Jörg Stiel

Jörg Stiel

Personal information
Full name	Jörg Stiel
Date of birth	(1968-03-03) 3 March 1968
Place of birth	Baden, Switzerland
Height
Position(s)	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)
International career
2000–2004	Switzerland	21	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and 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.

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.

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.

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

External links

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ciriaco Sforza	Switzerland captain 2001-2004	Succeeded by Johann Vogel