Martin Stocklasa

Martin Stocklasa (born 29 May 1979) is a retired naturalized Liechtenstein football defender and current manager of the Liechtenstein national team.

Martin Stocklasa
Personal information
Full name Martin Stocklasa
Date of birth (1979-05-29) 29 May 1979
Place of birth Grabs, Switzerland
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back / Right-back
Youth career
1989–1997 USV Eschen/Mauren
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 FC Vaduz 0 (0)
1999–2002 FC Zürich 42 (0)
2000–2001 → SC Kriens (loan) 28 (1)
2002–2006 FC Vaduz 123 (10)
2006–2008 Dynamo Dresden 60 (2)
2008–2011 SV Ried 92 (6)
2011–2014 FC St. Gallen 61 (1)
Total 406 (20)
National team
1996–2014 Liechtenstein 113 (5[1])
Teams managed
2019–2020 Liechtenstein U-21
2020– Liechtenstein
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played for FC Zürich, FC Vaduz, Dynamo Dresden and SV Ried. Stocklasa, and his brother, Michael (now retired),[2] both represented Liechtenstein at the international level[3] and at the time of his retirement, Martin had 113 caps, which tied him with Mario Frick atop his country's appearances list.

Club career

Born in Grabs, Switzerland, Stocklasa started his senior career at FC Vaduz in 1997 and moved to Swiss side FC Zürich in the summer of 1999. He went on to spend the entire 2000–01 season on loan to SC Kriens, another Swiss club, and returned to FC Zürich for one season before eventually returning to his first club, FC Vaduz, in the summer of 2002 and spending four seasons there before moving to Dynamo Dresden. Stocklasa had been linked with a move to English club Leeds United, prior to his joining SV Ried.[4] He joined FC St. Gallen, of the Swiss Challenge League, after leaving SV Ried in 2011.

In June 2014, Stocklasa announced his retirement from the game.[5]

International career

He was capped 113[1] times by his country, scoring five goals, and was the team captain.[2][4] He made his international debut for Liechtenstein in their 5–0 defeat to the Republic of Ireland in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 31 August 1996.[1] Stocklasa was the first and currently the only Liechtenstein player to have scored a hat trick in an international game.[2] The achievement came on 17 April 2002, against Luxembourg, in an international friendly.

Managerial career

Stocklasa was the Manager of the Liechtenstein U-21 team from 6 February 2019 until December 2020. He was the manager for the U-21's first ever win, a 1-0 victory over Azerbaijan on 6 June 2019

He was then appointed as Liechtenstein's senior team manager, following the departure of Helgi Kolviðsson[6]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 June 2000Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany Germany1–12–8Friendly match
2.17 April 2002Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg Luxembourg1–03–3Friendly match
3.17 April 2002Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg Luxembourg2–03–3Friendly match
4.17 April 2002Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange, Luxembourg Luxembourg3–03–3Friendly match
5.13 October 2004Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Luxembourg1–04–02006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying

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Honours

FC Vaduz

FC Zürich

SV Ried

Individual

References
  1. "Liechtenstein FA Profile" (in German). Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
  2. "Bend it like Stocklasa". BBC. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
  3. "Martin Stocklasa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  4. Castles, Duncan (11 May 2008). "Chelsea beat United in race to sign Bosingwa". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
  5. Liechtenstein stalwart Stocklasa bows out - UEFA
  6. "Martin Stocklasa neuer Nationaltrainer". Liechtensteiner Fussballverband (LFV) (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  7. "Statistik:Liechtensteiner Fussballverband" (in German). Liechtensteiner Fussballverband. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  8. "Die Bisherigen Fussballer des Jahres" (in German). Fussballer des Jahres. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
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