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Franco Foda was born on 23 April, 1966 in Mainz, West Germany, is a German footballer (born 1966). Discover Franco Foda's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 23 April 1966
Birthday 23 April
Birthplace Mainz, West Germany
Nationality Germany

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Franco Foda Height, Weight & Measurements

At 57 years old, Franco Foda height is 1.83 m .

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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Franco Foda Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Franco Foda worth at the age of 57 years old? Franco Foda’s income source is mostly from being a successful footballer. He is from Germany. We have estimated Franco Foda's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1966

Franco Foda (born 23 April 1966) is a German football manager and former player who is the manager of Kosovo national team.

Foda appeared in over 400 top-flight matches in (West) Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

1980

During his second spell with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the 1980s he won two caps with the West Germany national team under coach Franz Beckenbauer; Foda played against Argentina and Brazil in late 1987.

1987

During his first ever international appearance, on 12 December 1987 in Brasilia against Brazil, Foda was at the centre of controversy.

Both at the reading of the team names and later when he was substituted in, he was met with great applause by the Brazilian fans.

Foda only found out the next day that this was due to his name translating to "free intercourse" in Portuguese.

1989

His son Sandro (born 1989) first appeared professionally with Sturm Graz in 2007, when his father was head coach.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Bayer Leverkusen

Sturm Graz

Sturm Graz

1996

Foda joined FC Basel's first team during the winter break of their 1996–97 season under head coach Karl Engel.

1997

Foda played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 2 March 1997 as Basel won 1–0 against Zürich.

During his few months with the club, Foda played a total of 15 games for Basel, without scoring a goal.

13 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one was in the Swiss Cup and the other one was a friendly game.

Foda moved into coaching with Sturm Graz as an assistant coach.

2002

He had been interim head coach between 20 September 2002 until November 2002.

2003

At this point, Foda became the permanent head coach until they hired Gilbert Gress to become the head coach on 4 June 2003.

2006

He then went on to coach the reserve team immediately after to when he was promoted to head coach of the first team on 1 June 2006.

2010

Sturm Graz won the 2010–11 Bundesliga and the 2009–10 Austrian Cup under Foda.

2011

He was originally scheduled to leave after the 2011–12 season.

2012

However, he ended up being sacked on 12 April 2012 after the club was knocked–out of the Austrian Cup.

On 22 May 2012, Foda was announced as new head coach of 1. FC Kaiserslautern, who had just been relegated to the second division after two seasons in the top flight.

2013

On 29 August 2013, he was sacked as head coach with immediate effect.

2014

Foda returned to Sturm Graz on 30 September 2014 and won his first match in–charge on 4 October 2014 against Grödig.

2017

In October 2017 it was announced that Foda would become manager of the Austria national team, with effect from January 2018.

Foda resigned from the position in March 2022, following their failure to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup after the defeat to Wales in Cardiff.

On 8 June 2022, he was announced as the new head coach of Swiss champions FC Zürich, replacing André Breitenreiter.

Foda was sacked by Zürich on 21 September.

On 17 February 2024, Kosovo appointed Foda after agreeing to a contract until February 2026, this happened after the former coach Primož Gliha decided to resign after weak results in November 2023.

Foda is of Italian descent through his father.