Stephan_Keller
Stephan Keller
Swiss footballer (born 1979)
Stephan Keller (born 31 May 1979) is a Swiss football manager and a former player.
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Keller in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1979-05-31) 31 May 1979 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986-1999 | Grasshopper Club Zürich[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 63 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Kriens | 10 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Zürich | 61 | (3) |
| 2004 | → Aarau (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 19 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | RKC Waalwijk | 47 | (3) |
| 2007–2009 | De Graafschap | 39 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | Sydney FC | 53 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Willem II | 17 | (1) |
| Total | 321 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002 | Switzerland U-21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Switzerland | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2013 | PSV U17 (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2017 | NAC (youth) | ||
| 2017–2020 | FC Aarau (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | FC Aarau (caretaker) | ||
| 2020–2022 | FC Aarau | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Europe
Keller is a defender, born in Zürich, who played 13 years youth career for Grasshopper Club Zürich. He made his debut in professional football by being part of the Neuchâtel Xamax squad in the 1999–2000 season.
Keller spent the majority of his career playing for various clubs in the Swiss Super League before moving to Germany to play for 2. Bundesliga team Rot-Weiß Erfurt. After spending half a season there he moved to the Netherlands, where he spent four years playing in the Eredivisie playing for RKC Waalwijk and De Graafschap respectively.
Sydney FC
After four years in the Netherlands, Keller moved to Australia to play for Sydney FC in the A-League. On 26 July, he made his debut for Sydney FC in a friendly match against Newcastle Jets.[2] He re-signed with Sydney FC for the 2010–11 A-League season.[3] He scored his first goal for Sydney FC in the Round 5, 3–1 loss to Adelaide United at the Sydney Football Stadium.[4] Following a poor second season and Champions League campaign from Sydney FC, Keller was released along with several other players.[5]
Netherlands
Keller returned to Europe and sparked interest from former Eredivise club RKC Waalwijk.[6][7] However, in a shock move Willem II signed Keller on a two-year contract, snatching him from under the nose of his former employee.[8]
After being dropped to the reserves during the back half of the 2011–12 season, Keller and Willem II mutually terminated his contract with the club after he was told he was surplus to requirements, following the club's promotion to the Eredivise for the 2012–13 Eredivisie season.[9]
Keller joined FC Aarau before the 2017–18 season as assistant manager to Ton Verkerk. He was caretaker manager following Verkerk's dismissal. Patrick Rahmen was installed as new manager the following season and Keller stayed with the club as his assistant. Keller was named the manager at FC Aarau on 10 July 2020 following the dismissal of Rahmen. His contract goes through 30 June 2023.[10]
On 1 November 2022, after a six game winless streak in the league, he was dismissed from his position of head coach at Aarau.[11]
Sydney FC
- Birrer, Peter M. (1 March 2011). "Abenteurer und Geniesser in Australien". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- Gardner, James (27 July 2009). "Early signs are good for Sydney as Jets struggle to find answer to their problems". smh.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- Hassett, Sebastian (26 November 2009). "Keen Keller commits to more time in Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- "Sergio Inflicts More Sydney Misery". FourFourTwo Australia. 4 September 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- "Sydney FC player clean out". SBS – The World Game. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- "RKC Waalwijk wil transfervrije Keller terughalen" (in Dutch). voetbal international. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- Door, Yorick Hokke (2 July 2011). "Keller staat voor terugkeer naar RKC" (in Dutch). Goal.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- Robin, Robin (7 July 2011). "Willem II vindt in persoon Keller ervaren speler voor verdediging" (in Dutch). soccernews.nl. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- de Bekker, Peter (8 August 2012). "Stephan Keller verbreekt contract Willem II" (in Dutch). omroepbrabant.nl. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- "Cheftrainer Stephan Keller verlässt den FC Aarau". fcaarau.ch (in German). FC Aarau. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.