Stephan Lichtsteiner

Stephan Lichtsteiner is exactly the kind of footballer I quietly root for. The Swiss right-back from Lucerne built a real career, Juventus, Arsenal, the national team, on relentless up-and-down running rather than highlight-reel flash. At 181 cm he was the engine, the guy covering ground when nobody's watching, and those players hold teams together more than the cameras admit. It makes perfect sense that he moved into coaching and now leads Basel; the discipline he learned by running is the kind you can teach. I respect substance over spectacle, and his career is a clean argument for it.

Name (English)

Stephan Lichtsteiner

Name (Japanese)

ステファン・リヒトシュタイナー

Reading

すてふぁん・りひとしゅたいなー

Born

January 16, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

Adligenswil, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Height

181 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan%20Lichtsteiner
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%92%E3%83%88%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208586

Tags

• Canton of Lucerne
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

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