Ulrich Stielike
German
Born 15 Nove 1954 in Ketsch
Club Al-Arabi Doha
Position Headcoach
After retirement from his playing career, Stielike was the coach of the Switzerland national
football team from 1989 to 1991 as successor of Paul Wolfisberg and predecessor of Roy
Hodgson.
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.
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After further talks with Braun had proved Stielike wrong and let him just end up as assistant
coach, Stielike had to take some remarks (concerning Andreas Möller) back
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.
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.
Balance
Liga
Champions League 4 0 0 0 0
Europa League 3 0 0 0 0
EC der Pokalsieger 1 0 0 0 0
Bundesliga 109 12 12 0 0
DFB-Pokal 1 0 0 0 0
Primera Division 215 41 47 0 0
∑ 333 53 59 0 0
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