player profile
• Christian Ziege career stats at Soccerbase
• Christian Ziege at fussballdaten.de (German)

Germany Squad v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1996 Winners (3rd Title) 1 Köpke 2 Reuter 3 Bode 4 Freund 5 Helmer 6 Sammer 7 Möller 8 Scholl 9 Bobic 10 Häßler 11 Kuntz 12 Kahn 13 Basler 14 Babbel 15 Kohler 16 Schneider 17 Ziege 18 Klinsmann (c) 19 Strunz 20 Bierhoff 21 Eilts 22 Reck 23 Todt Coach: Vogts v t e Germany squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Köpke 2 Wörns 3 Heinrich 4 Kohler 5 Helmer 6 Thon 7 Möller 8 Matthäus 9 Kirsten 10 Häßler 11 Marschall 12 Kahn 13 Jeremies 14 Babbel 15 Freund 16 Hamann 17 Ziege 18 Klinsmann (c) 19 Reuter 20 Bierhoff 21 Tarnat 22 Lehmann Coach: Vogts v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Kahn 2 Babbel 3 Rehmer 4 Linke 5 Bode 6 Nowotny 7 Scholl 8 Häßler 9 Kirsten 10 Matthäus 11 Rink 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Hamann 15 Wosz 16 Jeremies 17 Ziege 18 Deisler 19 Jancker 20 Bierhoff (c) 21 Ramelow 22 Butt Coach: Ribbeck v t e Germany squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Kahn (c) 2 Linke 3 Rehmer 4 Baumann 5 Ramelow 6 Ziege 7 Neuville 8 Hamann 9 Jancker 10 Ricken 11 Klose 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Asamoah 15 Kehl 16 Jeremies 17 Bode 18 Böhme 19 Schneider 20 Bierhoff 21 Metzelder 22 Frings 23 Butt Coach: Völler v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Kahn (c) 2 Hinkel 3 Friedrich 4 Wörns 5 Nowotny 6 Baumann 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Hamann 9 Bobic 10 Kurányi 11 Klose 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Brdarić 15 Kehl 16 Jeremies 17 Ziege 18 Ernst 19 Schneider 20 Podolski 21 Lahm 22 Frings 23 Hildebrand Coach: Völler