Sigfried Held

Sigfried "Siggi" Held (born 7 August 1942) is a German former football player[1] and current coach. He played as an attacking midfielder or forward.

Sigfried Held

Held in 2005
Personal information
Date of birth	(1942-08-07) 7 August 1942
Place of birth	Freudenthal, Nazi Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder/Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1965	Kickers Offenbach	23	(8)
1965–1971	Borussia Dortmund	183	(41)
1971–1977	Kickers Offenbach	204	(35)
1977–1979	Borussia Dortmund	47	(3)
1979	Preußen Münster	11	(1)
1979–1981	Bayer Uerdingen	59	(3)
Total		527	(91)
National team
1966–1973	West Germany	41	(5)
Teams managed
1981–1983	Schalke 04
1984	FC Remscheid
1985	Teutonia Ickern
1986–1989	Iceland
1989–1990	Galatasaray
1991–1993	Admira Wacker
1993–1995	Dynamo Dresden
1995	Gamba Osaka
1996–1998	VfB Leipzig
2001–2003	Malta
2004	Thailand
Honours Men's football Representing  West Germany FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1966 England 1970 Mexico
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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)[2] in the Bundesliga, for Dortmund, Offenbach and Bayer 05 Uerdingen. He also made 41 appearances for the West German national team, including the final of the 1966 World Cup.[3]

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 Football 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.

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