Marc Schneider (footballer)

Marc Schneider (born 23 July 1980) is a Swiss professional football manager and former player, who played as defender.[1]

Marc Schneider
Schneider coaching FC Thun in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-07-23) 23 July 1980
Place of birth Thun, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Thun 122 (4)
2002–2003 Zürich 7 (0)
2003–2004 Thun 32 (2)
2004–2007 Zürich 85 (6)
2007–2008 St. Gallen 12 (0)
2008–2010 Young Boys 35 (3)
2010–2012 Thun 38 (0)
Total 331 (15)
Managerial career
2015 Thun
2017–2020 Thun
2021–2022 Waasland-Beveren
2022 Greuther Fürth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Schneider was captain of the Swiss title-winning team of 2005–06 and part of the 2006–07 Swiss Championship winning team of FC Zürich. During his last spell at Zürich, he normally played at left back, with players such as Steve von Bergen and Hannu Tihinen preferred in the middle. After leaving the club, however, he moved back to his original position in the centre of defence.

Managerial career

After his active career, Schneider stepped into the coaching profession and replaced Ciriaco Sforza as Thun's caretaker manager on 1 July 2015.[2] He was in turn succeeded by Luxembourger Jeff Saibene. In 2017, he was reappointed as head coach of Thun.[3] In December 2020, the club decided to dismiss him from his duties.[4]

In June 2021, recently relegated Belgian First Division B club Waasland-Beveren announced that they had appointed Schneider as their new head coach, succeeding Nicky Hayen, who had not been able to keep the club at the highest level.[5] He moved to manage Greuther Fürth in May 2022.[6] He was sacked in October 2022.[7]

Honours

FC Zürich

References
  1. "Stats Centre: Marc Schneider Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  2. "Le FC Thoune et Ciriaco Sforza se séparent". SwissFootballLeague (in French). 30 September 2015.
  3. "Jeff Saibene va céder sa place à son assistant Marc Schneider". Le Journal du Jura (in French). 14 January 2017.
  4. "FC Thun Berner Oberland - Marc Schneider tritt zurück". fcthun.ch (in German). 5 October 2020.
  5. Houttequiet, Wim (17 June 2021). "Waasland-Beveren stelt zijn nieuwe coach Marc Schneider voor: "Het juiste moment en de juiste plaats voor buitenlands avontuur"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish).
  6. "Schneider übernimmt beim Kleeblatt". sgf1903.de (in German). Greuther Fürth. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  7. ""Nicht so, wie wir uns das vorstellen"". sgf1903.de (in German). Greuther Fürth. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  8. "Schweizer-Cup - Swisscom-Cup - Final". football.ch. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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