Marc Ziegler

Marc Ziegler (born 13 June 1976) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Marc Ziegler
Ziegler in training with VfB Stuttgart
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-06-13) 13 June 1976
Place of birth Blieskastel, West Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
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 6 (0)
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)
2010–2013 VfB Stuttgart 0 (0)
Total 146 (0)
National team
1996 Germany U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He appeared in 103 Bundesliga games over the course of 14 seasons, mainly at the service of VfB Stuttgart (eight years). He also competed professionally in Turkey and Austria.

Football career

Ziegler was born in Blieskastel.

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 appeared in 12 more games 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 year 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 the 2007–08 campaign, 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 – who 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 2010.[3] His input in his second spell consisted of two appearances in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, and he was released at the end of 2012–13.[4]

Honours
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References
  1. "Ziegler, Marc". kicker. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. "Ziegler makes his mark". UEFA.com. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  3. "VfB strengthen the squad". VfB Stuttgart. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  4. "Thanks and all the best!". VfB Stuttgart. 18 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
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