Jörg Stiel

Jörg Stiel

Personal information
Full name	Jörg Stiel
Date of birth	3 March 1968
Place of birth	Baden, Switzerland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1986–1990	Wettingen	96	(0)
1990–1993	St. Gallen	108	(0)
1993–1994	Toros Neza	35	(0)
1994–1996	Zürich	69	(0)
1996–2001	St. Gallen	161	(0)
2001–2004	Borussia M'gladbach	89	(0)
Total		558	(0)
National team
2000–2004	Switzerland	21	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Jörg Stiel (born 3 March 1968) is a Swiss retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He appeared in 409 Swiss Super League games during 14 seasons, representing in the competition Wettingen, St. Gallen and Zürich. Over a 18-year professional career, he also played in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Club career

Born in Baden, Stiel started his career with FC Wettingen, later playing for FC St. Gallen and FC Zürich in his native country. He also spent a season with Mexican club Toros Neza, before returning to St. Gallen in 1996.

For 2001–02, Stiel was signed by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. He was the undisputed starter throughout his three-season stint in Germany, featuring in 96 matches all competitions comprised and relegating legendary Uwe Kamps to the substitutes bench.^[1]

In November 2006, Stiel joined Austrian side SC Rheindorf Altach as goalkeeping coach. On 19 July 2009, he returned to Borussia in the same capacity.^[2]

International career

Stiel won 21 international caps for Switzerland during three 1/2 years, and was the country's first-choice at UEFA Euro 2004, appearing in all three group games in Portugal. In the 0–3 loss against England, one of the goals came after deflecting from the post onto the back of his head, although it was officially credited to Wayne Rooney.^[3]

After the tournament, where he was also named Man of the match in the 0–0 draw with Croatia,^[4] Stiel retired from playing altogether.

References

1. "Vor 10 Jahren: Das letzte Spiel am Bökelberg" [10 years ago: The last game at Bökelberg] (in German). Westdeutsche Zeitung. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
2. "Jörg Stiel und die Integration" [Jörg Stiel and the integration] (in German). Rheinische Post. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
3. "Rooney stars as England get back on track" (in German). UEFA.com. 18 June 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
4. "Ten-man Switzerland frustrate Croatia" (in German). UEFA.com. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

External links

• Bundesliga stats (German)
• Jörg Stiel at National-Football-Teams.com
• Switzerland stats at Eu-Football