Marcel Koller
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 11 November 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Austria (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1972 | FC Schwamendingen | ||
| 1972–1978 | Grasshoppers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1997 | Grasshoppers | 428 | (59) |
| National team | |||
| 1982–1996 | Switzerland | 56 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–1998 | FC Wil | ||
| 1999–2002 | FC St. Gallen | ||
| 2002–2003 | Grasshoppers | ||
| 2003–2004 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| 2005–2009 | VfL Bochum | ||
| 2011– | Austria | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marcel Koller (born 11 November 1960 in Zürich) is a former Swiss football player and current head coach of the Austria national team.
Koller played his entire career for Swiss club Grasshoppers Zürich. In these 24 years he won seven Swiss championships and five Swiss cups. For the Swiss national team he got 56 international caps, scored 3 goals and participated at Euro 1996.
Koller's career as coach started at the Swiss club FC Wil in the season 1997/98. He led his club to a promotion place in the Swiss Challenge League. In January 1999 he went to FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League. One year later the club won its first championship for almost 100 years. Also on European level FC St. Gallen could celebrate successes: in the UEFA Cup the Swiss side could eliminate English top club FC Chelsea. Koller was voted Swiss manager of the year 2000.
On 9 January 2002, he went to his old love Grasshoppers Zürich. Koller won his second championship as a coach in the 2003 Season. After failing to qualify for the Champions League (against AEK 1-0/1-3) and a losing streak in the league he resigned on 3 October 2003.
The next step in his career was a move to German Bundesliga. Koller's first station in Germany was 1. FC Köln. However, this spell was not a very successful and took only seven months. Koller took the club in a desperate position and could not improve the results. In his term the club only won four matches and relegated eventually to Second Bundesliga. During this period he gave young talents the opportunity to debut on the highest level. The most prominent example is German international Lukas Podolski. 1. FC Köln ended at last position. Koller was sacked after the season ended.
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