Urs Siegenthaler

Urs Siegenthaler (born 23 November 1947) is a former Swiss footballer, turned manager. Since 13 May 2005 he was a Chiefscout and Analyser for the Germany national team, until 11 November 2021.^[1]

Urs Siegenthaler

Personal information
Full name	Urs Siegenthaler
Date of birth	(1947-11-23) 23 November 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Basel
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1957–1965	Basel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1973	Basel
1973–1974	Xamax
1974–1976	Young Boys
1976–1977	Winterthur
1977–1979	Basel
1979–1980	Schaffhausen
1980–1983	Laufen
Managerial career
1979–1980	Schaffhausen
1980–1983	Laufen
1983–1984	Grenchen (Youth)
1984–1987	Switzerland (Trainer instructor)
1987–1990	Basel
1990–2004	Switzerland (Co-trainer) .
2005–2021	Germany (Chiefscout)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Managerial career

Siegenthaler obtained his trainer diplome at the German Sport University Cologne in 1978 and spent the Nationalliga 1979–80 season as player manager for Schaffhausen. 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 FC Grenchen and as trainer instructor for the Swiss Football Association. 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 Jürgen Klinsmann was trainer. Then as Joachim Löw was appointed chief coach, Siegenthalers contract as Chiefscout was prolonged.

Honours

Basel

• Swiss League 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: 1972
• Coppa delle Alpi winner: 1969, 1970
• Uhren Cup winner: 1969, 1970