Urs Siegenthaler (born 23 November 1947) is a former Swiss

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, turned manager. Since 13 May 2005 he is Chiefscout and Analyser for the Germany national team.

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

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he returned to Basel, where he ended his professional playing career.

Managerial career

Siegenthaler obtained his trainer diplome at the

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in 1978 and spent the Nationalliga 1979–80 season as player manager for

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. 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

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and as trainer instructor for the

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. 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

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was trainer. Then as

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was appointed chief coach, Siegenthalers contract as Chiefscout was prolonged.

Honours

Basel *

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champion: 1966-67, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1971-72 1972-73 * Swiss Cup winner: 1966-67 * Swiss Cup runner-up: 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73 * Swiss League Cup winner:

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winner: 1969, 1970 * Uhren Cup winner: 1969, 1970

Sources and references

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG.

External links

Team behind the team on dfb.de
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