Urs Siegenthaler

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Urs Siegenthaler (born November 23, 1947 in Basel ) is a former Swiss football player and coach . Since May 13, 2005 he has been a match observer for the German national team .

Career as a player and coach

Siegenthaler played for FC Basel from 1957 and went through all youth teams. At the age of 18 he made his debut as a senior defender. The trained architect worked full-time in the construction industry.

With FC Basel, the defensive player under coach Helmut Benthaus and teammates like Ottmar Hitzfeld and Karl Odermatt became five times champion and twice cup winners. He ended his career after stints at Neuchâtel Xamax and Young Boys Bern at FC Basel.

In 1978 Siegenthaler obtained his coaching license at the Sport University Cologne . In the summer of 1979 he began his career as a coach in Switzerland, initially at FC Laufen , then as a youth coach at FC Grenchen and from 1984 as a coach instructor for the Swiss Football Association, responsible for the teams. From 1987 to 1990 he was head coach of FC Basel. He then worked as an assistant coach for the Swiss national football team until summer 2004 . a. next to Uli Stielike , Roy Hodgson , Artur Jorge , Rolf Fringer , Gilbert Gress and Köbi Kuhn .

Player observer at the DFB

Joachim Löw , from 2004 to 2006 assistant coach of the national team of Germany and since 2006 chief coach of the national team, was a player and coach a. a. also active in Switzerland (including in Schaffhausen and Winterthur ). As a result, Löw had built a network in Switzerland and a good relationship with Siegenthaler; Löw brought Siegenthaler to the DFB as chief scout . Siegenthaler took on the task that was initially intended for Berti Vogts . Siegenthaler's first appearance was at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany . The appointment was initially viewed with skepticism in the German media.

In February 2010 Siegenthaler accepted an offer from Hamburger SV to work there as a sporting director for three years from August 2010. Siegenthaler canceled four days before the agreed start. The reason was that the DFB refused to work in a double role for HSV and for the national team. This in turn was based on the fact that Joachim Löw's contract with the DFB had been extended after the successful performance at the 2010 World Cup and the latter wanted to keep his team together - when Siegenthaler signed the contract with HSV in February 2010, the future of the national coach was still uncertain . Siegenthaler ultimately decided to work for the DFB.

Between March 2016 and September 2016 Siegenthaler was a member of the Board of Directors of Young Boys Bern .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DFB chief scout Siegenthaler: "What Spain shows is Löw's ideal football". In: Spiegel Online , July 7, 2012. Accessed July 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ www.transfermarkt.de
  3. ↑ Siegenthaler will not be the sporting director , stern.de of July 30, 2010, sighted on August 14, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Siegenthaler, Urs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel