Fritz Schmid (football manager)

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Fritz Schmid
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Schmid with the Austria national football team in 2013
Personal information
Full name Fritz Markus Schmid [1]
Date of birth (1959-09-10) 10 September 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth Zug, Switzerland
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1981–1984 Racing Zürich
1986–1990 Grasshopper (youth)
1991–1994 Racing Zürich
1994–1995 Grasshopper (youth)
1997–1998 Tottenham Hotspur (assistant)
1998–1999 FC Aarau (assistant)
1998–1999 Team Aargau
2000–2001 SC Kriens
2002–2009 FC Basel (assistant)
2011–2013 Austria (assistant)
2014–2017 Malaysia (technical director)
2018–2019 New Zealand
2022 Kotoku Royals (interim)
2024– Grasshopper (academy director)

Fritz Schmid (born 10 September 1959) is a Swiss football coach.

He spent seven years as the assistant manager of FC Basel under head coach Christian Gross, a period in which the club won the Swiss Cup four times and qualified for the UEFA Champions League twice. [2] In 2018, he was appointed manager of the New Zealand national football team. [3]

In April 2022, Schmid stepped in as interim head coach of Ghanaian team Kotoku Royals F.C. for the remainder of the 2021/22 season. [4]

On 15 February 2024, he was appointed as the technical director of Grasshopper Club Zürich's academy. [5]

Managerial Statistics

As of Match played 21 June 2019
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
New Zealand 23 February 201820194202050.00

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact - Pure Coaching Fritz Schmid". Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand appoint Fritz Schmid as coach on four-year deal". Associated Press. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "All Whites – Schmid confirmed as Head Coach". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Nartey, Siaw (14 April 2022). "OFFICIAL: Kotoku Royals appoint Fritz Markus Schmid as new Interim Head Coach". 7Sports Ghana. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "New faces in the Youth Department". www.gcz.ch. Grasshopper Club Zürich. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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