Fritz Schmid (football manager)
Appearance
![]() Schmid with the Austria national football team in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fritz Markus Schmid[1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 September 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Zug, Switzerland | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
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
[edit]- As of Match played 21 June 2019
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
New Zealand | 23 February 2018 | 2019 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Contact - Pure Coaching Fritz Schmid". Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand appoint Fritz Schmid as coach on four-year deal". Associated Press. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "All Whites – Schmid confirmed as Head Coach". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ Nartey, Siaw (14 April 2022). "OFFICIAL: Kotoku Royals appoint Fritz Markus Schmid as new Interim Head Coach". 7Sports Ghana. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "New faces in the Youth Department". www.gcz.ch. Grasshopper Club Zürich. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Zug
- Sportspeople from the canton of Zug
- Swiss football managers
- FC Basel non-playing staff
- Grasshopper Club Zurich non-playing staff
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff
- FC Aarau non-playing staff
- SC Kriens managers
- New Zealand national football team managers
- Expatriate association football managers in New Zealand