Urs Siegenthaler
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Urs Siegenthaler | ||
Date of birth | 23 November 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Basel | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1957–1965 | Basel | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1973 | Basel | ||
1973–1974 |
Xamax | ||
1974–1976 | Young Boys | ||
1976–1977 | Winterthur | ||
1977–1979 | Basel | ||
1979–1980 | Schaffhausen | ||
1980–1983 | Laufen | ||
Managerial career | |||
1979–1980 | Schaffhausen | ||
1980–1983 | Laufen | ||
1983–1984 | Grenchen (Youth) | ||
1984–1987 | Switzerland (trainer instructor) | ||
1987–1990 | Basel | ||
1990–2005 | Switzerland (Co-trainer) . | ||
2005– | Germany (Chiefscout) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Urs Siegenthaler (born 23 November 1947) is a former
Playing career
Born in Basel, Siegenthaler started his football with local team FC Basel in 1957. He came through all their youth teams and, at the age of 18, he played his debut as a defender for the first team. With Basel he won the
Managerial career
Siegenthaler obtained his trainer diplome at the German Sport University Cologne in 1978 and spent the Nationalliga 1979–80 season as player manager for Schaffhausen. He was then manager for FC Laufen as they reached the second highest tier of the Swiss football league system for the first time in the club's history.
He acted as a youth coach for FC Grenchen and as trainer instructor for the Swiss Football Association. From 1987 to 1990 he was chief coach of FC Basel and then co-coach of the Swiss national team. In May 2005 he was appointed as Analyser for the Germany national team during the time when Jürgen Klinsmann was trainer. Then as Joachim Löw was appointed chief coach, Siegenthalers contract as Chiefscout was prolonged.
Honours
Basel
- 1972-73
- Swiss Cupwinner: 1966-67
- Swiss Cup runner-up: 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73
- Swiss League Cup winner: 1972
- Coppa delle Alpiwinner: 1969, 1970
- Uhren Cup winner: 1969, 1970
Sources and references
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
- ^ "'DFB-Chefscout Siegenthaler: "Was Spanien zeigt, ist Löws Idealfußball". Spiegel Online. 2010. Retrieved 2016-11-16.