Steve Sengelmann
{{Short description|American soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Steve Sengelmann
| fullname = Steve Sengelmann
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|14}}
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| position = Defender
| youthyears1 = 1979–1984
| youthyears2 = 1983, 1985–1988
| youthclubs1 = Culver-Palisades
| youthclubs2 = Cal State Los Angeles
| years1 = 1987–1988
| years2 = 1990–1991
| years3 = ~1995~
| years4 = 1996–1997
| clubs1 = California Kickers
| clubs2 = Salt Lake Sting
| clubs3 = Salt Lake City Flamengo
| clubs4 = El Paso Patriots
| caps1 = ?
| goals1 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 1986
| nationalteam1 = United States
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Steve Sengelmann (Sangleman or Sengleman in various sources) is a former soccer player who played as a defender. He spent two season in the Western Soccer Alliance, American Professional Soccer League, and USISL. Born in Italy, he earned two caps for the United States national team.
Professional
Sengelmann graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1983. He then attended Cal State Los Angeles After starting his freshman season in 1983, he moved to Germany. He spent a year and a half in Germany where he trained with the Bundeswehr German National Army Team in Duisburg. After turning down an offer with a club team in the Oberliga he returned to the United States where he played for CSLA from 1985 to 1988. He played for Team West in the 1985 National Sports Festival earning a gold medal and was selected to the U.S. soccer team at the World University Games. He also played for Team West in the 1986 and 1987 US Olympic Festivals, winning a Silver and Bronze medal respectively. In 1987, Sengelmann signed with the California Kickers of the Western Soccer Alliance during the collegiate off season.[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1987/stats87.htm 1987 WSA stats] He remained with the Kickers through the 1988 season. In February 1990, he signed with the Salt Lake Sting of the American Professional Soccer League and played two seasons with them.[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1991/stats91.htm#SL 1991 Salt Lake Sting] In 1996 and 1997, he was with the El Paso Patriots of the USISL A-League.[http://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/97/august22.html August 22, 1997 game recap]
National team
Sengelmann earned two caps with the U.S. national team. Both came in the February 1986 Miami Cup. The first was a scoreless tie with Canada on February 5. The second was a 1–1 tie with Uruguay two days later. In that game, he came on for John Stollmeyer.[https://ussoccer.box.com/s/zwwy3b5lozh93h0qodep 2014 U.S. Men's National Team Media Guide, U.S. Soccer Federation]
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Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Western Soccer Alliance players
Category:California Kickers players
Category:American Professional Soccer League players
Category:Salt Lake Sting players
Category:USISL Select League players
Category:El Paso Patriots players
Category:United States men's international soccer players
Category:A-League (1995–2004) players