Sigfried Held

Sigfried Held
	Held in 2005
Personal information
Date of birth	7 August 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth	Freudenthal, Sudetenland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder/Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1963–1965	Kickers Offenbach
1965–1971	Borussia Dortmund
1971–1977	Kickers Offenbach
1977–1979	Borussia Dortmund
1979	Preußen Münster
1979–1981	Bayer Uerdingen
Total
International career
1966–1973	West Germany
Managerial career
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
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Born in Freudenthal, Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), his 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.

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Gamba Osaka	1995	1995	52	18	0	34	034.62
Total			52	18	0	34	034.62

^ "Held, Sigfried" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
^ Arnhold, Matthias (31 January 2013). "Siegfried Held - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ Arnhold, Matthias (9 October 2004). "Siegfried Held - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ J.League Data Site Template:Ja

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	Germany
People	DDB