Stefan Effenberg
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 August 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1974 | Bramfelder SV | ||
| 1974–1986 | Victoria Hamburg | ||
| 1986–1987 | Borussia M'gladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Borussia M'gladbach | 73 | (10) |
| 1990–1992 | Bayern Munich | 65 | (19) |
| 1992–1994 | Fiorentina | 56 | (12) |
| 1994–1998 | Borussia M'gladbach | 118 | (23) |
| 1998–2002 | Bayern Munich | 95 | (16) |
| 2002–2003 | VfL Wolfsburg | 19 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | Al-Arabi | 15 | (4) |
| Total | 431 | (87) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1990 | West Germany U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 1991–1998 | Germany | 35 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015–2016 | SC Paderborn | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stefan Effenberg (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈɛfəmbɛɐ̯k]; born 2 August 1968) is a retired German footballer who last managed SC Paderborn. A midfielder, he possessed leadership skills, fantastic passing range, powerful shooting ability, physical strength, but also a fearsome and controversial character.
In the Bundesliga alone – where he represented Bayern Munich most notably, in six seasons and in two different spells – Effenberg collected 109 yellow cards, an all-time worst at the time of his retirement.
He played for Germany on more than 30 occasions – in a career which was cut short after a run-in with the management – representing the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship. His nickname is Der Tiger [dɛɐ̯ ˈtiːɡɐ] (the tiger).
Born and raised in Niendorf, Hamburg on 2 August 1968, Stefan Effenberg started his professional career with Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he became an undisputed first-choice by the age of 20. This attracted the interest of Bundesliga giants FC Bayern Munich, where he scored 19 goals in his first two seasons after his transfer, although the club failed to win any silverware with Effenberg in the lineup.
When legendary Lothar Matthäus (who also represented Mönchengladbach) returned to Bayern in 1992, Effenberg moved to ACF Fiorentina. Despite the presence of Dane Brian Laudrup and Argentine Gabriel Batistuta, Fiorentina was relegated from Serie A in his first season.
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