Franco Foda

Franco Foda
Foda in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-04-23) 23 April 1966 (age 60)
Place of birth Mainz, West Germany
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1982–1983 Mainz 05
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 (0)
1984–1985 Arminia Bielefeld 43 (8)
1985–1987 1. FC Saarbrücken 52 (3)
1987–1990 1. FC Kaiserslautern 87 (5)
1990–1994 Bayer Leverkusen 113 (10)
1994–1996 VfB Stuttgart 69 (0)
1997 FC Basel 13 (0)
1997–2001 Sturm Graz 99 (1)
Total 479 (27)
International career
1985–1987 West Germany U21 7 (1)
1987 West Germany 2 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Sturm Graz (amateurs)
2002 Sturm Graz (assistant)
2002–2003 Sturm Graz
2003–2006 Sturm Graz II
2006–2012 Sturm Graz
2012–2013 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2014–2018 Sturm Graz
2018–2022 Austria
2022 FC Zürich
2024– Kosovo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Franco Foda (born 23 April 1966) is a German football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of the Kosovo national team.

Career

Foda played in over 400 matches in the highest leagues in Germany (1. FC Kaiserslautern, Arminia Bielefeld, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart), Switzerland (FC Basel) and Austria (Sturm Graz). He also played for the U21 and the A-national team of West Germany.

Coaching record

As of match played 18 September 2022
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
Sturm Graz 20 September 2002 4 June 2003 3313416039.39
Sturm Graz II 4 June 2003 1 June 2006 93342435036.56
Sturm Graz 1 June 2006 12 April 2012 2581176576045.35
1. FC Kaiserslautern 22 May 2012 29 August 2013 44201311045.45
Sturm Graz 30 September 2014 1 January 2018 141712842050.35
Austria 1 January 2018 29 March 2022 4726615055.32
FC Zürich 8 June 2022 21 September 2022 195410026.32
Total 635286144205045.04

Honours

Player

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Bayer Leverkusen

Sturm Graz

Manager

Sturm Graz

References

  1. ↑ "Franco Foda përzgjedhës i ri i Kosovës: Bashkërisht do të jemi të suksesshëm" [Franco Foda, new selector of Kosovo: Together we will be successful] (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 17 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Rsssf:Franco Foda
  3. ↑ Winklbauer, Hubert (22 September 2002). "Franco Foda sammelt fleißig Pluspunkte". kicker (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gress trainiert Sturm Graz". kicker (in German). 4 June 2003. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Sturm Graz » Fixtures & Results 2002/2003" (in German). World Football. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Rückkehr auf die Grazer Trainerbank: Franco Foda neuer Coach des SK Sturm". news.at (in German). 1 June 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sturm Graz beurlaubt Foda". kicker (in German). 12 April 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Sturm Graz" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sturm Graz" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sturm Graz" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
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  12. ↑ "Sturm Graz" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Sturm Graz" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "Foda wird neuer Trainer beim 1. FC Kaiserslautern". Die Welt (in German). 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  15. ↑ "Paukenschlag beim FCK: Franco Foda sofort weg!". kicker (in German). 29 August 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  16. ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  18. ↑ "Franco Foda kehrt zu Sturm Graz zurück" (in German). Österreich. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Franco Foda". Eurosport. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  20. ↑ "Austria » ÖFB-Cup 1998/1999 » Final » Sturm Graz - LASK Linz 4:2". World Football. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  21. ↑ "Supercup 1999 - Finale". Austria Soccer. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  22. 1 2 "F Froda". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2014.