German football player and manager (born 1964)
Silvia Edith Maria Neid (born 2 May 1964) is a German former professionalfootball player and manager. She is one of the most successful players in German women's football, having won sevennational championships and sixDFB-Pokal trophies. Between 2005 and 2016, Neid served as the head coach of theGermany women's national team . She was theFIFA World Women's Coach of the Year in 2010, 2013 and 2016.
Neid's career as a player began atSV Schlierstadt , later renamed toKlinge Seckach . She stayed with the club until 1983 when she signed up withSSG Bergisch Gladbach , then the dominant team in German football. She wonthe double with SSG in 1984, but moved toTSV Siegen after a title-less 1985 season. The club enjoyed its most successful years during Neid's tenure, winning sixchampionships and fivecups . When Gerd Neuser stopped coaching Siegen in 1994, Neid requested a transfer toSG Praunheim , but the club refused.[ 2]
As aGerman international , Neid made her debut on 10 November 1982 againstSwitzerland . She scored two goals in the match, the first of which came just one minute after she had entered the pitch.[ 3] UEFA Women's Championship three times in succession between1989 and1995 , and reached the final of the1995 FIFA Women's World Cup . Her last game was at the1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta againstBrazil .[ 3]
International goals [ edit ] No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 10 November 1982 Koblenz ,Germany Switzerland 3 –05–1 Friendly 2. 5 –13. 22 October 1983 Brussels ,Belgium Belgium 1 –01–1 1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying 4. 25 January 1984 Italy Italy 1 –11–2 Friendly 5. 22 August 1984 Jesolo , ItalyEngland 1 –02–0 1984 Mundialito 6. 2 –07. 30 August 1986 Reykjavík ,Iceland Iceland 3 –05–0 Friendly 8. 4 –09. 19 November 1986 Nordhorn , GermanyNetherlands 2 –03–1 10. 1 April 1987 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler , GermanyNetherlands 2 –03–1 11. 16 May 1987 Dillingen , GermanyFrance 2 –02–0 12. 6 September 1987 Delmenhorst , GermanyIceland 1 –03–2 13. 2 –014. 3 –015. 17 September 1988 Binningen ,Switzerland Switzerland 1 –010–0 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying 16. 17 December 1988 Kaiserslautern , GermanyCzechoslovakia 1 –02–0 17. 28 June 1989 Siegen , GermanyItaly 1 –01–1 (a.e.t. ) (4–3p ) 1989 European Competition for Women's Football 18. 22 November 1989 Marburg , GermanyCzechoslovakia 4 –05–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying 19. 7 August 1990 Blaine ,United States Soviet Union 1 –03–0 1990 North American Cup 20. 9 August 1990 United States B? –?3–2 21. 26 September 1990 Düsseldorf , GermanyBulgaria 2 –04–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying 22. 3 –023. 28 March 1991 Antony ,France France 2 –02–0 Friendly 24. 9 May 1991 Aue , GermanyPoland 1 –02–1 25. 14 July 1991 Aalborg ,Denmark Norway 3 –13–1 (a.e.t. ) UEFA Women's Euro 1991 26. 17 November 1991 Jiangmen ,China Nigeria 1 –04–0 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup 27. 2 September 1992 Bad Kreuznach , GermanyFrance 4 –07–0 Friendly 28. 5 –029. 7 –030. 11 October 1992 Moscow ,Russia Russia 2 –07–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying 31. 7 April 1993 Philadelphia ,United States United States 2 –12–1 Friendly 32. 8 December 1993 Poland 1 –07–0 33. 3 –034. 7 –035. 31 March 1994 Bielefeld , GermanyWales 5 –012–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying 36. 9 –037. 5 May 1994 Swansea ,Wales Wales 1 –012–0 38. 2 June 1994 Zagreb ,Croatia Croatia 7 –07–0 39. 31 July 1994 Fairfax , United StatesUnited States 1 –21–2 Friendly 40. 7 September 1994 Germany Sweden 3 –03–1 41. 21 September 1994 Sindelfingen , GermanyCroatia 3 –08–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying 42. 25 September 1994 Weingarten , GermanySwitzerland 11 –011–0 43. 27 October 1994 Osnabrück , GermanyRussia 3 –04–0 44. 13 April 1995 Potsdam , GermanyPoland 1 –08–0 Friendly 45. 23 May 1995 Switzerland Switzerland 7 –08–0 46. 25 May 1995 Germany China 2 –03–1 47. 5 June 1995 Karlstad ,Sweden Japan 1 –01–0 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup 48. 25 October 1996 Bratislava ,Slovakia Slovakia 3 –03–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
Immediately after retiring from active football, Neid took a coaching job with the German women's national team. She managed theunder-19 team , which won the2004 World Championship and finished runner-up at the Women's Championship under her guidance.
Neid served as assistant manager of the senior national team underTina Theune-Meyer , before succeeding Theune-Meyer as head coach on 20 June 2005.[ 4] 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup , defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final, and the2016 Summer Olympics .[ 5] [ 6]
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 0 73.96
SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 TSV Siegen Germany Women Germany Women Youth
Germany Women Individual
Awards
Men's tournament Women's tournament
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Switzerland
Belgium
Italy
England
Iceland
Netherlands
France
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
United States B
Bulgaria
Poland
Norway
Nigeria
Russia
Wales
Croatia
Sweden
China
Japan
Slovakia
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