Sigfried Held

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Sigfried "Siggi" Held (born 7 August 1942) is a German former football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and coach. He played as an attacking midfielder or forward.

Career

Born in Freudenthal, Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), Held's first football club was Kickers Offenbach. In 1965 he became a player in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund. During his career he played 442 games (72 goals)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in the Bundesliga, for Dortmund, Offenbach and Bayer 05 Uerdingen. He also made 41 appearances for the West Germany national team, including the final of the 1966 World Cup.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

After his retirement as a professional player in 1981 he became a football coach – 1982–83 for FC Schalke 04, 1986–89 for the Iceland national team, 1989–90 for Galatasaray, 1991–93 for Admira Wacker Wien, 1993–95 for Dynamo Dresden, 1995 for Gamba Osaka and 1996–98 for VfB Leipzig.

From 2001–2003 he was coach for the Malta national team. In 2004, he became coach for the Thailand national team, but was suspended after only five months. As of February 2009, he works as fan relations supervisor with Borussia Dortmund.

Managerial statistics

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Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Gamba Osaka	1995	1995
Total

Honours

Player

Borussia Dortmund

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1965–66
• Bundesliga runner-up: 1965–66

West Germany

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1966; third place: 1970

External links

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