Marc Ziegler

Marc Ziegler

Ziegler in training with VfB Stuttgart
Personal information
Date of birth	13 June 1976 (1976-06-13) (age 35)
Place of birth	Blieskastel, West Germany
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	VfB Stuttgart
Number	22
Youth career
	SV Webenheim
	1. FC Saarbrücken
1993–1994	VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1999	VfB Stuttgart	41	(0)
1999–2000	Arminia Bielefeld	5	(0)
2000–2001	Bursaspor
2001–2002	Tirol Innsbruck	20	(0)
2002–2003	Austria Vienna	6	(0)
2003–2004	Hannover 96	30	(0)
2004–2005	Austria Vienna	0	(0)
2005–2006	1. FC Saarbrücken	11	(0)
2006–2007	Arminia Bielefeld	4	(0)
2007–2010	Borussia Dortmund	23	(0)
2010–	VfB Stuttgart	0	(0)
National team
1996	Germany U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Marc Ziegler (born 13 June 1976 in Blieskastel) is a German footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart as a goalkeeper.^[1]

Football career

VfB Stuttgart was immersed in a goalkeeping crisis after the defection of legendary Eike Immel to England's Manchester City in the 1995 summer. Youth graduate Ziegler – then 19 – won the battle for first-choice over longtime backup Eberhard Trautner and played all the season's matches save five, but the club finished tenth with the second-worst defensive record in the Bundesliga, only winning to Eintracht Frankfurt.

In the following three years, Ziegler only played 12 more matches combined, eventually leaving club and country in 2000, after a brief spell at Arminia Bielefeld: he started in Turkey with Bursaspor, then left in January 2001 to Austria, where he was the starter for FC Tirol Innsbruck in back-to-back national championship conquests. In his second season, he also stayed unbeaten for more than 1,000 minutes, coming close to an all-time European best.^[2]

Ziegler moved teams but stayed in the country in the 2002 summer, signing with FK Austria Wien, where he played rarely in two years, which were interspersed with a return to his country, at Hannover 96. In the next two seasons, back in Germany, he played with former youth side 1. FC Saarbrücken (second division) and Arminia again.

Ziegler signed with Borussia Dortmund for 2007–08, and split first-choice duties with Roman Weidenfeller in that first year. On 29 January 2008, he saved a penalty kick from SV Werder Bremen's Diego – whom had already beat him from the same spot – in the German Cup 2–1 home win. In the subsequent seasons, however, he was second-choice.

On 13 May 2010, 34-year old Ziegler signed a three-year contract with former side Stuttgart, effective as of 1 July.^[3]

Honours

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2000–01, 2001–02
• German Cup: 1996–97; Runner-up 2007–08
• German League Cup: Runner-up 1997, 1998
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1997–98

References

1. ^ "Ziegler, Marc" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2011-12/vfb-stuttgart-11/528/spieler_marc-ziegler.html. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
2. ^ "Ziegler makes his mark". UEFA.com. 16 November 2001. http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=11804.html. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
3. ^ "VfB strengthen the squad". VfB Stuttgart. 13 May 2010. http://vfb.de/archiv/en/aktuell/news/2009/36588.php. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 

External links

• Marc Ziegler at fussballdaten.de (German)

Persondata
Name	Ziegler, Marc
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	13 June 1976
Place of birth	Blieskastel, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death