Fritz Schmid (football manager)

Fritz Schmid (born 10 September 1959) is a Swiss football coach.

Fritz Schmid

Schmid with the Austria national football team in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Fritz Markus Schmid[1]
Date of birth	(1959-09-10) 10 September 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth	Zug, Switzerland
Managerial career
Years	Team
1981–1984	Racing Zürich
1986–1990	Grasshopper (youth)
1991–1994	Racing Zürich
1994–1995	Grasshopper (youth)
1997–1998	Tottenham Hotspur (assistant)
1998–1999	FC Aarau (assistant)
1998–1999	Team Aargau
2000–2001	SC Kriens
2002–2009	FC Basel (assistant)
2011–2013	Austria (assistant)
2014–2017	Malaysia (technical director)
2018–2019	New Zealand
2022	Kotoku Royals (interim)
2024–	Grasshopper (academy director)

He spent seven years as the assistant manager of FC Basel under head coach Christian Gross, a period in which the club won the Swiss Cup four times and qualified for the UEFA Champions League twice.^[2] In 2018, he was appointed manager of the New Zealand national football team.^[3]

In April 2022, Schmid stepped in as interim head coach of Ghanaian team Kotoku Royals F.C. for the remainder of the 2021/22 season.^[4]

On 15 February 2024, he was appointed as the technical director of Grasshopper Club Zürich's academy.^[5]