Ulf Kirsten

**Ulf Kirsten** (born 4 December 1965) is a former German football player. He has played for East Germany national team and Germany national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bayer Leverkusen|1990–91|Bundesliga|32|11|2|2|5|2|39|15||
|1991–92|23|12|1|1|—|24|13|||||
|1992–93|33|20|7|3|—|40|23|||||
|1993–94|28|12|3|1|4|5|36<sup>1</sup>|19<sup>1</sup>||||
|1994–95|27|15|1|0|9|10|37|25||||
|1995–96|29|8|3|2|2|1|34|11||||
|1996–97|29|22|1|0|—|30|22|||||
|1997–98|27|22|3|2|9|2|40<sup>2</sup>|27<sup>2</sup>||||
|1998–99|31|19|2|2|3|2|38<sup>3</sup>|24<sup>3</sup>||||
|1999–2000|27|17|—|6|4|35<sup>4</sup>|23<sup>4</sup>|||||
|2000–01|29|12|2|1|4|3|36<sup>5</sup>|17<sup>5</sup>||||
|2001–02|32|11|5|3|14|4|52<sup>6</sup>|18||||
|2002–03|3|0|1|0|—|5<sup>7</sup>|0|||||
- <sup>1</sup> Including 1 match and 1 goal in 1993 DFB-Supercup.
- <sup>2</sup> Including 1 match and 1 goal in 1997 DFB-Ligapokal.
- <sup>3</sup> Including 2 matches and 1 goal in 1998 DFB-Ligapokal.
- <sup>4</sup> Including 2 matches and 2 goals in 1999 DFB-Ligapokal.
- <sup>5</sup> Including 1 match and 1 goal in 2000 DFB-Ligapokal.
- <sup>6</sup> Including 1 match in 2001 DFB-Ligapokal.
- <sup>7</sup> Including 1 match in 2002 DFB-Ligapokal.

### International

**International goals for East Germany**
- _Score and results list East Germany's goal tally first._
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|19 February 1986|Estádio 1º de Maio, Braga, Portugal||||Friendly|
|2.|29 October 1986|Ernst-Thälmann-Stadion, Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany||||UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying|
|3.|23 September 1987|Stadion der Freundschaft, Gera, East Germany||||Friendly|
|4.|10 October 1987|Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, East Berlin, East Germany||||UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying|
|5.|28 October 1987|Ernst-Grube-Stadion, Magdeburg, East Germany|||||
|6.|||||||
|7.|13 February 1989|Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt||||Friendly|
|8.|||||||
|9.|20 May 1989|Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany||||1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying|
|10.|23 August 1989|Georgij-Dimitroff-Stadion, Erfurt, East Germany||||Friendly|
|11.|28 March 1990|Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, East Berlin, East Germany|||||
|12.|||||||
|13.|||||||

**International goals for Germany**
- _Score and results list Germany's goal tally first._
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|14 April 1993|Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany||||Friendly|
|2.|13 October 1993|Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe, Germany|||||
|3.|27 April 1994|Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates|||||
|4.|16 November 1994|Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania||||UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|
|5.|14 December 1994|Stadionul Republican, Chişinău, Moldova|||||
|6.|6 September 1995|Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany|||||
|7.|2 April 1997|Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain||||1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying|
|8.|||||||
|9.|||||||
|10.|6 September 1997|Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany|||||
|11.|10 September 1997|Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany|||||
|12.|25 March 1998|Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany||||Friendly|
|13.|5 June 1998|Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim, Germany|||||
|14.|||||||
|15.|14 October 1998|Stadionul Republican, Chişinău, Moldova||||UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying|
|16.|||||||
|17.|4 June 1999|BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany|||||
|18.|26 April 2000|Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany||||Friendly|
|19.|7 June 2000|Dreisamstadion, Freiburg, Germany|||||
|20.|||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bayer Leverkusen II|1 July 2005|30 June 2011||||||

### Club

**Dynamo Dresden**
- DDR-Oberliga (2): 1988–89, 1989–90
- FDGB-Pokal (2): 1984–85, 1989–90

**Bayer Leverkusen**
- DFB-Pokal: 1992–93
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2001–02

### Individual

- East German Footballer of the Year (1): 1989–90
- Bundesliga top scorer (3): 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorer (1): 1993–94
- UEFA Cup top scorer (1): 1994–95
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season (2): 1996–97, 1998–99

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ulf Kirsten
- **image**: Ulf Kirsten 2019.jpg
- **caption**: Kirsten in 2019
- **birth place**: Riesa, East Germany
- **height**: 1.72 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1972–1978
- **youthclubs1**: BSG Chemie Riesa
- **youthyears2**: 1978–1979
- **youthclubs2**: BSG Stahl Riesa
- **youthyears3**: 1979–1983
- **youthclubs3**: Dynamo Dresden
- **years1**: 1983–1990
- **clubs1**: Dynamo Dresden
- **caps1**: 154
- **goals1**: 57
- **years2**: 1990–2003
- **clubs2**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **caps2**: 350
- **goals2**: 181
- **totalcaps**: 504
- **totalgoals**: 238
- **nationalyears1**: 1984–1986
- **nationalteam1**: East Germany national under-21 football team, East Germany U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 10
- **nationalgoals1**: 4
- **nationalyears2**: 1985–1990
- **nationalteam2**: East Germany national football team, East Germany
- **nationalcaps2**: 49
- **nationalgoals2**: 14
- **nationalyears3**: 1990–2000
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps3**: 51
- **nationalgoals3**: 20
- **manageryears1**: 2003–2005
- **managerclubs1**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2005–2011
- **managerclubs2**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen II, Bayer Leverkusen II