Christian Ziege (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Christian Ziege (born February 1, 1972 in Berlin) is a former German football (soccer) defender and midfielder. With the German national team, Ziege won Euro 96. Ziege is formerly head coach, assistant coach and director of football at Borussia Mnchengladbach. At club level, Ziege played for Bayern Munich (1990-97), AC Milan (1997-99) and Middlesbrough (1999-2000). In summer 2000 Liverpool F.C. made a 5.5m bid which exactly matched a get- out clause in Ziege's contract. Middlesbrough insisted they had received offers in excess of 8m for Ziege, but were forced contractually to allow Ziege to talk to Liverpool, who then signed him. He made his debut for Liverpool in a 3-2 home win over Manchester City on 9 September, 2000, replacing Steven Gerrard in the second half. Although the Anfield crowd saw flashes of Ziege's brilliance down the left flank during the season, a combination of knee injuries and the improving form of Jamie Carragher, meant he was transferred to Tottenham Hotspur after one year and 32 appearances in all competitions.