Uli Stielike

Quick Facts

Intro	German footballer and manager
Is	Sports official Athlete Football player Association football player Association football manager
From	Germany
Field	Sports
Gender	male
Birth	15 November 1954, Ketsch
Age	68 years
Star sign	Scorpio

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Biography

Ulrich "Uli" Stielike (born 15 November 1954) is a former German footballer who is the current manager of South Korea national football team. Usually a central midfielder or sweeper, Stielike was well known for his stamina and footballing intelligence. Stielike is one of a small handful of players (Rainer Bonhof and Manfred Kaltz are others) to have played in all 3 European club finals (the European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup), the World Cup Final and the European Championship Final.

Playing career

Club career

Stielike was a West Germany youth international for hometown club SpVgg Ketsch when he got signed by UEFA Cup runner-up Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973, first coming to action as a full back for the then two times German Bundesliga champion. Playing in defending midfield for his club, afterwards, he was part of the Mönchengladbach team that won the Bundesliga titles in 1975, 1976 and 1977, the UEFA Cup in 1975 and gained a runner-up medal in the European Cup in 1977 following a 1–3 against Liverpool F.C. in Rome. In five seasons he amassed 109 Bundesliga matches.

Ahead of the 1977–78 season, Stielike moved on to join Real Madrid to become a reliable fan-favourite in his eight years with Los merengues. His first three seasons at Santiago Bernabéu all ended in Real winning La Liga. In 1980 and 1982, he was part of the side winning Copa del Rey, in 1985 he added the Copa de la Liga, and finished off his Madrid years with the UEFA Cup triumph of the same summer.

Following representatives votes of Spanish paper Don Balón, Stielike was four times 'Best Foreign Player' in La Liga between 1978 and 1981.

In 1985, Stielike joined Neuchâtel Xamax and won two Swiss Super League trophies in 1987 and 1988 with the club.

Stielike retired from his playing career in 1988. He appeared for Mönchengladbach, Real and Xamax in 83 matches in the European cup competitions.

International career

Stielike was capped in 42 internationals with West Germany from 1975 to 1984 with whom he won 1980 UEFA European Football Championship and the runner-up medal at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Stielike did not feature for his country in the 1978 FIFA World Cup after the German Football Association under Hermann Neuberger had temporarily decided to force their coaches not to select players playing their club football outside the Bundesliga. A central figure for the defence of Real Madrid in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, Stielike could just partially live up to those expectations in his duties for West Germany. Early hopes had been that he could be the ideal successor of legendary sweeper Franz Beckenbauer, with whom he played in a few internationals in the 1970s. Stielike played in the now legendary semi-final match of the 1982 world cup, which ended in a 3–3 draw, resulting in penalties. A poignant scene in the penalty shooutout showed the young Pierre Littbarski consoling a tearful Stielike, who missed a penalty, burying his head in Littbarski's shirt, as West Germany's goalkeeper, Harald Schumacher saved Didier Six's penalty to even the score, with the Germans eventually winning 5–4 on penalties. West Germany lost 3–1 to Italy in the 1982 World Cup final.

Stielike's final appearance for his country took place against Argentina (1–3) in September 1984 in Beckenbauer's first match in charge of West Germany. Over those years Stielike scored three, the latest in a 3–2 win over Bulgaria in Varna in February 1984. Shortly after that, he was part of Jupp Derwall's squad for the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship.

Managerial career

Steilike coaching Umm Salal in 2012

After retirement from his playing career, Stielike was the coach of the Switzerland national football team from 1989 to 1991 as successor of Daniel Jeandupeux and predecessor of Roy Hodgson.

From 1994 to 1996, Stielike also had managerial spells at club level with UD Almería in Spain and SV Waldhof Mannheim in the 2nd Bundesliga, Germany.

In 1998, Stielike had been interviewed by Egidius Braun, the then chairman of the German Football Association, following a vacancy occurred through the resignation of Berti Vogts from the head coaching job of Germany in 1998. He believed Braun would offer him the succession of Vogts, consequently heading into an interview with Kicker (Sports magazine) in this (mistaken) belief. After further talks with Braun had disclosed that Stielke would only be appointed assistant coach rather than head coach, Stielike had to retract some remarks (e.g. concerning Andreas Möller).

From 9 September 1998 to 7 May 2000, Stielike had been the assistant to then Germany coach Erich Ribbeck. Shortly before 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, which ended in a disaster for the Germans, Stielike stepped down from his role as assistant due to differences in some respects with Ribbeck. He was replaced by Horst Hrubesch for the tournament.

Stielike spent six years working with different youth teams (i.e. the U21 side until 2004) of Germany and manager of Germany national under-20 football team of 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

On 14 September 2006, Stielike penned a contract with to take over the Ivory Coast national football team in succession of Frenchman Henri Michel, subsequent to the elimination of the team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Stielike stepped down as Les Éléphants coach on 7 January 2008 due to his son's alarming ill health. On 1 February, Michael Stielike, 23, died after failing to receive a lung transplant, with his health gradually deteriorating until he was eventually put on life support.

On 31 May 2008, he agreed to coach Swiss side FC Sion, but was fired on 3 November 2008. On 5 January 2009 he then signed a contract with Al-Arabi Sports Club.

On 5 September 2014, Stielike was named as the newly appointed manager of South Korea national football team. His contract is through the 2018 World Cup. In his first game in charge, South Korea defeated Paraguay 2–0 in a friendly match. His side began its 2015 AFC Asian Cup campaign with a 1–0 win over Oman. This was continued with two wins with the same scoreline over Kuwait and hosts Australia. South Korea qualified to the knockout stage as group winners with nine points and faced Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals. Though the game remained 0–0 for the first 90 minutes, two goals from Son Heung Min in extra time helped South Korea reach the semi-finals. South Korea played in the semi-finals against Iraq and won the match 2–0. South Korea finished the tournament as runners-up after losing to Australia 2–1 in the final. Despite the loss, the team's public image, which was damaged after 2014 World Cup, totally restored and they were welcomed like heroes, as the team had one of the strongest defensive line ever in the tournament, conceding no goal before the final.

Managerial statistics

As of 15 November 2016

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Switzerland	5 April 1989	22 December 1991	7001280000000000000♠28	7001130000000000000♠13	7000500000000000000♠5	7001100000000000000♠10	7001490000000000000♠49	7001300000000000000♠30	+19	7001464300000000000♠46.43
Neuchâtel Xamax	January 1992	July 1994	7001860000000000000♠86	7001300000000000000♠30	7001310000000000000♠31	7001250000000000000♠25	7002118000000000000♠118	7001910000000000000♠91	+27	7001348800000000000♠34.88
Waldhof Mannheim	July 1994	July 1995	7001360000000000000♠36	7001140000000000000♠14	7001170000000000000♠17	7000500000000000000♠5	7001510000000000000♠51	7001370000000000000♠37	+14	7001388900000000000♠38.89
Almería	February 1996	July 1996	7001160000000000000♠16	7000500000000000000♠5	7000600000000000000♠6	7000500000000000000♠5	7001260000000000000♠26	7001220000000000000♠22	+4	7001312500000000000♠31.25
Germany U-21	8 May 2000	1 January 2004	7001300000000000000♠30	7001210000000000000♠21	7000100000000000000♠1	7000800000000000000♠8	7001420000000000000♠42	7001180000000000000♠18	+24	7001700000000000000♠70.00
Germany U-20	17 June 2001	5 December 2003	7000700000000000000♠7	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000400000000000000♠4	7001120000000000000♠12	7001110000000000000♠11	+1	7001428600000000000♠42.86
Germany U-19	1 January 2004	1 January 2006	7001190000000000000♠19	7001100000000000000♠10	7000900000000000000♠9	5000000000000000000♠0	7001290000000000000♠29	7000500000000000000♠5	+24	7001526300000000000♠52.63
Ivory Coast	14 September 2006	7 January 2008	7001150000000000000♠15	7001110000000000000♠11	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	7001370000000000000♠37	7000700000000000000♠7	+30	7001733300000000000♠73.33
FC Sion	31 May 2008	3 November 2008	7001150000000000000♠15	7000500000000000000♠5	7000400000000000000♠4	7000600000000000000♠6	7001240000000000000♠24	7001280000000000000♠28	−4	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Al-Arabi	31 December 2008	30 June 2010	7001460000000000000♠46	7001210000000000000♠21	7000800000000000000♠8	7001170000000000000♠17	7001930000000000000♠93	7001760000000000000♠76	+17	7001456500000000000♠45.65
Al-Sailiya	1 July 2010	8 October 2012	7001560000000000000♠56	7001220000000000000♠22	7001120000000000000♠12	7001220000000000000♠22	7001820000000000000♠82	7001930000000000000♠93	−11	7001392900000000000♠39.29
Al-Arabi	5 June 2013	28 January 2014	7001280000000000000♠28	7001140000000000000♠14	7000500000000000000♠5	7000900000000000000♠9	7001510000000000000♠51	7001420000000000000♠42	+9	7001500000000000000♠50.00
South Korea	8 September 2014	Present	7001330000000000000♠33	7001240000000000000♠24	7000400000000000000♠4	7000500000000000000♠5	7001610000000000000♠61	7001210000000000000♠21	+40	7001727300000000000♠72.73

South Korea results

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goalscorers	Competition
1	10 October 2014	Cheonan, South Korea	Paraguay	2–0	Kim Min-woo, Nam Tae-hee	Friendly
2	14 October 2014	Seoul, South Korea	Costa Rica	1–3	Lee Dong-gook	Friendly
3	14 November 2014	Amman, Jordan	Jordan	1–0	Han Kyo-won	Friendly
4	18 November 2014	Tehran, Iran	Iran	0–1		Friendly
5	10 January 2015	Canberra, Australia	Oman	1–0	Cho Young-cheol	2015 AFC Asian Cup
6	13 January 2015	Canberra, Australia	Kuwait	1–0	Nam Tae-hee	2015 AFC Asian Cup
7	17 January 2015	Brisbane, Australia	Australia	1–0	Lee Jung-hyup	2015 AFC Asian Cup
8	22 January 2015	Melbourne, Australia	Uzbekistan	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Son Heung-min (2)	2015 AFC Asian Cup
9	26 January 2015	Sydney, Australia	Iraq	2–0	Lee Jung-hyup, Kim Young-gwon	2015 AFC Asian Cup
10	31 January 2015	Sydney, Australia	Australia	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Son Heung-min	2015 AFC Asian Cup
11	27 March 2015	Daejeon, South Korea	Uzbekistan	1–1	Koo Ja-cheol	Friendly
12	31 March 2015	Seoul, South Korea	New Zealand	1–0	Lee Jae-sung	Friendly
13	11 June 2015	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Yeom Ki-hun, Lee Yong-jae, Lee Jung-hyup	Friendly
14	16 June 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Myanmar	2–0	Lee Jae-sung, Son Heung-min	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
15	2 August 2015	Wuhan, China	China PR	2–0	Kim Seung-dae, Lee Jong-ho	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
16	5 August 2015	Wuhan, China	Japan	1–1	Jang Hyun-soo	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
17	9 August 2015	Wuhan, China	North Korea	0–0		2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
18	3 September 2015	Hwaseong, South Korea	Laos	8–0	Lee Chung-yong, Son Heung-min (3), Kwon Chang-hoon (2), Suk Hyun-jun, Lee Jae-sung	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
19	8 September 2015	Sidon, Lebanon	Lebanon	3–0	Jang Hyun-soo, Ali Hamam (OG), Kwon Chang-hoon	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
20	8 October 2015	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	1–0	Koo Ja-cheol	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
21	13 October 2015	Seoul, South Korea	Jamaica	3–0	Ji Dong-won, Ki Sung-yueng, Hwang Ui-jo	Friendly
22	12 November 2015	Suwon, South Korea	Myanmar	4–0	Lee Jae-sung, Koo Ja-cheol, Jang Hyun-soo, Nam Tae-hee	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
23	17 November 2015	Vientiane, Laos	Laos	5–0	Ki Sung-yueng (2), Son Heung-min (2), Suk Hyun-jun	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
24	24 March 2016	Ansan, South Korea	Lebanon	1–0	Lee Jung-hyup	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round
25	27 March 2016	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–0	Suk Hyun-jun	Friendly
26	1 June 2016	Salzburg, Austria	Spain	1–6	Ju Se-jong	Friendly
27	5 June 2016	Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	2–1	Yoon Bit-garam, Suk Hyun-jun	Friendly
28	1 September 2016	Seoul, South Korea	China PR	3–2	Zheng Zhi (OG), Lee Chung-yong, Koo Ja-cheol	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
29	6 September 2016	Seremban, Malaysia	Syria	0–0		2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
30	6 October 2016	Suwon, South Korea	Qatar	3–2	Ki Sung-yueng, Ji Dong-won, Son Heung-min	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
31	11 October 2016	Tehran, Iran	Iran	0–1		2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
32	11 November 2016	Cheonan, South Korea	Canada	2–0	Kim Bo-kyung, Lee Jeong-hyeop	Friendly
33	15 November 2016	Seoul, South Korea	Uzbekistan	2–1	Nam Tae-hee, Koo Ja-cheol	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
34	23 March 2017	Changsha, China	China PR			2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
35	28 March 2017	Suwon, South Korea	Syria			2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
36	13 June 2017	Doha, Qatar	Qatar			2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
37	31 August 2017	Seoul, South Korea	Iran			2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
38	5 September 2017	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan			2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round