Mario Frick (football player)

Mario Frick

Frick captaining Liechtenstein in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Mario Frick
Date of birth	(1974-09-07) 7 September 1974 (age 42)
Place of birth	Chur, Switzerland
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Utility player
Youth career
1982–1990	Balzers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1994	Balzers	97	(49)
1994–1996	St. Gallen	60	(11)
1996–1999	Basel	80	(30)
1999–2000	Zürich	41	(7)
2000–2001	Arezzo	23	(16)
2001–2002	Verona	24	(7)
2002–2006	Ternana	133	(44)
2006–2009	Siena	88	(13)
2009–2011	St. Gallen	41	(5)
2011	Grasshopper	8	(1)
2011–2016	Balzers	69	(7)
Total		664	(190)
National team
1993–2015	Liechtenstein	125	(16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Mario Frick (born 7 September 1974) is a Swiss-born retired Liechtensteiner football striker, who is currently the manager for the Liechtensteiner side FC Balzers in the Swiss 1st League. He has 125 caps and 16 goals for his country since his international debut in 1993, the latter a national record.

Born in Chur, Graubünden, Switzerland, Frick started his career with the youth team at Liechtensteiner club FC Balzers, in which he then played 4 seasons in the first team within the early 1990s.

In 1994, he played abroad for the first time in his career. The destination was the country where he has half-citizenship, Switzerland.

Each FC St. Gallen, FC Basel, and FC Zürich once experienced his services.

He played there until the turning of the millennium, which marked a giant leap in his career by moving to one of the best football leagues in the world, the Italian Serie A.

He began his Italian journey by holding the status of the first Liechtensteiner to play in Italy.

A.C. Arezzo signed him to play the 2000–01 season, where he scored an impressive 16 goals in just 23 matches.

Frick's adventure in the country's top flight began when he signed a contract with the then Serie A team Hellas Verona F.C.

It was under the management of Italian manager Alberto Malesani, who employed a 3–4–3 attacking formation, with Frick being one of the three forwards in the manager's tactics. His two partners in attack were the future big-names, Adrian Mutu (currently playing for ASA Tärgu Mureș), and Mauro Camoranesi (later signed by Juventus, now playing for Club Atlético Lanús).