Adrian Knup

Adrian Knup
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-07-02) 2 July 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Liestal, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 FC Basel 40 (11)
1988–1989 FC Aarau 33 (13)
1989–1992 FC Luzern 74 (20)
1992–1994 VfB Stuttgart 53 (20)
1994–1996 Karlsruher SC 39 (11)
1996 Galatasaray 5 (2)
1996–1998 FC Basel 29 (8)
Total 273 (85)
International career
1989–1996 Switzerland 49 (26)
Managerial career
2007–2008[1] Switzerland (team leader)
2009–2017 FC Basel (head of youth)
2012–2017 FC Basel (vice president)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrian Knup (born 2 July 1968) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]

He was capped 49 times and scored 26 goals for the Switzerland national team between 1989 and 1996, including three games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. From 2009 to 2017 he worked as the head coach of the youth sector at FC Basel. He was also the vice president of the club between 2012 and 2017.[3][4]

  1. ^ Adrian Knup 'manager' de l'équipe de Suisse de football‚ swissinfo.ch, 25 May 2007
  2. ^ "Adrian Knup". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  3. ^ Adrian Knup im Führungsgremium des FCB‚ nzz.ch, 22 June 2009
  4. ^ Umsatzrekord und ein neuer Vizepräsident für den FC Basel‚ tagesanzeiger.ch, 30 April 2012

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