no ▁relation ) ▁as ▁the ▁club ▁won ▁the ▁Bundes liga ▁title . ▁He ▁spent ▁the ▁next ▁couple ▁of ▁years ▁back ▁in ▁Stuttgart ' s ▁reserve ▁team , ▁and ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁until ▁August ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁that ▁he ▁made ▁his ▁third ▁Bundes liga ▁appearance , ▁when ▁he ▁replaced ▁Marc ▁K ien le ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 – 2 ▁draw ▁with ▁ 1 . ▁FC ▁Köln ▁at ▁the ▁Gott lie b - Da im ler - St ad ion . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁seven ▁years ▁he ▁established ▁himself ▁as ▁a ▁regular ▁member ▁of ▁Stuttgart ' s ▁first - team , ▁playing ▁alongside ▁experienced ▁def enders ▁such ▁as ▁Thomas ▁Ber th old , ▁Z von imir ▁Sold o ▁and ▁Frank ▁Ver la at , ▁and ▁such ▁were ▁his ▁performances ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁almost ▁called ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁national ▁team ▁by ▁then ▁coach ▁Bert i ▁Vog ts . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁Stuttgart ▁won ▁the ▁D FB - P okal , ▁and ▁Schne ider ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁final , ▁replacing ▁Matth ias ▁H agner ▁for ▁the ▁last ▁ 2 0 ▁minutes ▁of ▁the ▁victory ▁over ▁FC ▁Ener gie ▁C ott bus . ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁starting ▁line - up ▁for ▁the ▁UEFA ▁Cup ▁W inners ' ▁Cup ▁Final , ▁but ▁Stuttgart ▁lost ▁ 1 – 0 ▁to ▁Ch else a . ▁ ▁In j ury ▁caused ▁Schne ider ▁to ▁miss ▁the ▁entire ▁ 2 0 0 1 – 0 2 ▁season , ▁and ▁after ▁only ▁four