Christian Gross
Christian Jürgen Gross [gro ː s] ( born August 14, 1954 in Zurich ) is a Swiss football manager and former football player. Most recently, he coached from May 2011 to April 2012 the Swiss first division club BSC Young Boys in Berne.
- 3.1 With the Grasshopper Club Zurich
- 3.2 The Basel FC
- 3.3 Custom
Career as a player
Gross, son of a policeman, began his playing career at Grasshopper Club Zurich, which he left in 1975. After three years at Lausanne-Sports and two seasons in the jersey of Neuchâtel Xamax in 1980 when he joined the German Bundesliga for VfL Bochum. For the Bochum Gross played 29 Bundesliga games in which he scored four goals. He returned to Switzerland and still played in four seasons for FC St. Gallen and in three seasons for FC Lugano. Gross graduated from an international match for Switzerland.
Career as a coach
In 1988, Gross to FC Wil, where he participated as player-coach in the fourth- highest division, the 2nd league worked. During his tenure ( 1988-1993 ) increased the Wiler with Gross in a train on the 1st League in the National League B (now Challenge League) on.
Grasshopper Club Zurich and Tottenham
In 1993, Great for Grasshopper Club Zurich, with whom he was champion (1995 and 1996) twice and twice qualified for the Champions League. On November 24, 1997, he became coach of the then relegation-threatened Tottenham Hotspur in London. Although he had retained Tottenham with just one defeat in their last nine league games before the descent, he was released the following season after three games.
FC Basel
Gross was from 1 July 1999 until the end of the 2008/ 09 FC Basel coach, the first league title in three years he led since 1980. Previously, the FC Basel was drafted under Great in the final of the Intertoto Cup. 2002 and 2008, Gross qualified with FC Basel for the Champions League. 2004, 2005 and 2008 was won by FC Basel the second, third and fourth league title under Gross. 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2008, he won the Swiss Cup FCB (Swisscom Cup).
FC Basel and United broke their contract to the end of the 2008/09 season.
VfB Stuttgart
On 6 December 2009, the United coach of VfB Stuttgart, with whom he signed a fixed-term contract until June 2011; he replaced Markus Babbel. Gross was able to at this time of the adoption of the coach office at No. 15 located VfB ligands stabilize and lead back to the end of the 2009/10 season in sixth place in the table - the club qualified for the UEFA Europa League by. Gross had this season with 2.26 points per game the best points average of all Bundesliga coach. After a disappointing start to the 2010/11 season - six defeats in seven games and last place in the table - he was released on 13 October 2010 from his duties as coach of VfB Stuttgart. Was succeeded by his former assistant coach Jens Keller.
BSC Young Boys
In he summer break 2011, the Berner Sport Club Young Boys Gross committed as successor to Vladimir Petković for the season 2011/12. On 29 April 2012, he was released after the previous nine league games only four points were obtained.
Success as a coach
With the Grasshopper Club Zurich
- Swiss champion: 1995, 1996
- Swiss Cup: 1994
- Champions League qualifiers: 1995, 1996
With the Basel FC
- Swiss champion: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008
- Swiss Cup: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
- Intertoto Cup: Finale 2001
- Champions League qualifiers: 2002, 2008