Michael Fuchs (football)

Michael Fuchs ( born June 6, 1972; † 15 March 2011) was an Austrian football player and coach.

Career as a football player

In his playing days as a football player Fuchs as a defensive midfielder and libero for the SK Seiersberg, the SV Thal and the TUS Kirchbach worked and therefore did not come as the amateur range. This is also because he invested his time in his professional training.

Career as a football coach

Already in 1997 acquired the fox soccer coaching license. In 1998 he completed his studies in Sport Sciences in Graz with the degree Magister successfully.

After Fuchs has organized the offspring of TUS Kirchbach during his playing days, he was hired after his studies as a coach in the soccer school in National Sports Centre Schielleiten. He held from 1998 to 2002 this function. In addition, in 2000 he was obliged by FC Gratkorn as a youth coordinator and division manager and was also at the training center of St. Stefan / Rosental (2001) and at the regional training center Gnas (2002) worked.

On 18 December 2002 Fuchs was entrusted to the then third division FC Gratkorn with the post of head coach. After he finished the championship of the Regional Centre in the 2002/03 season with fifth place, he provided in the following season 2003/ 04 for the most successful club in the history of FC Gratkorn. By winning the championship title of the FC Gratkorn rose to the First League. After the Gratkorn escaped in the first season 2004/ 05 only on goal difference from relegation, succeeded Fox in the episode despite austerity budget the club to establish itself in the second highest power level. After two fifth places in 2005/ 06 and 2006/ 07 the fox could Gratkorn in the 2007/ 08 season lead Kapfenberg SV behind the Styrian town rivals for runner-up title. Less well it ran into the following season 2008/ 09 with the eighth place. The 2009/10 season was completed despite rebuilding the team with the sixth place.

Before the start of the 2010/11 season the team was further rejuvenated, which meant that the championship launch failed and the FC Gratkorn ranked only in the lower third of the table. After the 13th round in the home game against SKN St. Pölten went with 1:5 lost, Michael Fuchs resigned as coach of FC Gratkorn on October 4, 2010. " For the club for me - just for all it's better to make a cut ," Fox justified his resignation. To this end, that was decisive for his resignation in a one-time professional football action, with the club president Josef Schenkirsch the players summoned for criminal training immediately after the 1:5 defeat, Fox declined to comment. In 226 games for the FC Gratkorn Fox reached an average of 1.31 points per game.

Private

Michael Fuchs was married and the father of triplets. On 15 March 2011 the former Gratkorn coach died unexpectedly after heart rhythm disorders.