Patrick Ziegler

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Patrick Ziegler
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Ziegler with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-09) 9 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Gräfelfing, West Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back / Defensive midfielder [1]
Youth career
0000–2003 TSV Moosach-Hartmannshofen
2003–2008 SpVgg Unterhaching
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 SpVgg Unterhaching II 9 (0)
2008–2012 SpVgg Unterhaching 51 (2)
2012–2015 SC Paderborn 07 70 (1)
2015–2018 1. FC Kaiserslautern 59 (0)
2018–2021 Western Sydney Wanderers 35 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2021

Patrick Ziegler (born 9 February 1990) is a German-Australian footballer who plays as a centre-back, most recently for the Western Sydney Wanderers.

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German Football Career

Ziegler grew up in Munich, Germany and began his football career at junior club TSV Moosach-Hartmannshofen. At the age of 13 he moved to SpVgg Unterhaching to begin his youth academy training, and stayed at the club until age 21, playing for the club in the third tier 3. Liga, making a total of 51 league appearances and scoring 2 goals.

His performances attracted the attention of SC Paderborn 07, and he moved the 550 km distance from Munich in 2012. He played 3 seasons for Paderborn, being promoted to the Bundesliga after they finished 2nd in the 2013/14 2. Bundesliga season. The only season Ziegler played in the top flight Bundesliga saw the club relegated back to the 2nd tier, with Ziegler leaving the club at the end of the season having amassed 70 league appearances with a single goal. Paderborn were relegated again the season after Ziegler left the club. During his time at Paderborn he gave away a record breaking quick penalty against Hamburg, fouling Marcell Jansen just 8 seconds after kick-off.

Ziegler spent the next 3 years with Kaiserslautern. The club easily avoided relegation but could not push into a promotion position. Ziegler left having made 59 league appearances for the club.

Western Sydney Wanderers

Ziegler moved to Australia to play for the Western Sydney Wanderers starting in the 2018/19 A-League season on a three-year contract. After playing 6 games for the Wanderers he suffered a Tear of meniscus injury during an FFA Cup game that ended his 2018/19 season and caused him to only return in the 4th round of the 2019/20 season. He played the majority of the season with the Wanderers finishing in 9th place out of 11 teams. During this time at the Wanderers the club have gone through multiple managers, Markus Babbel, Jean-Paul de Marigny and then Carl Robinson. [2]

Australian Citizenship

Patrick's father was born in Adelaide, South Australia. making him eligible to represent Germany, as well as Australia once he applies, and his application is approved, for citizenship by descent the Australian government. He would also no longer be regarded as a foreign player in the A-League, which has a limit of five such players per squad.

In January 2019, Ziegler declared that he wanted to play for Australia upon receiving his citizenship, adding that even after returning to Germany, his father still supported Australia, even more so than Germany. [3] In October 2019, he told The Sydney Morning Herald that he was still waiting for permission from Germany to hold a second passport. [4] [5]

In December 2020, Zieger officially became an Australian citizen. [6] He was released from the club at the end of the 2020/21 season.

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References

  1. ↑ Babbel, Markus. "My first tackle at Anfield". Players' Voice. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ziegler spent summer with Stuttgart to end injury agony".
  3. ↑ Bossi, Dominic. "Wanderers' Patrick Ziegler declares he wants to play for Australia". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Bossi, Dominic (10 October 2019). "Ziegler spent summer with Stuttgart to end injury agony". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Airs, Kevin (4 August 2018). "WSW's German signing could be a Socceroo". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ziegler becomes an Australian citizen". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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