Ulrich "
Uli"
Stielike (born 15 November 1954) is a German former
footballer who is the head coach of Tianjin Teda FC of China's Super League. Usually a
central midfielder or
sweeper, Stielike was well known for his stamina and footballing intelligence.
[2] Stielike is one of a small handful of players (
Rainer Bonhof and
Manfred Kaltz are others) to have played in all 3 European club finals (the
European Cup,
European Cup Winners' Cup and
UEFA Cup), the
FIFA World Cup Final and the
UEFA European Championship Final.
Stielike was a
West Germany youth international for hometown club SpVgg Ketsch when he got signed by
UEFA Cup runner-up
Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973, first coming to action as a
full back for the then two-times German
Bundesliga champion. Playing in defensive
midfield for his club, he was part of the Mönchengladbach team that won the Bundesliga titles in 1975, 1976 and 1977 and the
UEFA Cup in 1975, and he gained a runner-up medal in the
European Cup in 1977 following a 3-1 loss to Liverpool in the final. In five seasons he amassed 109 Bundesliga matches.
[3]
Ahead of the 1977–78 season, Stielike moved on to join Real Madrid to become a reliable fan-favourite in his eight years with Los merengues. His first three seasons at Santiago Bernabéu all ended in Real winning La Liga. In 1980 and 1982, he was part of the side winning Copa del Rey, in 1985 he added the Copa de la Liga, and finished off his Madrid years with the UEFA Cup triumph of the same summer.
Following representatives votes of Spanish paper
Don Balón, Stielike was four times in a row selected 'Best Foreign Player' in
La Liga between 1978 and 1981.
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