Mario Frick (soccer player)

Mario Frick
Mario Frick, 2015
Personnel
birthday	7th September 1974
place of birth	Chur ,  Switzerland
Size	182 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
1982-1993	FC Balzers
1993	Grasshopper Club Zurich
1994	FC Balzers
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1994-1996	FC St. Gallen	60 (11)
1996-1999	FC Basel	80 (30)
1999-2000	FC Zurich	41 0(7)
2000-2001	AC Arezzo	23 (16)
2001-2002	Hellas Verona	24 0(7)
2002-2006	Ternana Calcio	133 (44)
2006-2009	AC Siena	88 (13)
2009-2011	FC St. Gallen	41 0(5)
2011	Grasshopper Club Zurich	8 0(1)
2011-2016	FC Balzers	68 0(7)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1993-2015	Liechtenstein	125 (16)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2012-2017	FC Balzers
2017-2018	Liechtenstein U-18
2017-2018	Liechtenstein U-19
2018	Liechtenstein U-16
2018–	FC Vaduz
1 Only league games are given. As of January 25, 2020

Mario Frick (born September 7, 1974 in Chur , Switzerland ) is a former Liechtenstein soccer player and current coach . He was the team captain of the Liechtenstein national team for many years .

Career in the club

He started his career at his home club FC Balzers . At the age of 16 he made his debut in the 1st team. After scoring 36 goals in 20 games in one season, he was watched by various Swiss clubs (including FC Zurich, Grasshoppers Zurich, FC St. Gallen) and moved to FC St. Gallen in the top division of Switzerland. After two seasons as a regular with the Eastern Switzerland team , he moved to FC Basel for three years , where he became a fan favorite and scored 30 goals. His move to rival FC Zurich caused quite a stir. In the first season he was able to celebrate the cup victory with the FCZ and give the city of Zurich their first title in over 20 years. After nine games in the second season, he fell out with coach Gilbert Gress and moved to the Italian Serie C, to AC Arezzo, as all other transfer windows were already closed. He scored 16 goals in 23 games and just 9 months after moving to Italy he made his Serie A debut with Hellas Verona . The first game ended 1-1 against champions AS Roma .

He played over a hundred Serie A games . With almost 600 professional games and over 140 goals, he is the most successful Liechtenstein player to date. In the summer break of 2011 he returned to FC Balzers . There he also took over the role of player- coach on an interim basis in September 2012 .

Career in the national team

On October 26, 1993, he played his first game in the Liechtenstein national team and on May 30, 2008, he became the record player for his country. With 16 goals he is also a record scorer. On August 10, 2011, he wore jersey number 100 in the friendly against Switzerland , as this was his 100th game for Liechtenstein. On October 12, 2015, he officially ended his career as a national player during the qualifying game for the 2016 European Football Championship against Austria in Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium . Mario Frick is the first player to have lost 100 international matches (100th defeat against Austria on October 12, 2015 in Vienna ).

family

His sons Noah and Yanik now also play for the Liechtenstein national football team .

Web links

Commons : Mario Frick  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Mario Frick in the database of weltfussball.de
• Mario Frick at the Liechtenstein Football Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FC Vaduz extends contract with coach Mario Frick until 2021
2. ↑ Mario Frick returns to Balzers. Mario Frick leaves the Grasshoppers
3. ↑ Club chronicle of FC Balzers ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 19, 2014 
4. ↑ Mario Frick in the National-Football-Teams.com database, accessed on November 9, 2010
5. ↑ rsssf.com: "International Appearances - Trivia"
6. ↑ blick.ch: Frick sons want to join the Ländle national team together