Ulrich "Uli" Stein (born 23 October 1954) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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. Between 1978 and 1997, made 512 appearances in the German

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. He began his career in 1978 with

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

. After two years, he moved to

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

where he played from 1980 to 1987. From 1987 to 1994 he played for Eintracht Frankfurt, but in 1994 he returned to Hamburger SV. One year later, he transferred to Arminia Bielefeld again. He retired during the 1996–97 season. He won the

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(German cup) in 1987 with Hamburger SV and won two German Bundesliga League titles, in 1982 and 1983. The highlight of his career was winning the European Cup (

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) in 1983, with Hamburger SV. He also went on to win the DFB-Pokal with Eintracht Frankfurt in 1988. He represented the West Germany national team six times between 1983 and 1986. He was a member of the West German squad defeated by Argentina in the final of the

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in Mexico. His international career came to an end when he called West German coach,

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a ''Suppenkasper'', meaning laughing stock. 2009-09 Uli Stein

In the

in the 1986–87 season, in a tie between Hamburger SV and

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in the Rosenaustadion, he was given the red card and as he left the pitch, he showed his middle finger to Augsburg's supporters. A more serious incident occurred in 1987 when he punched

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. Because of this incident, he was fired by Hamburger SV. He then joined Eintracht Frankfurt, where he played until 1994, when he was fired again. During this period he became one of the most popular goalkeepers ever to have played for the club. In 2007, he became the goalkeeping coach of

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, in 2008 of

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under fellow German

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Honours

Hamburger SV *

: 1981-82, 1982-83 *

: 1986–87 *

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: 1982–83 Eintracht Frankfurt *

: 1987–88

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stein, Uli 1954 births Living people Footballers from Hamburg German footballers Association football goalkeepers Germany international footballers Germany B international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players Bundesliga players Arminia Bielefeld players Hamburger SV players Eintracht Frankfurt players Kickers Emden players