Fritz Schmid (football manager)

Fritz Schmid
Schmid with the Austria national team in 2013
Personal information
Full name Fritz Markus Schmid
Date of birth (1959-09-10) 10 September 1959
Place of birth Zug, Switzerland
Managerial career
Years Team
1981–1984 Racing Zürich
1986–1990 Grasshoppers (youth)
1991–1994 Racing Zürich
1994–1995 Grasshoppers (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– Grasshoppers (academy director)

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

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. In 2018, he was appointed manager of the New Zealand national team.

In April 2022, Schmid stepped in as interim head coach of Ghanaian team Kotoku Royals for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.

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