Franco Foda

**Franco Foda** (born 23 April 1966) is a German football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of the Kosovo national team.

## Career

Foda played in over 400  matches in the highest leagues in  Germany (1. FC Kaiserslautern, Arminia Bielefeld, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart), Switzerland (FC Basel) and Austria (Sturm Graz).  He also played for the U21 and the A-national team of West Germany.

## Coaching record

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="6"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Sturm Graz|20 September 2002|4 June 2003||||||
|Sturm Graz II|4 June 2003|1 June 2006||||||
|Sturm Graz|1 June 2006|12 April 2012||||||
|1. FC Kaiserslautern|22 May 2012|29 August 2013||||||
|Sturm Graz|30 September 2014|1 January 2018||||||
|Austria|1 January 2018|29 March 2022||||||
|FC Zürich|8 June 2022|21 September 2022||||||

### Player

**1. FC Kaiserslautern**
- DFB-Pokal 1989–90

**Bayer Leverkusen**
- DFB-Pokal: 1992–93

**Sturm Graz**
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1997–98, 1998–99
- Austrian Cup: 1998–99
- Austrian Supercup: 1999

### Manager

**Sturm Graz**
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2010–11
- Austrian Cup: 2009–10

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Franco Foda
- **image**: 20180602 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Germany Franco Foda 850 1423.jpg
- **caption**: Foda in 2018
- **birth place**: Mainz, West Germany
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1982–1983
- **youthclubs1**: 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05
- **years1**: 1983–1984
- **clubs1**: 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- **caps1**: 3
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1984–1985
- **clubs2**: Arminia Bielefeld
- **caps2**: 43
- **goals2**: 8
- **years3**: 1985–1987
- **clubs3**: 1. FC Saarbrücken
- **caps3**: 52
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 1987–1990
- **clubs4**: 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- **caps4**: 87
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 1990–1994
- **clubs5**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **caps5**: 113
- **goals5**: 10
- **years6**: 1994–1996
- **clubs6**: VfB Stuttgart
- **caps6**: 69
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 1997
- **clubs7**: FC Basel
- **caps7**: 13
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 1997–2001
- **clubs8**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz
- **caps8**: 99
- **goals8**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 479
- **totalgoals**: 27
- **nationalyears1**: 1985–1987
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national under-21 football team, West Germany U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 1987
- **nationalteam2**: West Germany national football team, West Germany
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2001–2002
- **managerclubs1**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz (amateurs)
- **manageryears2**: 2002
- **managerclubs2**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz (assistant)
- **manageryears3**: 2002–2003
- **managerclubs3**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz
- **manageryears4**: 2003–2006
- **managerclubs4**: Sturm Graz II
- **manageryears5**: 2006–2012
- **managerclubs5**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz
- **manageryears6**: 2012–2013
- **managerclubs6**: 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- **manageryears7**: 2014–2018
- **managerclubs7**: SK Sturm Graz, Sturm Graz
- **manageryears8**: 2018–2022
- **managerclubs8**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **manageryears9**: 2022
- **managerclubs9**: FC Zürich
- **manageryears10**: 2024–
- **managerclubs10**: Kosovo national football team, Kosovo