Full name Urs Fischer Years Team 1973–1984 FC Zurich | Role Footballer Name Urs Fischer | |
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Date of birth (1966-02-20) 20 February 1966 (age 49) Similar People Ciriaco Sforza, Paulo Sousa, Murat Yakin, Marco Streller, Heiko Vogel | ||
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Urs Fischer (born 20 February 1966 in Triengen) is a Swiss former football player, turned manager. He last managed FC Basel.
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- Urs fischer curator jessica morgan mocau mocatv
- Trainingslager urs fischer
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- Managerial statistics
- As player
- As manager
- References
Trainingslager urs fischer
Playing career
During his playing career, Fischer only played for two clubs: FC Zürich and FC St. Gallen. He was captain of both teams and, with 545 caps, is the record player in the Swiss Super League. He started his career in the youth department of FC Zürich and played his first game as professional 7 April 1984 aged 18 in a 1:6 loss against FC Sion. His only title is the win of the Swiss Cup 2000. Fischer played four national caps for Switzerland under coach Ulrich Stielike.
Coaching career
Fischer quit playing professional football in 2003. He then coached the U-14, U-16 and U-21-teams of FC Zürich. After a short spell as the assistant manager of Bernard Challandes in 2007-2008, he returned to the U-21. When Challandes was sacked, Fischer was appointed as caretaker 17 April 2010 and after three games, which he all lost, became permanent manager. He finished the 2010–11 season with FC Zürich second behind FC Basel. He was sacked by FC Zürich in 2012 following a poor league finish, his replacement Rolf Fringer would not last much longer, with a fellow coach under Fisher in Urs Meier being brought in to coach FC Zürich for the remainder of 2013.
On 18 June 2015, Basel announced that Urs Fischer had signed a two-year contract as first team manager.
On the 10th of April 2017, FC Basel announced that they do not extend the contract with him as head coach. Instead, the newly established management announced that they plan to install a new head coach to implement their concept.