Fredy Bickel

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alfred "Fredy" Bickel (born May 19, 1965 ) is a Swiss football manager and former freelance journalist . As a sports person responsible, he led together with the coaches Lucien Favre and Bernard Challandes to FC Zurich to three league titles, one Cup victory and a Champions League group stage participation against Real Madrid , AC Milan and Olympique de Marseille . In the 10s he was also an important pioneer in the return of BSC Young Boys to the top of Swiss football after more than three decades, after leading the same club with coach Marco Schällibaum back into the top division more than a decade earlier . In both his first and second time at Young Boys, as well as at FC Zurich, assistant coach Harald Gämperle was an important reference person for Bickel.

education

Fredy Bickel completed a commercial apprenticeship at Mode-Zehnder AG in Zug, which he successfully completed in 1985. He then worked for another 4 years as an accounting clerk in the same company.

Journalistic activities

From 1989 to 1992 I did an internship as a journalist / moderator at Radio Sunshine in Rotkreuz. He then worked for various media as a freelance journalist and held management mandates for various athletes and artists.

Career in professional football

Grasshopper Club Zurich (1)

In 1992 he made his entry into professional football at the Grasshopper Club Zurich , the club that loved his youth from his home region, which had a club legend of the same name in Alfred "Fredy" Bickel . He worked, among other things, as press officer, technical coordinator and assistant to the sports director. Before he left in 1999, GC won three Swiss championship titles and the Swiss Cup once.

UEFA

During his time with Grasshoppers, he was in the UEFA deployed starting in 1996 as a UEFA delegate.

BSC Young Boys (1)

In 1999 he moved to BSC Young Boys as CEO and was also interim president in the meantime. During his tenure, YB rose again to the top division and took part in the European Cup.

FC Zurich

In 2003 he became head of sport at FC Zurich and played a key role in the promotion of the FCZ (three times Swiss champions, one cup winner and participation in the Champions League). In 2006, as part of a reorganization, Fredy Bickel took over the management of professional football, the FCZ Academy and the medical department. In 2008 he was appointed to the management team.

BSC Young Boys (2)

From November 28, 2012 to September 13, 2016, he was head of sport for the second time at BSC Young Boys. During this time, Bickel essentially built up the team with the commitment of coach Adi Hütter as well as central pillars such as Steve Von Bergen , Sekou Sanogo , Guillaume Hoarau , Miralem Sulejmani , Loris Benito , Denis Zakaria , Kevin Mbabu or Thorsten Schick , who would later become series champions Was able to oust FC Basel from the top of Swiss football.

SK Rapid Vienna

On December 10, 2016, he was hired by the Austrian record champions SK Rapid Wien as the new Sport Director. He will resign from this position at the end of the 2018/19 season.

Grasshopper Club Zurich (2)

On September 11, 2019, Bickel was introduced as the new managing director of the Swiss record champions Grasshopper Club Zurich, who had been relegated to second class for the first time in seven decades , and thus returned to his roots. He was managing director until April 2020.

Sporting success as a manager

National

International

Private

Fredy Bickel is divorced and has two daughters from this marriage. He has been with comedian Regula Esposito since 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Bickel's entry as managing director of SK Rapid GmbH on firmenabc.at, accessed on March 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ The new managing director for sports is Fredy Bickel. In: skrapid.at. December 10, 2016, accessed December 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Sports director Bickel leaves Rapid. In: sport.ORF.at. April 5, 2019, accessed April 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ FREDY BICKEL BECOMES MANAGING DIRECTOR AT GC. In: gcz.ch. Grasshopper Club Zurich, September 11, 2019, accessed on December 6, 2019 .
  5. ↑ GC: Fredy Bickel leaves with immediate effect - Fetscherin returns. In: nau.ch. nau.ch, April 10, 2020, accessed on April 10, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Rooster in the basket makes masters (schweizer-illustrierte.ch)
  7. ↑ https://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/people/swiss-stars/bald-sauge-ich-noch-den-rasen , accessed on August 5, 2020.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Bickel, Fredy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bickel, Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss head of football
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1965