Stefan Kießling

Stefan Kießling is one of those footballers whose loyalty interests me as much as his goals. A 191-centimeter striker, he spent the long heart of his career at Bayer Leverkusen rather than chasing moves, and that kind of one-club commitment in modern football is increasingly unusual. He came up through the German youth system, from Bamberg to Nürnberg, the unglamorous ladder that produces dependable professionals. The Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, Germany's top sporting honour, sits in his record as recognition of that service. To me he reads as the classic reliable target man, the sort of player a club builds around quietly for a decade.

Name (English)

Stefan Kießling

Name (Japanese)

シュテファン・キースリンク

Reading

しゅてふぁん・きーすりんく

Born

January 25, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

Origin

Lichtenfels, Upper Franconia, Germany

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%86%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

Tags

• Upper Franconia
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.