Stefan Lichtsteiner (photos are presented in the article) - Swiss professional footballer playing as a right back in the Italian club Juventus and the Swiss national team. The player is known for his unique footballing abilities - he has a high speed, due to which he is able to impose a fight in the attack.
Experts note that Stefan Lichtsteiner is a very hardy athletic footballer who can play several positions on the field at once, namely the right-back (lateral) and winger. Due to its speed, he received the nickname Forrest Gump and the Swiss Express.
Earlier in his career, Stefan Lichtsteiner performed in the Swiss Grasshopper, the French Lille and the Italian Lazio. The growth of a football player is 181 centimeters, weight - 75 kilograms. As part of the "old Signora" appears under the 26th number. He is a six-time Serie A champion and two-time vice-champion of the UEFA Champions League (as part of Juventus).
He has been playing in the national team since 2005 (he played 82 matches and scored 5 goals).
Biography
Stefan Lichtsteiner was born on January 16, 1984 in the city of Adligenswil (canton of Lucerne, Switzerland). From early childhood began to get involved in football. In 1992, he began playing for the local youth team Adlegensvil. Stefan is also a pupil of Swiss youth clubs such as Lucerne and Grasshopper.
Stefan Lichtsteiner's professional career began in 2001 as part of Grasshopper. As part of grasshoppers, he played until 2005. During this time he played in 74 fights and scored 4 goals in his statistics.
Performances for the French Lille
In the 2004/2005 season, Lichtsteiner became the object of attention from Lille from the French League 1. A three-year contract was subsequently signed. As part of Les Dagues, he almost immediately became a base player. In the debut season, he helped the team take third place in the championship.
The 2007/2008 season was a failure for Lille - the team took 7th position in the championship, thereby depriving itself of the fight for European competition. Despite this, Stefan Lichtsteiner scored 4 goals per season (in 34 matches). This figure still remains a record in the career of the Swiss defender.
Years spent at Lazio
After Lichtsteiner's successful performance at Euro 2008, many European top clubs such as PSG, Everton and Lazio drew attention to him. In addition to the above, the Swiss was included in the list of interests and other famous teams. Having considered all the offers, the player chose the Italian Lazio. The transfer amount, so to speak, was symbolic - only 1.5 million euros.
It is noteworthy that as part of the "eagles" Stefan Lichtsteiner took the position of compatriot Valon Behrami, who went to play English West Ham. During the three seasons of Series A held here, Lichtsteiner became the leading player in the Lazio defense tandem. Here he became the owner of the "Cops" and "Supercops" of Italy.
Career at Juventus
On June 27, 2011, the management of the “Old Signora” officially announced the transfer of Stefan Lichtsteiner. The parties agreed on a transfer of 10 million euros. The final transition took place on July 1.
As part of the “black and white” debuted on September 11 of the same year in a duel with the club Parma, which marked the first goal for the club (total score 4: 1 in favor of “Juve”). Over the following years, Stefan became a key player in the foundation. Here he won 10 trophies: 6 Scudetto, three national cups and three super cups. In total, he played 153 matches for zebras and scored 12 goals.
Switzerland Career
Stefan has been playing internationally since he was fifteen. Over the following years, he went through all age categories of the youth team. He made his debut for the main team on November 11, 2006 in a friendly match against Brazil. Prior to this, he was called to the senior team several times in 2005, but was not used on the field.
He participated in Euro 2008, where he played in all three group games (the team did not qualify for the playoffs). In total, Scweizer Nati had 82 meetings and scored 5 goals.