Marcel Koller

I have a soft spot for footballers who grow into something richer as managers, and Marcel Koller fits that mold perfectly. A Zurich-born Swiss who went from player to coach and earned his country's Coach of the Year award in 1999, he now manages FC Zurich, returning home to lead. There's something satisfying about that full circle. I picture him as a calm, calculating presence on the touchline, the kind of manager whose decades of accumulated wisdom are his real weapon. Coaches who once played understand the dressing room from the inside, and that empathy, paired with experience, is exactly what I value.

Marcel Martin Koller (born 11 November 1960) is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who's currently serving as manager of Swiss Super League club FC Zürich.

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Name (English)

Marcel Koller

Name (Japanese)

マルセル・コラー

Reading

まるせる・こらー

Born

November 11, 1960 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

Origin

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Blood type

Private

Height

173 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Awards & achievements

• 1999 Soccer Coach of the Year Award (Switzerland)

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Canton of Zurich
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.