Urs Siegenthaler

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Urs Siegenthaler
Personal information
Full name Urs Siegenthaler
Date of birth (1947-11-23) 23 November 1947 (age 75)
Place of birth Basel
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1957–1965 Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1965–1973 Basel
1973–1974 Xamax
1974–1976 Young Boys
1976–1977 Winterthur
1977–1979 Basel
1979–1980 Schaffhausen
1980–1983 Laufen
Managerial career
1979–1980 Schaffhausen
1980–1983 Laufen
1983–1984 Grenchen (Youth)
1984–1987 Switzerland (trainer instructor)
1987–1990 Basel
1990–2005 Switzerland (Co-trainer) .
2005– Germany (Chiefscout)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Urs Siegenthaler (born 23 November 1947) is a former Swiss footballer, turned manager. Since 13 May 2005 he is Chiefscout and Analyser for the Germany national team. [1]

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Playing career

Born in Basel, Siegenthaler started his football with local team FC Basel in 1957. He came through all their youth teams and, at the age of 18, he played his debut as a defender for the first team. With Basel he won the Swiss League championship five times and the Swiss Cup twice. He played the 1973–74 season for Xamax and then transferred to the Young Boys for two seasons. After playing one season for Winterthur he returned to Basel, where he ended his professional playing career.

Managerial career

Siegenthaler obtained his trainer diplome at the German Sport University Cologne in 1978 and spent the Nationalliga 1979–80 season as player manager for Schaffhausen. He was then manager for FC Laufen as they reached the second highest tier of the Swiss football league system for the first time in the club's history.

He acted as a youth coach for FC Grenchen and as trainer instructor for the Swiss Football Association. From 1987 to 1990 he was chief coach of FC Basel and then co-coach of the Swiss national team. In May 2005 he was appointed as Analyser for the Germany national team during the time when Jürgen Klinsmann was trainer. Then as Joachim Löw was appointed chief coach, Siegenthalers contract as Chiefscout was prolonged.

Honours

Basel

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