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My Take
Peter Zeidler interests me as a footballing journeyman in the best sense, a man who went from player to coach and worked his way up to managing Grasshopper Club Zürich. Born near Stuttgart in 1962, still on the touchline well past sixty, he clearly lives and breathes the game. I imagine him pairing that German instinct for structure with the adaptability you only earn by coaching across borders. There's something I genuinely admire about a coach who keeps reinventing himself rather than coasting on past results. To me, lifers like Zeidler are the unsung backbone of the sport, and I respect the devotion.
Overview
Peter Zeidler (born 8 August 1962) is a German football manager, who was most recent the manager of Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Super League.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peter Zeidler
- Name (Japanese)
- ペーター・ツァイドラー
- Reading
- ぺーたー・つぁいどらー
- Born
- August 8, 1962 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Tiger
- Origin
- Schwäbisch Gmünd, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 184 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.