Stephan Lichtsteiner

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Stephan Lichtsteiner
Stephan Lichtsteiner 2018.jpg
Stephan Lichtsteiner (2018)
Personnel
birthday January 16, 1984
place of birth Adligenswil ,  Switzerland
Size 182 cm
position Right defender
Juniors
Years station
1991-1996 FC Adligenswil
1996-2000 FC Luzern
2000-2001 Grasshopper Club Zurich
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001-2005 Grasshopper Club Zurich 79 0(4)
2005-2008 Lille OSC 89 0(6)
2008-2011 Lazio Rome 100 0(3)
2011-2018 Juventus Turin 201 (12)
2018-2019 Arsenal FC 14 0(0)
2019-2020 FC Augsburg 20 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
1999-2000 Switzerland U15 9 0(0)
1998-2001 Switzerland U16 13 0(0)
2001-2002 Switzerland U18 6 0(0)
2002 Switzerland U19 5 0(0)
2003-2006 Switzerland U21 30 0(1)
2005-2019 Switzerland 108 0(8)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of career

2 Status: end of career

Stephan Lichtsteiner (born January 16, 1984 in Adligenswil ) is a former Swiss football player in the position of full-back or in the right midfield . He was most recently under contract with Bundesliga club FC Augsburg .

societies

youth

Lichtsteiner began his career at FC Adligenswil, which was co-founded by his father, among others, and moved to FC Luzern in 1996 as a C-Junior .

Grasshopper Club Zurich

In the summer of 2000, the defender went to the Grasshopper Club Zurich , where he saw greater opportunities for a breakthrough as a professional footballer. He achieved this under coach Marcel Koller and became Swiss champion in 2002/03 .

Lille OSC

In 2004 Lichtsteiner successfully completed his apprenticeship as a banker . On the 2005/06 season he moved to the French first division club OSC Lille and signed a contract for four years.

Lazio Rome

For the 2008/09 season Lichtsteiner joined Lazio Rome to replace his compatriot Valon Behrami , who had previously terminated his contract. He quickly became a regular on the right defensive side, making 100 league games in Serie A in three years . In his first season for the Romans, he won the Coppa Italia and the Italian Supercup under coach Delio Rossi .

Juventus Turin

At the beginning of July 2011, Lichtsteiner was transferred to the record champions Juventus Turin for a transfer fee of ten million euros (payable over three years) . He received a four-year contract with the Turinese. In his first league game, he scored his first goal for his new employer in a 4-1 win against FC Parma . At the same time, his 1-0 goal was the first competitive goal at the Juventus Stadium, which was inaugurated three days earlier .

In August 2016, he expressed an interest in moving to Inter Milan , and according to reports, the players and the club had already agreed. However, a change did not materialize. As a result, Lichtsteiner was not included in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League squad .

Arsenal FC

At the beginning of May 2018 Lichtsteiner announced via Sky Sport that he would leave Juventus Turin at the end of the 2017/18 season after seven years. At this point in time, he left it open where he would continue his career. On June 5, 2018, Arsenal FC announced that Lichtsteiner had been signed for the 2018/19 season . He signed a one-year contract until June 2019. Lichtsteiner made 14 Premier League appearances under Unai Emery and then left the club when his contract ended.

FC Augsburg and end of career

In August 2019 Lichtsteiner moved to FC Augsburg , where he received a contract until 2020. In the 2019/20 season , Lichtsteiner played there 20 times and prepared a goal. After his contract was not renewed, he announced his resignation as an active footballer on August 12, 2020.

National team

Lichtsteiner was a Swiss U-21 national player and made his debut in the senior national team under Jakob Kuhn on November 15, 2006 in a 2-1 draw against Brazil . In the 2008 European Football Championship , the home of the Swiss Championship, he was first at a major tournament in the national squad called and stood in all three group games in the starting lineup. He scored his first goal for the national team in the last match of the European Championship qualification . Lichtsteiner scored his second international goal in the memorable 5: 3 win over Germany to mean 3: 1.

At the European Football Championship in France in 2016 , he was included in the Swiss squad as team captain and also led the team in all tournament games. He played all four games for the full playing time and when the round of 16 ended on penalties he became the very first shooter to convert. Since a penalty went wrong, the team was eliminated 4-5.

In the last test match before the 2018 World Cup in Russia against Japan (2-0), he played his 100th international match for Switzerland. Together with Heinz Hermann (117), Alain Geiger (112) and Stéphane Chapuisat (103), he is one of four players who have completed 100 international matches or more for Switzerland.

At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, he was part of the Swiss squad . He came to three missions and was eliminated with the team in the round of 16. His last international match was on November 15, 2019 in the European Championship qualifier against Georgia . Due to the postponement of the 2020 European Championship , Lichtsteiner missed another final round participation.

successes

Grasshopper Club Zurich

Lazio Rome

Juventus Turin

Web links

Commons : Stephan Lichtsteiner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stephan Lichtsteiner to South Africa with optimism , Credit-Suisse.com, May 27, 2010
  2. ^ Lichtsteiner zu Lille , Fussball.ch of May 10, 2005
  3. ↑ Lichtsteiner from Lille to Lazio Rome , NZZ.ch of July 16, 2008
  4. ↑ Juventus Turin signs Swiss Lichtsteiner . Weser Kurier, article published on July 1, 2011, accessed on June 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ Juve signs Lichtsteiner , NZZ.ch from July 1, 2011
  6. ↑ Match report Juventus Turin - Parma FC , Weltfussball.de, accessed on September 11, 2011
  7. ↑ Juventus Leave First-Team Regular Out Of Squad After Rejecting Transfer Request , thesportbible.com, accessed on September 2, 2016
  8. ↑ Calcio Mercato Juventus, Lichtsteiner: "Via a fine stagione, andrò all'estero". sport.sky.it, May 6, 2018, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Lichtsteiner leaves Juventus at the end of the season. NZZ.ch , May 6, 2018, accessed on June 5, 2018 .
  10. ^ Stephan Lichtsteiner to join the club. Arsenal.com, June 5, 2018, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Lichtsteiner becomes a «Gunner». SRF.ch , June 5, 2018, accessed on June 5, 2018 .
  12. ↑ FCA wins Stephan Lichtsteiner for itself , fcaugsburg.de, accessed on August 19, 2019
  13. ↑ https://www.kicker.de/781704/artikel
  14. ↑ Lichtsteiner joins the 100 club in Lugano. srf.ch , June 7, 2018, accessed June 8, 2018 .
  15. ↑ From Adligenswil to the World Cup. srf.ch, August 12, 2020, accessed on August 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Lichtsteiner, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss football player
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Adligenswil