Urs Fischer (footballer)

Urs Fischer
Fischer managing Union Berlin in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-02-20) 20 February 1966
Place of birth Triengen, Switzerland
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1973–1984 Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1987 Zürich 49 (1)
1987–1995 St. Gallen 243 (10)
1996–2003 Zürich 253 (4)
Total 545 (15)
International career
1989–1991 Switzerland 4 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2012 Zürich
2013–2015 Thun
2015–2017 Basel
2018–2023 Union Berlin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Urs Fischer (born 20 February 1966) is a Swiss football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Bundesliga club Union Berlin.

As a manager he has won two Swiss Super League titles with Basel in 2016 and 2017. He then took over at Union Berlin in 2018, and guided the club to their first ever UEFA Champions League qualification in 2023.