Urs Fischer (soccer player)

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Urs Fischer
Urs Fischer (footballer) .jpg
Urs Fischer 2013
Personnel
birthday February 20, 1966
place of birth Triengen ,  Switzerland
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1973-1984 FC Zurich
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1984-1987 FC Zurich 49 0(1)
1987-1995 FC St. Gallen 243 (10)
1995-2003 FC Zurich 253 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1989-1991 Switzerland 4 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2007-2008 FC Zurich (assistant coach)
2010–2012 FC Zurich
2013-2015 FC Thun
2015-2017 FC Basel
2018– 1. FC Union Berlin
1 Only league games are given.

Urs Fischer (born February 20, 1966 in Triengen ) is a Swiss football coach and former player .

Career

Urs Fischer, who grew up in Zurich-Affoltern , played in the youth teams of FC Zurich from 1973 and made his debut as a professional in the first team in the 1983/84 season. Until 1987 and again from 1995 to 2003, Fischer played at FC Zurich and scored five goals in 302 league games. In 2000 he won the cup as captain with the team. He played a further 243 games between 1987 and 1995 for FC St. Gallen (ten goals). Under national coach Uli Stielike , Fischer made four international appearances.

Trainer in Zurich and Thun

Fischer ended his football career in May 2003. After his resignation, he successfully trained the U-14 and two years the U-21 team of FC Zurich. After an interlude as assistant coach of the first team in the 2007/08 season, he trained again for the U-21s of FC Zurich.

After Bernard Challandes was fired on April 19, 2010, he initially took on the role of coach at FCZ ad interim and later became head coach with a contract until the summer of 2013. In the 2010/11 season he was Swiss runner-up with FC Zurich. On March 12, 2012, he was immediately released by FC Zurich. Fischer took over FC Thun in the second half of the 2012/13 season .

FC Basel

For the 2015/16 season, Fischer was coach of FC Basel . He signed a two-year contract. With FC Basel he won the Swiss championship in 2016 and 2017 and the cup in 2017 . In April 2017, the club's management announced that they would start the 2017/18 season with a new coach.

Union Berlin

On June 1, 2018, Fischer was hired by 1. FC Union Berlin as the new head coach. On May 27, 2019, he was promoted to the Bundesliga in relegation with the club , which extended his contract to June 2021. Fischer was voted Berlin's Coach of the Year 2019.

Title and achievements as a player

FC Zurich

Title and successes as a trainer

FC Basel

FC Union Berlin

  • Promotion to the Bundesliga (relegation against VfB Stuttgart): 2019

Private

Urs Fischer is married and has two daughters. His older daughter Riana (* 1994) plays for FC Zurich women .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Fischer Portrait ( Memento from January 6, 2011 in the web archive archive.today ) (www.fcz.ch)
  2. ↑ “I want to feel the players” In: Tages-Anzeiger , August 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ FC Zurich and head coach Bernard Challandes split up - Urs Fischer is new FCZ coach ad interim ( Memento from April 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ https://www.fcz.ch/profis/news_detail.htm?id=813 (link not available)
  5. ↑ Urs Fischer released with immediate effect
  6. ↑ Report on the FC Basel website, accessed on June 18, 2015
  7. ↑ Urs Fischer becomes the new FCB trainer , BaZ Online, June 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ Homepage of FC Basel
  9. ^ Message on the Union Berlin website, accessed on June 1, 2018
  10. ↑ Contract extended: Fischer remains Union Trainer until 2021 , t-online.de, accessed on September 25, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Urs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss football player and football coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Triengen