Stephan Lichtsteiner

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Stephan Lichtsteiner

Full name	Stephan Lichtsteiner
Date of birth	January 16, 1984 (1984-01-16) (age 24)
Place of birth	Adligenswil, Switzerland
Height	1.81m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Lille
Number	26
Youth clubs
1991-1996 1996-2000 2000-2001	FC Adligenswil FC Luzern Grasshopper Zürich
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2005 2005-	Grasshopper Zürich Lille	79 (4) 89 (5)
National team²
2005-	Switzerland	12 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Stephan Lichtsteiner (born January 16, 1984 in Adligenswil) is a Swiss footballer. Having represented Switzerland at every junior level, Lichtsteiner has played in the 1999 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship and the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

[edit] Football career

Lichtsteiner began his career at Grasshopper Zurich in 2001–02, and come the next year he became a first-team member, helping the Swiss team gain the league title. During the 2004–05 season he sealed a transfer to Lille OSC as one of five Swiss players to enter Ligue 1 during the summer of 2005. In June 2008, he was linked with a move to Real Madrid^[1].

[edit] Sources

Stephan Liechsteiner at Destination Football

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Lille O.S.C. – current squad

1 Sylva • 2 Debuchy • 4 Taravel • 5 Touré • 6 Frau • 7 Cabaye • 8 Bastos • 9 Kluivert • 10 Obraniak • 11 Youla • 12 Makiese • 13 Fauvergue • 14 Yanes • 15 da Conceição • 16 Malicki • 17 Makoun • 18 Béria • 19 Franquart • 20 Tafforeau • 21 Marić • 22 Chedjou • 23 Rami • 24 Robail • 25 Plestan • 26 Lichtsteiner • 27 Mirallas • 28 Ewane Elong • 29 Dumont • 30 Pichon • 40 Oukidja • Manager: Puel

v • d • e Switzerland squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Benaglio • 2 Djourou • 3 Magnin • 4 Senderos • 5 Lichtsteiner • 6 Huggel • 7 Cabanas • 8 İnler • 9 Frei • 10 Hakan Yakin • 11 Streller • 12 Derdiyok • 13 Grichting • 14 Gygax • 15 G. Fernandes • 16 Barnetta • 17 Spycher • 18 Zuberbühler • 19 Behrami • 20 Müller • 21 Jakupović • 22 Vonlanthen • 23 P. Degen • Coach: Kuhn