1. Ulrich "Uli" Stielike was born on 15 November 1954 and is a German former footballer and manager.
23 Facts About Uli Stielike
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Usually a central midfielder or sweeper, Stielike was well known for his stamina and footballing intelligence.
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Uli Stielike is one of a small handful of players to have played in all three European club finals, the FIFA World Cup Final and the UEFA European Championship Final.
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Uli Stielike was a West Germany youth international for hometown club SpVgg Ketsch when he got signed by UEFA Cup runner-up Borussia Monchengladbach in 1973, first coming to action as a full back for the then two-times German Bundesliga champion.
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In 1985, Uli Stielike joined Neuchatel Xamax and won two Swiss Super League trophies in 1987 and 1988 with the club.
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Uli Stielike appeared for Monchengladbach, Real Madrid and Xamax in 83 matches in the European cup competitions.
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Uli Stielike was capped in 42 internationals with West Germany from 1975 to 1984 with whom he won 1980 UEFA European Football Championship and the runner-up medal at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
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Uli Stielike did not feature for his country in the 1978 FIFA World Cup after the German Football Association under Hermann Neuberger had decided to force their national coaches to not select players playing their club football outside the Bundesliga.
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Early hopes had been that he could be the ideal successor of legendary sweeper Franz Beckenbauer, with whom he played in a few internationals in the 1970s, but Uli Stielike's playing strengths did not lend itself to that role.
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Uli Stielike would be the last German player to miss a penalty in a shootout until Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil and Bastian Schweinsteiger all missed against Italy in the quarterfinals of UEFA Euro 2016.
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Uli Stielike usually played as a central midfielder, although he was capable of playing as a sweeper.
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From 1994 to 1996, Uli Stielike had managerial spells at club level with UD Almeria in Spain and SV Waldhof Mannheim in the 2.
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In 1998, Uli Stielike had been interviewed by Egidius Braun, the then chairman of the German Football Association, following a vacancy occurred through the resignation of Berti Vogts from the head coaching job of Germany in 1998.
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Uli Stielike believed Braun would offer him the succession of Vogts, consequently heading into an interview with kicker in this belief.
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From 9 September 1998 to 7 May 2000, Uli Stielike had been the assistant to then Germany coach Erich Ribbeck.
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Shortly before 2000 UEFA European Championship, which ended in a disaster for the Germans, Uli Stielike stepped down from his role as assistant due to differences in some respects with Ribbeck.
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Uli Stielike was replaced by Horst Hrubesch for the tournament.
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On 14 September 2006, Uli Stielike penned a contract with to take over the Ivory Coast national team in succession of Frenchman Henri Michel, subsequent to the elimination of the team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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Uli Stielike stepped down as Les Elephants coach on 7 January 2008 due to his son's alarming ill health.
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On 5 September 2014, Uli Stielike was named manager of the South Korea national team, signing a four-year contract running through the 2018 World Cup.
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Since Uli Stielike was sacked from South Korea, South Korean reporters revealed that Uli Stielike had turned command over to one of the coaching staff due to players' dissatisfaction after two group matches in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
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Uli Stielike was criticized that his co-worker Carlos Armua had uncertain career and capability.
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On 11 September 2017, Uli Stielike took over Tianjin Teda of the Chinese Super League.