Gianluca Frontino

Gianluca Frontino (born 29 November 1989) is a Swiss football manager and former midfielder who currently manager for FC St. Gallen U-19 from 2025–26.

Gianluca Frontino

Personal information
Full name	Gianluca Frontino
Date of birth	(1989-11-29) 29 November 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC St. Gallen U-19 (manager)
Youth career
1998–2002	FC Schaffhausen
2002	Grasshopper
2002–2003	FC Schaffhausen
2003–2006	Grasshopper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Grasshopper U-21	25	(7)
2007–2009	Grasshopper	?
2008–2009	→ Lecce (loan)	0	(0)
2009–2010	FC Schaffhausen	20	(0)
2010–2011	SV Schaffhausen	20	(24)
2011–2014	FC Schaffhausen	74	(69)
2014–2017	FC Thun	39	(6)
2016–2017	→ FC Schaffhausen (loan)	36	(8)
2017	→ FC Winterthur (loan)	13	(3)
2017	FC Winterthur	5	(1)
2017–2019	FC Aarau	38	(12)
2019–2021	FC Diessenhofen	0	(0)
International career
2007–2008	Switzerland U-19	4	(1)
Managerial career
2019–2021	FC Diessenhofen (player-manager)
2021–2022	SV Schaffhausen
2022–2023	FC Wil 1900 (Assistant manager)
2023–2024	FC Zürich (Trainer scout)
2023–2024	FC Zürich (Caretaker)
2024–2025	SC Kriens
2025–	FC St. Gallen U-19
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:32, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Career

At the age of only 29, Frontino was appointed as a playing manager for FC Diessenhofen from the 2019/20 season.^[1]

Frontino was appointment manager of FC St. Gallen U-19 from 2025–26 season.

Personal life

Frontino was born in Switzerland. He is Italian descent.