It's inevitable that a player will be in the middle of a career with ups and downs, and based on Zigger's stats and performances in the first half of his career, he deserves any accolades and can definitely take his place among the world's best left wing-backs. However, Zigger's form has deteriorated since he left Bayern Munich to seek a new challenge at AC Milan, and he has since moved to a number of teams, but has never been able to repeat his former style.
Zieger joined Bayern Munich at the age of 17 and was promoted to the first team after half a season in the youth team. Although he only played in the second half of the league in his first season, he made 13 appearances. Since then, the young Zieg has firmly occupied the main left-back position with his excellent and consistent performances. Zigger's impressive performances for Bayern Munich also made Zige's path to the national team easy, with him selected for the German Under-21 team in 1991 and the German national team in 1993. On June 10 of the same year, Ziegy made his debut at the Four Nations Invitational Tournament in the United States, helping Germany to a 3-3 draw with Brazil, and he began an 11-year national team career.
Like Bremer and Pfrugrad, Zieger is an all-round full-back, capable of attacking and defending and playing in multiple positions on the pitch. Its ability to defend is extremely prominent, and it is an almost impassable iron gate on the left side of Germany and BayernAt the same time, his attacking ability is also top-notch, and it is no exaggeration to say that Ziggy is actually fully capable of playing the role of a midfielder, and in the 94-95 season, Ziger performed his attacking level to the extreme, 12 goals made him the top scorer in the Bayern team, and the player who was supposed to play as a defender completed the task of a striker, which is really eye-popping. With solid defence, incisive assists, flawless left-footed long-range shots and set-piece technique, Zieger has everything a world-class full-back would have.
During his seven years at Bayern, Zieg was one of the team's most indispensable players. But his departure from Bayern was the biggest failure of his career. In the following seasons, Zieger joined a number of teams one after another, and his form was up and down, never reaching the heights he had at the beginning.
Zieger retired from injury at the age of 33 in 2005 at Borussia Monchengladbach, a rarity among German players who have historically been known for their long careers. Zieg has won two Bundesliga titles, one Serie A, one FA Cup, one English League Cup, two UEFA Cups, one European Championship and one World Cup runners-up in his career. Ziggy has contributed 37 goals in 185 Bundesliga games for Bayern and nine goals in 72 games for the national team, and was the perfect left-sided magic wing for Germany and Bayern in the mid-to-early 90s.
Throughout Ziger's career, he was Germany's No. 1 left-back in the 90s, but with his talent, he shouldn't just be Germany's No. 1 left-back.