Uli Stein

Uli Stein is the sort of name that goalkeeping connoisseurs never forget. Between 1978 and 1997 he made 512 Bundesliga appearances, a staggering tenure that speaks to nerve, consistency, and a refusal to be displaced over nearly two decades. Standing 1.86 m, he later moved into coaching, passing the keeper's hard-won wisdom down the line. Goalkeeping is thankless work, the last line of defense rather than the source of glory, and that is precisely why I admire it. Stein represents the unflashy backbone of a team, and I will always tip my hat to the men who guard the net for that long.

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Name (English)

Uli Stein

Name (Japanese)

ウルリッヒ・シュタイン

Reading

うるりっひ・しゅたいん

Born

October 23, 1954 (age 72)

Origin

Hamburg, Germany

Height

184 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Horse

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uli%20Stein
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574662

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.