Silvia Neid

Silvia Neid
Neid as manager of Germany in 2015
Personal information
Full name Silvia Edith Maria Neid[1]
Date of birth (1964-05-02) 2 May 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Walldürn, West Germany
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1980 SV Schlierstadt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1983 Klinge Seckach
1983–1985 SSG Bergisch Gladbach
1985–1996 TSV Siegen
International career
1982–1996 Germany 111 (48)
Managerial career
2005–2016 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Silvia Edith Maria Neid (born 2 May 1964) is a German former professional football player and manager. She is one of the most successful players in German women's football, having won seven national championships and six DFB-Pokal trophies. Between 2005 and 2016, Neid served as the head coach of the Germany women's national team. She was the FIFA World Women's Coach of the Year in 2010, 2013 and 2016.

Playing career

Neid's career as a player began at SV Schlierstadt, later renamed to Klinge Seckach. She stayed with the club until 1983 when she signed up with SSG Bergisch Gladbach, then the dominant team in German football. She won the double with SSG in 1984, but moved to TSV Siegen after a title-less 1985 season. The club enjoyed its most successful years during Neid's tenure, winning six championships and five cups. When Gerd Neuser stopped coaching Siegen in 1994, Neid requested a transfer to SG Praunheim, but the club refused.[2] Neid retired after the 1996 season.

As a German international, Neid made her debut on 10 November 1982 against Switzerland. She scored two goals in the match, the first of which came just one minute after she had entered the pitch.[3] Neid won the UEFA Women's Championship three times in succession between 1989 and 1995, and reached the final of the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. Her last game was at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta against Brazil.[3]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 November 1982 Koblenz, Germany  Switzerland 3–0 5–1 Friendly
2. 5–1
3. 22 October 1983 Brussels, Belgium  Belgium 1–0 1–1 1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying
4. 25 January 1984 Italy  Italy 1–1 1–2 Friendly
5. 22 August 1984 Jesolo, Italy  England 1–0 2–0 1984 Mundialito
6. 2–0
7. 30 August 1986 Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland 3–0 5–0 Friendly
8. 4–0
9. 19 November 1986 Nordhorn, Germany  Netherlands 2–0 3–1
10. 1 April 1987 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany  Netherlands 2–0 3–1
11. 16 May 1987 Dillingen, Germany  France 2–0 2–0
12. 6 September 1987 Delmenhorst, Germany  Iceland 1–0 3–2
13. 2–0
14. 3–0
15. 17 September 1988 Binningen, Switzerland  Switzerland 1–0 10–0 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying
16. 17 December 1988 Kaiserslautern, Germany  Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–0
17. 28 June 1989 Siegen, Germany  Italy 1–0 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) 1989 European Competition for Women's Football
18. 22 November 1989 Marburg, Germany  Czechoslovakia 4–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying
19. 7 August 1990 Blaine, United States  Soviet Union 1–0 3–0 1990 North American Cup
20. 9 August 1990  United States B ?–? 3–2
21. 26 September 1990 Düsseldorf, Germany  Bulgaria 2–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying
22. 3–0
23. 28 March 1991 Antony, France  France 2–0 2–0 Friendly
24. 9 May 1991 Aue, Germany  Poland 1–0 2–1
25. 14 July 1991 Aalborg, Denmark  Norway 3–1 3–1 (a.e.t.) UEFA Women's Euro 1991
26. 17 November 1991 Jiangmen, China  Nigeria 1–0 4–0 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
27. 2 September 1992 Bad Kreuznach, Germany  France 4–0 7–0 Friendly
28. 5–0
29. 7–0
30. 11 October 1992 Moscow, Russia  Russia 2–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying
31. 7 April 1993 Philadelphia, United States  United States 2–1 2–1 Friendly
32. 8 December 1993  Poland 1–0 7–0
33. 3–0
34. 7–0
35. 31 March 1994 Bielefeld, Germany  Wales 5–0 12–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying
36. 9–0
37. 5 May 1994 Swansea, Wales  Wales 1–0 12–0
38. 2 June 1994 Zagreb, Croatia  Croatia 7–0 7–0
39. 31 July 1994 Fairfax, United States  United States 1–2 1–2 Friendly
40. 7 September 1994 Germany  Sweden 3–0 3–1
41. 21 September 1994 Sindelfingen, Germany  Croatia 3–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying
42. 25 September 1994 Weingarten, Germany  Switzerland 11–0 11–0
43. 27 October 1994 Osnabrück, Germany  Russia 3–0 4–0
44. 13 April 1995 Potsdam, Germany  Poland 1–0 8–0 Friendly
45. 23 May 1995 Switzerland  Switzerland 7–0 8–0
46. 25 May 1995 Germany  China 2–0 3–1
47. 5 June 1995 Karlstad, Sweden  Japan 1–0 1–0 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
48. 25 October 1996 Bratislava, Slovakia  Slovakia 3–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring from active football, Neid took a coaching job with the German women's national team. She managed the under-19 team, which won the 2004 World Championship and finished runner-up at the Women's Championship under her guidance.

Neid served as assistant manager of the senior national team under Tina Theune-Meyer, before succeeding Theune-Meyer as head coach on 20 June 2005.[4] She coached the team to victory at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] Neid stepped down as head coach in August 2016.[6]

Managerial record

Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Germany (women) 20 June 2005[4] 19 August 2016 169 125 22 22 526 107 +419 073.96

Honours

Player

SV Bergisch Gladbach 09
TSV Siegen
Germany Women

Manager

Germany Women Youth

Germany Women
Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Ambassadors for Women's Football" (PDF). FIFA. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Silvia Neid, die erfolgreichste deutsche Fußballerin" (in German). biografien-news.blog.de. 22 August 2006. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics". DFB. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Neid beerbt Theune-Meyer". kicker (in German). 4 February 2005. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Silvia Neid's last match as German's coach is for the gold". Associated Press. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2016.