Rolf Fringer

Rolf Fringer (born 26 January 1957) is an Austrian football manager and former player. He has managed the Switzerland national team and numerous Swiss football clubs.^[1]

Rolf Fringer

Personal information
Date of birth	(1957-01-26) 26 January 1957 (age 68)
Place of birth	Adliswil, Switzerland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1981	CS Chênois	18	(2)
1981–1983	FC Luzern	35	(1)
1983–1989	SC Zug
1986–1989	Schaffhausen
Managerial career
1990–1992	Schaffhausen
1992–1995	FC Aarau
1995–1996	VfB Stuttgart
1996–1997	Switzerland
1998–1999	Grasshoppers
2000–2002	FC Aarau
2003	Al-Wahda
2004	Apollon Limassol
2004–2005	PAOK
2006–2007	St. Gallen
2008–2011	FC Luzern
2012	FC Zürich
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Fringer led FC Aarau to the 1992–93 Swiss national title.^[2] At FC Luzern he was known for his counterattacking football.^[3] He was replaced as Luzern manager by Murat Yakin.^[4][5]

In April 2012 it was announced that Rolf Fringer would join FC Zürich as manager in summer 2012. When he was appointed he stated that it was his proudest day as he was an FCZ fan as a child.^[6] His first transfer as manager was to sign Burim Kukeli, whom he had managed at FC Luzern.^[7] On 26 November it was announced following a board meeting to relieve Fringer of his duties, with FC Zürich sitting at 7th in the Super League.