Horst Siegl

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Horst Siegl
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Siegl in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-02-15) 15 February 1969 (age 55) [1]
Place of birth Abertamy, Czechoslovakia
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1978–1987 Slavia Karlovy Vary
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1988 Sparta Prague 7 (1)
1989–1990 RH Cheb 39 (7)
1990–1995 Sparta Prague 138 (66)
1996 1. FC Kaiserslautern 13 (0)
1996–2001 Sparta Prague 120 (61)
2001–2003 Marila Příbram 84 (25)
2004 Viktoria Plzeň 13 (5)
2005–2006 FK SIAD Most 34 (11)
International career
1992 [2] Czechoslovakia 4 (0)
1994–1998 [2] Czech Republic 19 (7)
Managerial career
2006–2008 Sparta Prague (Assistant coach)
2012–2013 Baniyas (Assistant coach)
2014–2015 Slovan Bratislava (Assistant coach)
Medal record
AC Sparta Prague
WinnerGambrinus liga1993–94
WinnerGambrinus liga1994–95
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horst Siegl (born 15 February 1969) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is among the most successful goalscorers in the history of the Czech First League. He played for Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic national football teams.

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Biography

Born in Abertamy, Siegl belongs to the ethnic German minority, with his family was one of the few people who were not expelled after the World War II. [3]

Siegl is a four-time Czech First League top scorer. [4] He played for Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic, playing total 23 matches and scoring seven goals. Siegl played two matches for the Czech Republic in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. [1] [2]

In total, Siegl scored 176 league goals in 448 games (265/128 Sparta, 39/7 Cheb, 13/0 1.FC Kaiserslautern, 84/25 Příbram, 13/5 Plzeň, 34/11 Most). With 133 Czech First League goals, [5] Siegl was the competition's record scorer until being passed by David Lafata in March 2014. [6]

Honours

Sparta Prague

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Czech Republic

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 "Horst Siegel". FIFA . Archived from the original on 22 February 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Horst Siegl | International Appearances". RSSSF . Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Motýl, Ivan (5 April 2014). "Chtěli je vyhubit, ale čeští Němci přežijí i rok 2100". Týden (in Czech). Empresa Media. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Psali historii fotbalové ligy: Čtyřnásobný král kanonýrů Siegl sestřelil i Barcelonu". Sport.cz (in Czech). Seznam.cz. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Plašil, Jaroslav; Man, Vojtěch (10 March 2014). "Lafata se může stát nejlepším střelcem ligy, v neděli Siegla nepřekonal". Czech Radio (in Czech).
  6. ↑ "Nejvíc gólů v historii ligy. Může Lafatův rekord ještě někdo překonat?". Lidové noviny (in Czech). 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.


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