Christian Tiffert
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Christian Tiffert (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈtɪfɐt]; born 18 February 1982) is a German football manager and a former midfielder. He is the manager of Chemnitzer FC.[1][2]
| Tiffert training with Erzgebirge Aue in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 February 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Halle an der Saale, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chemnitzer FC (manager) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Chemie Halle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1997 | Hallescher FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | VfB Stuttgart II | 17 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2006 | VfB Stuttgart | 136 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Red Bull Salzburg | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | MSV Duisburg | 75 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | MSV Duisburg II | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 64 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Seattle Sounders FC | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | VfL Bochum | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Erzgebirge Aue | 104 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Hallescher FC | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 466 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Germany U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Germany U21 | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Chemnitzer FC (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Chemnitzer FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
1. FC Kaiserslautern
On 8 April 2010, he signed with 1. FC Kaiserslautern for the 2010–11 Bundesliga season.[3] During his time with Kaiserslautern, Tiffert led the Bundesliga in assists with 17 in the 2010–11 season.[citation needed]
Seattle Sounders FC
Tiffert was signed as a Designated Player for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC on 27 July 2012,[4] confirming earlier interest and attendance during a game against Sporting Kansas City on 20 June.[5][6] He replaced Uruguayan international Álvaro Fernández, who was traded to the Chicago Fire.[4] He made his debut on 5 August 2012, playing for 26 minutes during a 4–0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy, replacing Brad Evans in front of an attendance of 61,000 at CenturyLink Field.[7] Tiffert started throughout the Sounders' games in August, including a loss on penalties to Sporting Kansas City in the U.S. Open Cup Final, including a saved penalty against Tiffert.[8][9] The German midfielder provided his first assist for the Sounders during 6–2 win over C.D. Chivas USA, crossing into the path of a header from Sammy Ochoa, at the Home Depot Center on 25 August.[10] Tiffert's free kick to Eddie Johnson gave him a second career assist for the Sounders, over Chivas USA at home on 8 September.[11] Tiffert played for four minutes against Caledonia AIA in Trinidad and Tobago in the CONCACAF Champions League on 31 August.[12] He was unused during a 1–1 draw with the Portland Timbers due to an ankle injury the week before.[8][13][14] Tiffert returned against the San Jose Earthquakes on 22 September and Tiffert started the remaining games of the season,[15] recording his third career assist for the Sounders against F.C. Dallas for Brad Evans after a quick free kick from Fredy Montero on 21 October.[8][16] Tiffert started all four games during the Sounders' MLS Cup Playoff campaign and recorded an assist for defender Zach Scott from a corner kick during a 2–1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy on 18 November in the Conference Finals, however the Sounders lost 4–2 on aggregate.[17] Tiffert finished his first MLS season with 18 total appearances and 3 assists.[8][18] He was bought-out of his contract by the club on 2 March 2013.
Erzgebirge Aue
In November 2017, Tiffert agreed a contract with Erzgebirge Aue which would keep at the club until 2019. He had been at the club since 2015.[19]
Coaching career
Tiffert retired at the end of the 2018–19 season and became a part of the technical staff of Chemnitzer FC in July 2019.[20][21] On 1 March 2022, Tiffert was promoted to the position of manager by Chemnitzer FC until the end of the season.[22]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental[b] | Other[c] | Total | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 1999–2000 | 2. Bundesliga | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 2 | [23] | ||
| VfB Stuttgart II | 2000–01 | Regionalliga Süd | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | [24] | |||
| 2003–04 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | [23] | |||||
| 2004–05 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | [23] | |||||
| Total | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | — | ||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2000–01 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | [23] | |
| 2001–02 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 3 | [23] | ||||
| 2002–03 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 31 | 3 | [23] | |||
| 2003–04 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 2 | [23] | ||
| 2004–05 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 2 | [23] | ||
| 2005–06 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 4 | [23] | ||
| Total | 136 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 188 | 15 | — | ||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2006–07 | Austrian Bundesliga | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 24 | 2 | [23] | |
| MSV Duisburg | 2007–08 | Bundesliga | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | [23] | ||
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | [23] | |||
| 2009–10 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 4 | [23] | ||||
| Total | 75 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 5 | — | ||
| MSV Duisburg II | 2008–09 | NRW-Liga | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | ||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 | [23] | ||
| 2011–12 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 3 | [23] | ||||
| Total | 64 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 5 | — | ||
| Seattle Sounders FC | 2012 | MLS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | [8][18][23] |
| VfL Bochum | 2013–14 | 2. Bundesliga | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | [23] | ||
| Erzgebirge Aue | 2015–16 | 3. Liga | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | [23] | ||
| 2016–17 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | [23] | |||
| 2017–18 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | [23] | |||
| 2018–19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01 | 0 | [23] | ||
| Total | 104 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 0 | — | ||
| Hallescher FC | 2018–19 | 3. Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | [23] | ||
| Career total | 466 | 26 | 33 | 2 | 41 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 550 | 34 | — | ||
- ^ Includes German Cup, Austrian Cup, and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
- ^ Includes UEFA Champions League, CONCACAF Champions League, and UEFA Europa League.
- ^ Includes German League Cup, MLS Cup playoffs and 2. Bundesliga relegation playoffs.
Honours
VfB Stuttgart
References
- ^ "Christian Tiffert" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Tiffert, Christian" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Christian Tiffert wird ein Roter Teufel" [Christian Tiffert is a Red Devil], 1. FC Kaiserslautern (in German), 8 April 2010, retrieved 8 April 2010
- ^ a b Mayers, Joshua (27 July 2012), "Sounders trade Alvaro Fernandez, sign Christian Tiffert from Germany", The Seattle Times, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ Mayers, Joshua (21 June 2012), "Sounders confirm interest in Christian Tiffert, discussions of a contract deemed "premature"", The Seattle Times, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ Mayers, Joshua (31 July 2012), "A stop and chat with Sounders FC's newest designated player: Christian Tiffert", The Seattle Times, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ Oshan, Jeremiah (5 August 2012), "Recap: Sounders run riot in 4-0 thrashing of listless LA", MLSsoccer.com, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ a b c d e "Players: Christian Tiffert", MLSsoccer.com, 2012, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ , USsoccer.com, 9 August 2012, archived from the original on 27 January 2013, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ Bueno, Luis (25 August 2012), "Recap: Montero hat trick paces Sounders in 6-2 romp over Chivas", MLSsoccer.com, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ Billings, Jon (8 September 2012), "Recap: Johnson's late winner lifts Seattle past Chivas", MLSsoccer.com, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ "Sounders beat Caledonia and move closer to CONCACAF quarterfinals", The Seattle Times, 30 August 2012, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ Mayers, Joshua (11 September 2012), "Rosales, Tiffert expected to be ready for Saturday's game in Portland (injury report)", The Seattle Times, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ Itel, Dan (15 September 2012), "Recap: Portland rally for 1-1 draw in Cascadia Cup clash", MLSsoccer.com, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ Oshan, Jeremiah (22 September 2012), "Recap: Quakes score important 2-1 win over rival Sounders", MLSsoccer.com, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ Oshan, Jeremiah (21 October 2012), "Recap: Evans, Sounders douse FC Dallas' playoff hopes", MLSsoccer.com, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ French, Scott (18 November 2012), "Recap: Seattle win 2-1, but LA make it back to MLS Cup", MLSsoccer.com, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ a b "2012 Team Statistics", SoundersFC.com, 2012, retrieved 4 January 2013
- ^ ""Noch keine Last": Tiffert bis 2019 in Aue". kicker Online (in German). 9 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Christian Tiffert hospitiert beim Chemnitzer FC". Chemnitzer FC (in German). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Third division in the crisis: coach and CEO at Chemnitzer FC give up". The Limited Times. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Chemnitzer FC stellt Cheftrainer Daniel Berlinski frei – Christian Tiffert übernimmt" (Press release) (in German). Chemnitzer FC. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Christian Tiffert » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Christian Tiffert" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ . uefa.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2002. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
External links
- Christian Tiffert at Major League Soccer
- Christian Tiffert at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Christian Tiffert at Soccerway