Christian Ziege: Difference between revisions

Christian Ziege
Personal information
Position(s)	Left Midfielder/defender

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 22:06, 9 April 2007

Christian Ziege (born February 1, 1972 in Berlin) is a former German football (soccer) defender and midfielder. With the German national team, Ziege won Euro 96. Ziege is actually Director of Football at Borussia Mönchengladbach

Playing career

On club level, Ziege played for Bayern Munich (1990-97), AC Milan (1997-99), 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, whom he then transferred to. However, much as though the Anfield crowd saw flashes of Ziege's brilliance down the left flank, his knee's gave him continual injury problems and he was transferred to Tottenham Hotspur after one year and sixteen appearances.

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^[1]. 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 for the 2004-05 season, but retired at the end of it.

International career

For Germany, Ziege has been capped 72 times, 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), as well as Euro 2000 (he was a member of the Euro 2004 squad, but didn't play).

Awards

Ziege won the Bundesliga title twice with Bayern and the Serie A title once with Milan. He also won the UEFA Cup with Bayern in 1996 and with Liverpool in 2001. With the club from the Merseyside, he also gained the 2001 League Cup. He is the answer to the football trivia question, "Which player has played in the Milan, Munich, Merseyside, Tyne-Tees and North London derbies."

Managerial career

Following retirement from the game due to injury in October 2005, Ziege picked up his UEFA diploma for coaching and got subsequently thrown into coaching by his last professional club, Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he was named headcoach of the clubs U17 in succession of Thomas Schumacher in 2006. Two thirds into the following season, the clubs U17 team had won ten out of those seventeen matches with him in charge, the Berlin-born was handed the role of Director of Football at Mönchengladbach as the replacement for outgoing Peter Pander. On his first day into his new job, with ten matches to go until the end of the season, Mönchengladbach was bottom-side in the Bundesliga, already fighting a distance of five points in between them and safety.

Career Honours

Honours As Player

Bayern Munich

Winner

1993-94 German Bundesliga
1995-96 UEFA Cup
1996-97 German Bundesliga
1997-98 Liga-Pokal

Runner Up

AC Milan

Winner

1998-99 Italian Serie A (Level 1)

Liverpool

Winner

2000-01 League Cup

Tottenham Hotspur

Runner Up

2001-02 League Cup

Germany

Winner

1996 European Football Championship

Runner Up

2002 FIFA World Cup

References

Template:Germany Squad 1996 European Championship

^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1872311.stm

[1] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1872311.stm

[1]

@@ Line 25: / Line 25: @@
 On club level, Ziege played for [[Bayern Munich]] (1990-97), [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]] (1997-99), [[Middlesbrough F.C.|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, whom he then transferred to. However, much as though the [[Anfield]] crowd saw flashes of Ziege's brilliance down the left flank, his knee's gave him continual injury problems and he was transferred to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] after one year and sixteen appearances.
+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<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1872311.stm</ref>. 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]] for the [[2004]]-[[2005|05]] season, but retired at the end of it.
+====International career====
+For Germany, Ziege has been capped 72 times, scoring nine goals. Other than the Euro 96 win, he also played for his country at the [[Football World Cup 1998|1998]] and [[Football World Cup 2002|2002 World Cups]] (during which he played the final game), as well as [[2000 European Football Championship|Euro 2000]] (he was a member of the [[2004 European Football Championship|Euro 2004]] squad, but didn't play).
+===Awards===
+Ziege won the [[Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga]] title twice with Bayern and the [[Serie A]] title once with Milan.  He also won the [[UEFA Cup]] with Bayern in 1996 and with Liverpool in 2001.  With the club from the Merseyside, he also gained the 2001 [[Football League Cup|League Cup]]. He is the answer to the football trivia question, "Which player has played in the Milan, Munich, Merseyside, Tyne-Tees and North London derbies."
+===Managerial career===
-, [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] (2000-01), [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] (2001-04), and [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] (2004-2005). He won the [[Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga]] title twice with Bayern and the [[Serie A]] title once with Milan.  He also won the [[UEFA Cup]] with Bayern in 1996 and with Liverpool in 2001.  With the club from the Merseyside, he also gained the 2001 [[Football League Cup|League Cup]]. He is the answer to the football trivia question, "Which player has played in the Milan, Munich, Merseyside, Tyne-Tees and North London derbies."
-For Germany, Ziege has been capped 72 times, scoring nine goals. Other than the Euro 96 win, he also played for his country at the [[Football World Cup 1998|1998]] and [[Football World Cup 2002|2002 World Cups]] (during which he played the final game), as well as [[2000 European Football Championship|Euro 2000]] (he was a member of the [[2004 European Football Championship|Euro 2004]] squad, but didn't play).
 Following retirement from the game due to injury in [[October]] [[2005]], Ziege picked up his [[UEFA]] diploma for coaching and got subsequently thrown into coaching by his last professional club, [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]], where he was named headcoach of the clubs U17 in succession of ''Thomas Schumacher'' in 2006. Two thirds into the following season, the clubs U17 team had won ten out of those seventeen matches with him in charge, the Berlin-born was handed the role of [[Director of Football]] at [[Borussia Mönchengladbach|Mönchengladbach]] as the replacement for outgoing [[Peter Pander]]. On his first day into his new job, with ten matches to go until the end of the season,  [[Borussia Mönchengladbach|Mönchengladbach]] was bottom-side in the [[Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga]], already fighting a distance of five points in between them and safety.